[Williams, Albert
Josiah]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday September 15,
1932 p. 2
Albert J. Williams Dies In Ft. Collins, Colorado
Albert
J. [osiah] Williams, 83, died at
his home in Ft. Collins, Colorado, Saturday, Sept. 10.
Mr.
Williams was born July 31, 1894
[1849], in Marengo, McHenry county, Ill. He was a successful farmer during his
early manhood in that community.
On
December 31, 1873, he married Miss Marietta Corson of Genoa, Ill. They moved to Conway, Ia., in 1890
and to Bedford in 1895. From here they moved to Otis, Colo., in 1906.
Three
of their five children, Mrs. W. [illiam] A. Soles [Gracia Lillian]], of Ft. Collins, Colo., Mrs. Frank Mohler
[Carrie Luella], Bedford, and Dell
[Albert] Williams, of Denver,
Colo., are living. Ray [Roy] D. [eMay] and [Sarah] Eva died many years ago.
On
coming to Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Williams settled in Otis, where they purchased a five thousand acre ranch.
There, in addition to his farming interests, Mr. Williams was actively engaged in community affairs. He was
responsible for having the rural mail delivery established there, and also
founded a telephone company in Otis. He was a member of the Modern Woodman
lodge.
Five
years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully
recovered. Three years later he and Mrs. Williams went to Ft. Collins. During the past three months
his health had failed rapidly and he had been confined to his bed for the past
two weeks.
Mrs.
Williams and her son accompanied
the body to Bedford. Burial was in the family lot in Bedford by the side of the
two deceased children.
[Williams, Bertha]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 24,
1972 p. 10
BERTHA WILLIAMS, 93, DIES IN CHICAGO
Graveside
services for Bertha Williams,
93, of Chicago, former Taylor County schoolteacher, will be at 10 a.m. Thurs.,
at Fairview Cemetery conducted by Carl Cummings. Miss Williams died February 20 at Bethany Methodist Home and
Hospital in Chicago.
She
was born November 7, 1898, daughter of Robert [Miller] and Caroline [Corson]
Williams. Jennie Craddock was her sister.
[Williams, Bertie]
Bedford Argus
Thursday March 20, 1879 p. 4
died
williams---Sunday, March 16th, in Grove Township, of diphtheria, Bertie, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. [Tyler] V.
[alorus] Williams.
The
funeral occurred Tuesday, and was largely attended. Little Bertie was a bright boy of but six years of age, and his
death is a sad affliction to his parents. He was conscious to the last, and
seemed to realize that he must die. The parents have the sympathy of all
friends, and they are legion. In such hours, Jesus, our best friend, is the
nearest. C. W. B.
[Williams, Bertie]
Iowa South-West
Saturday March 22, 1879 p. 3
--Little Bertie, aged 6 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. [yler] V. [alorus] Williams, of Grove township, died on last Sunday and was
buried on Monday, Rev. Mr. Blodgett, of this city, preaching the sermon.
[Williams, Clara Belle
Robbins]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday December 27,
1906 [p. 1]
Mrs. I. F. Williams Dead
At
the close of the Sunday evening church services at the M. E. church last
Sunday, the announcement of the death of Mrs. I. [saac] F. [ranklin]
Williams was made and no greater
surprise or consternation could have happened, as there were none who knew she
was seriously ill and but few who knew she had been at all indisposed. She has
been a resident of Bedford for the past eighteen years and her friends were
limited only to her acquaintance. For the past year Mrs. Williams has not been enjoying the best of health, although
her ailment seemed to be of a very insignificant character, until Friday night
she suddenly grew quite ill. She continued to grow worse and on Sunday evening
the friends and physicians were unable to arouse her from a stupor into which
she had fallen, and at 8:30 she passed quietly away.
Clara
B. [elle] Robbins was born
January 16, 1852, at Clinton, Wis., and died December 23, 1906, from apoplexy.
In the spring of 1870 she moved with her parents to Iowa, where she taught
school, until on July 10, 1872, she was united in marriage to I. [saac]
Franklin Williams, the ceremony
being performed at her childhood home at Clinton, Wis. Together they then moved
to Chicago, where they lived until 1874, when they moved to Taylor county,
locating in Grove township. To this happy union two children were born, a son, Jesse and a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Farr, both of whom reside in
Sugar City, Colo.
At
the age of sixteen she united with the M. E. church, in which she has since
been an active and consistent worker. She has taught a class in the Sunday
school continuously since becoming a member of the church. In 1889 they moved
from their farm to Bedford, where she has since resided. On February 10, 1904,
her husband died leaving her with the care and administration of an extensive
estate, to which she has since nobly devoted herself.
Aside
from the two children mentioned she leaves her aged mother, Mrs. Herriott
[Harriet] Robbins, who was making
her home with her at the time of her demise, a sister, Mrs. A. [braham] G.
Huston [Emma Octavia], of
Jefferson, Iowa, and a brother, Elmer [Leroy] Robbins, of Bedford, Iowa.
The funeral was held at
10:30 this morning, at the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. W. B.. Thompson, and
interment was in the Bedford cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Williams and two children, and Mrs. Myrtle [Belle] Farr , of Sugar City, Colo., and Mrs.
A. [braham] G. Huston [Emma Octavia Robbins], of Jefferson, Iowa, were here attending the funeral. To all the
bereaved relatives we extend the deepest sympathy of a wide circle of friends.
[Note:
She was interred in Bedford Fairview Cemetery, not the old Bedford Cemetery or
Bedford City Cemetery as stated in the obituary.]
[Williams, Clara Belle
Robbins]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday December 27,
1906 p. 5
a
sudden death
Mrs.
I. [saac] F. [ranklin] Williams died
at her home in Bedford Sunday evening at 8:30 o’clock after an illness of only
one day. The funeral was held at the Methodist church at 10:30 a. m. today
conducted by Rev. Thompson. Interment at Fairview.
Clara
Belle Robbins was born in
Clinton, Wisconsin, on January 16, 1852, and there it was that her girlhood
days were spent. In 1870 with her parents she moved to Taylor County. Mr.
and Mrs. Robbins settled on the
farm near Sharps, and their daughter, then a young lady of 18, begun teaching
school.
Only
a short time after coming to Taylor County, Miss Robbins formed the acquaintance of I. [saac] F.
[ranklin] Williams, a young
farmer who resided near her parental home. From this acquaintance, a friendship
developed which quietly ripened into love, that while life lasted was never to
diminish or grow cold.
On
July 10, 1872 this couple was wedded, the ceremony occurring at the home of a
friend at the old home in Clinton, Wisconsin, where the bride was visiting and
where she had been followed by her lover. Immediately after the ceremony the
young people left for Chicago, where the first two years of their wedded life
were spent. By that time they tired of life in the city, and came to Taylor
County where in the spring of '74 they located on a farm near Sharps, where for
15 years they made their home. In 1889, they decided to move into town and
where the remainder of both their lives were spent.
The
married life of Mr. and Mrs. Williams was an ideal one, each had in the other a true friend and helpmeet;
forbearing, considerate and with an affection for each other that was firm and
abiding, their home was one where happiness was ever present. Two children came
to bless their union, Jesse E. [lton] and Myrtle B.[elle] and their joy and contentment was now full and complete. It was a happiness too
great for this world and a blow came, with the suddenness of the lightning
flash, that turned the brightness as of a perfect day, into darkness and grief.
Only a few months ago, the husband and father one morning left for his work,
happy and apparently healthful, a few hours later, he was a corpse—heart
disease was the cause of his death. The two children were now married and
resided in Sugar City, Colorado, and Mrs. Williams was left alone. Since that she has visited some
with her children but her home has still been at Bedford, her mother being her
companion.
At
the age of 16 Mrs. Williams united with the Methodist church and has always been an active, consistent
member, charitable and sympathetic, she was always a liberal contributor to any
movement looking to the betterment of humanity or to the relief of the
destitute.
Her
sudden death has brought sincere sorrow to many hearts, for she was a neighbor,
kind and good, a true friend, a noble woman, but none knew her full worth as
her children who mourn a mother of the best and noblest type.
[Williams, Ethel
Margaret Bebout]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday November 8, 1906 p. 8
—Mrs.
A. [lbert] J. [osiah] Williams [Marietta Corson], of Akron, Colo., was here attending the funeral
of her son's wife, Mrs. Roy Williams.
[Williams, Ethel
Margaret Bebout]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday November 8, 1906 p. 4
Mrs.
A. [lbert] J. [osiah] Williams [Marietta Corson], of Akron, Colorado, arrived here Friday
afternoon, having been called by telegram announcing the death of her son's
widow, Mrs. Ethel Williams.
[Williams, Ethel
Margaret Bebout]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday November 8, 1906 p. 5
With Husband and Baby.
Mrs.
Ethel M. [argaret] Williams died
at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.[braham] Bebout [Margaret
Hutchinson] in west Bedford, on
Wednesday October 31st, at 7:20 p. m., age 24 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Ethel
M. [argaret] Bebout was born in
Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 12, 1882, and all her girlhood life
was spent in the vicinity of Bedford.
On
January 25th, 1904 she united in marriage to Roy D. [eMay] Williams, a Taylor county boy, and one of the most popular
young men in the whole country. After their marriage they moved to a farm near
Conway, and for two years their home was an ideal one, at their fireside love,
trust and happiness reigned supreme. The young wife possessed all the
qualifications that go to make an ideal wife, and the husband was all any woman
could desire. Then came their baby boy, John Beryl, who was born Feb. 20, 1905. Life was to them a
happy dream, but the rude awakening came only too soon.
In
the early part of the present year Mr. and Mrs. Williams decided to move to Colorado. Mr. Williams' father was going, as were other relatives, so it
would not be like a move into a strange place; lands there were cheap, and the
inducements were alluring. The future indeed looked bright and beautiful. It
seemed to them that prosperity and happiness only could come to them in their
new home, and the prospects could not have been brighter.
How
little we know of the future, and how wise the provisions of the Infinite that
prevents us seeing ahead! Only eight short months have passed since they set
their faces westward, sad at parting from old friends, but happy in each
other’s love, ambitious and hopeful. The picture they saw was a happy home on
the prairie of the west; the realization, three mounds of earth.
Only
a few days after they arrived at their destination, Akron, Colorado, the little
babe sickened and died, and two weeks later the husband too was called. His
death occurred April 9th.
The
widowed and bereft mother then returned to Bedford, bringing with her all that
was mortal of loved ones and laid them side by side in the cemetery where she
herself was soon to lay.
On
April 27th a baby boy was born to her, and she named him Albert Roy. This little one, upon whose face his father
never looked and whose mother he will never be able to remember is all that is
left of what, had not God in His infinite wisdom otherwise ordained, would have
been a happy loving family.
The
funeral took place at the Christian church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
[WILLIAMS, ETHEL MARGARET BEBOUT]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 8, 1906
Mrs. Ethel M. Williams – Miss Ethel M. [argaret] Bebout was born in Polk township this county, April 12, 1882 and died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bebout in this city at 7:30 Wednesday evening October 31, 1906.
In 1901 she moved from the farm with her parents to Bedford where she lived and on January 25, 1904, she was united in marriage to Roy D. Williams, than whom there was no finer young man in Taylor county. Starting her married life with such buoyant spirits and amid such happy surroundings the terminus of which was so soon reached, makes it an unusually sad case.
On February 20, 1905, a son, John Beryl, came to add more pleasure and happiness to this little home circle, but just as his little life began to broaden and his little prattle and childish ways had made him almost indispensable to the happiness of this couple, death called on March 25 of this year, and claimed their treasure. This occurred at Otis, Colo., where they had moved last February.
This was a sad blow to the fond parents but they had each other upon whom to lean and to console—but for a short time only, for on April 9, of this year, the angel of death again called at this home, just two weeks and a day later, and claimed the head and mainstay of the family, her devoted husband.
Mrs. Williams returned to Bedford then, having lost husband and child, and a month after her husband's death, April 27, another bright little cherub, Albert Roy, came to fill the life of the bereaved widow. It was hoped that the advent of the new life would rally the mother, but such was not the case and for some time she has been hovering at the gates of death, finally passing to that great unknown as stated.
Surrounded as she was by loving parents, brothers, sisters and friends of her childhood everything possible was done to interest her in life and save it and alleviate suffering but to no avail and in this short married life of a little more than two years all that is left of what promised to be a happy family circle of four is the little son about six months of age.
Early in life this little mother united with the Christian church in which she was a happy and enthusiastic worker, self-sacrificing and devoted. As death approached, she had no fears for the future but welcomed it with the idea that soon the broken link in the family chain would be welded and she would again be with her husband and son.
While all the circumstances are sad, yet there is nothing but what might be worse and the little son who is left, that never knew the love of parents, is in such good and loving hands that he will, as he grows to maturity, miss it but little.
The funeral services were held from the Christian church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Elder Edgar Price officiating. He took for his text Jer. 15:9, "Her sun has gone down while it was yet day." . . .
[Williams, Isaac
Franklin “Frank”]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday February 16,
1905 [p. 1]
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH
I. F. Williams is Suddenly and Without Warning Called to Try
the Realities of the Eternal World.
I.
[saac] F. [ranklin] Williams is
dead!
Speak
it softly and reverently. A godly man has been called home, and there is a
feeling of awe and sadness pervading the entire community over the sudden
summons of one generally beloved, respected and admired.
Last
Friday shortly after the noon hour, as the news was spread over Bedford that I.
[saac] F. [ranklin] Williams was
dead, a look of incredulity overspread the countenances of all, for had not Mr.
Williams the day before been
going about his usual business and with his usual strength and cheerfulness?
Even on Friday morning he had gone to his office to look after the business of
the day, although he had felt quite badly the night before. With no premonition
of his sudden end he set about arranging his affairs. Later in the day he grew
worse and went to Dr. Beauchamp’s office and was given some medicine. He
started home, but was soon taken into Dr. Archer's sleigh and set down at his
own steps. That was shortly after 10 o'clock. He walked into the house, and
went directly to bed. In a short time his wife had made him comfortable and he
soon fell into a quiet slumber. Shortly before 1 o'clock he awoke, feeling
somewhat refreshed. His wife gave him a dose of medicine. As he lay back on his
pillow, without a word or an instant’s warning his spirit took its everlasting
flight to the God whom he loved so well and served so faithfully. Death is
thought to have been caused by heart failure, superinduced by occasional
attacks of pleurisy and neuralgia.
Mr. Williams was a man whose life was as an open book, read
and known of all men; a living epistle, noble, honorable, upright, worthy of
emulation. He lived today as though the time were not his own, but belonged to
God and his fellow men. A leader in religious affairs, a pillar of the church,
for many years superintendent of the Sunday school, his whole aim seemed to be
to live a Christian and lead others to Christ and point them to the Lamb of God
that taketh away the sin of the world. As such his place will be difficult to
fill, and his absence from the usual places where duty called him will be
painfully felt.
Memorial Services.
To show the esteem in
which the deceased was held, the entire Sunday school hour of the M. E. church
last Sunday morning was taken up with memorial services in commemoration of his
life. A sadness pervaded the hearts of all present, and gloom settled over the
entire church. A. E. Lake, who has been assistant superintendent several terms,
presided over the meeting. He spoke in faltering tones of the virtues possessed
by the departed brother, and many eyes were dimmed with tears over the
recollections of him who loved the children and was kind and considerate to
all. Judge Miller spoke on Mr. Williams “as a man," Miss McCloud "as a friend,” Frank Dunning
"as a church official," George Ridgeway "as a Sunday school
superintendent," and Rev. Thompson "as a Christian." Such a
service betokened the love and respect entertained for the deceased by the
members of the Sunday school and church.
Biographical.
I.
[saac] F. [ranklin] Williams (familiarly known as Frank)
was born at Coral, McHenry County, Ill., September 6, 1846, his parents being Valoras
C. [orey] and Louana D. [Rundlet] Williams. He came first to Iowa in 1869, and soon returned to Illinois. July
10, 1872, he married Clara B. [elle] Robbins, at Clinton, Wisconsin. They moved to Chicago and
resided a year, where their only son, Jesse, was born. They came to Taylor County in 1873 and
located on a farm near Sharps. Mr. Williams was converted and joined the M. E. church under
the pastorate of Rev. C. L Nye in 1881.
For
a time he was in business in Sharps, where he was a teacher in the Sunday
school and member of the official board. The family moved to Bedford in August,
1889. For two years he was in business here with E. R Fowler. He was connected
with the Bedford Hardware Company for several years, the other two members
being W. W. Hyde and Wm. Ramsay. He then went into the implement business alone
and conducted same until he moved to Kansas City in October 1903. He came back
to Bedford in February, 1904, and went into partnership with H. K. Hamblin in
the spring of 1904 in the implement business, and was actively engaged at the
time of his death. He was elected superintendent of the Bedford M. E. Sunday
school in 1891, in which capacity he served faithfully and well for twelve
consecutive years. He was again elected to that position in January of the
present year. Mr. Williams had
for years interested himself in benevolent work of various kinds and had helped
erect several churches. He always responded liberally to the call of the poor
and needy and never refused aid and sympathy whenever needed. As a kind,
considerate, affectionate father and a loving, helpful husband he had few
equals. He counted his friends by the hundreds, and possessed few, if any,
enemies.
Mr. Williams leaves to mourn his loss the following immediate
relatives: Three brothers, T. [yler] V. [alorus], R. [obert] M. [iller] and A. [lbert] J. [osiah], the first named of Chillicothe, the other two of Bedford; a widow
and two children. Jesse and Mrs.
H. [arry] E. Farr [Myrtle Belle] both of Sugar City, Colorado.
The Funeral.
The
funeral services were conducted in the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock by Rev. W. B. Thompson, assisted by Rev. R. L. Barackman, and were most
impressive, yet sad. The sermon was preached from Psalms 37:37—"Mark
the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."
Some touching and beautiful songs were sung by the choir. The members of the M.
E. school were excused from the day school and attended the obsequies. The
floral offerings were many and exceedingly beautiful, the most handsome being
an emblem "gates ajar," composed of roses and white hyacinths. This,
together with a handsome wreath of roses and evergreen, were gifts from the
Sunday school, church, Epworth League and official board. Other floral
offerings were: Bouquet of roses, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hamblin and Mrs. Maude
Gordon; two clusters of pink carnations, Emory and Dayton, sons of Judge and
Mrs. Miller; pillow—lilies, cream and pink roses and ferns, from the
brothers; two clusters tea roses, from cousins; wreath of white carnations, tea
roses and smilax, Modern Woodmen; beautiful cluster pink and white carnations,
son Jesse and daughter Myrtle
--Mrs. H. [arry] E. Farr, who
were present.
The
pallbearers were: J. W. Paul, J. W. Beck, Frank Dunning, John Webb, M. Payton,
A. E. Lake.
The
casket was a handsome one, being copper lined. This was placed into a burglar
proof, water tight metal vault, which was sealed and locked with a self-locking
device from the inside, making it impossible to gain access to the casket only
by cutting the vault to pieces with a cold chisel.
The
relatives from a distance attending the funeral were, T. [yler] V. [alorus] Williams and wife, Chillicothe, and A. [braham] G.
Huston, Jefferson, Ia.
Thus
ends the life of a good man, but his deeds and splendid example will go on
forever.
One
very sad incident connected with the funeral was the fainting of the daughter, Mrs.
H. [arry] E. Farr, [Myrtle
Belle] just at the conclusion of
the services. Her sickness prevented her accompanying the procession to the
cemetery. For over half an hour her whole body was rigid with contraction of
the muscles. A cot was secured and she was placed thereon and taken home where
she soon recovered.
[Williams, Isaac
Franklin “Frank”]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 16, 1905 [p. 1]
Funeral of I. F.
Williams
From Tuesday's Daily
The
funeral of Frank Williams was
held at the M E Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Thompson,
assisted by Rev. Barackman.
The
weather today could not have well been more disagreeable and with the drifting
snow prevented any one living outside the city from being present, and many who
live in town could not go, but still every seat in the building was filled with
sorrowing friends who came to pay their last respects to the departed friend.
The
floral offerings were many, the flowers forming a bank which nearly covered the
casket, the whole making a background impressively beautiful, though
nevertheless, sombre and sad.
The
Sunday school had sent a floral tribute representing the “Gates Ajar," while wreathes and
flowers were sent by the church board, the Woodmen and friends. All that kind
and loving friends could do was done to rob the obsequies of their harshness
and make less full of anguish to the loved ones, the last sad rites.
But
when the time comes when all that is earthy of a devoted husband and loving
father must be laid away in the cold earth, human sympathy, and kindly acts
seem weak and inadequate. The anguish that death brings to those left behind
can not be stifled or allayed, but the tender, loving ministrations of friends
and their words of sympathy and consolation may do much to assuage it.
The
music was appropriate and beautiful, and the words of the ministers were such
as could only be said at the funeral of a man whose life had been as unselfish
and pure as had been that of the deceased.
The
interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
[Williams, Isaac
Franklin “Frank”]
Bedford
Times-Republican
February 16, 1905 p. 3
From Friday's Daily
frank
williams dies
suddenly
I. F. Williams, a Highly Respected Business Man of Bedford Is
Taken Suddenly Ill and is Conveyed to His Home Where Death Comes a Few Minutes
Later
Bedford Mourns the
Loss of One of Her Most Prominent Business Men
"In
the midst bf life we are in Death.” Never perhaps was this truth presented more
forcibly to minds of the residents of our city than today, when the sudden
death of our fellow townsman, I. F. Williams was announced.
This
morning he arose apparently strong and well; the sun had scarcely passed the
meridian when he lay a corpse; the grim reaper had come when least expected,
and it found him prepared to go, and though the spirit has left the body that
bound it to this earth, his soul is even now in that land of perfect felicity
and safe with [God?] in the realm of life everlasting.
I.
F. Williams died at 1 o’clock today of heart disease. He had been in his usual
health and came to his place of business. About 9 o’clock he felt a sharp pain in his right breast, and going to
Dr. Beauchamp’s office, told him he thought he had a s light attack of pleurisy
and asked for medicine. Mr. Williams did think it worth while to let the doctor
examine him and did not remove his coat.
A
little later he begun feeling worse, and was taken home in a sleigh. Walking
into the house he lay down without removing his clothes. No one dreamed that he
was seriously ill, but about 1 p. m., a dose of medicine was given him. He
raised up, swallowed the medicine, then sank back on the bed—dead. His
spirit had fled even before his head had reached the pillow.
Frank
Williams was one of the
best-known and highly respected businessmen of Bedford. He was born in McHenry
County, Ill., 57 years ago, but for 35 years he has been a resident of Taylor
County. Coming here from Illinois he settled at Bedford where he remained for
two or three years. He then removed to the vicinity of Sharps where he resided
until 16 years ago, when he again removed to Bedford, which has since been his
home.
Having
been engaged in the implement business during most of the time be has lived
here he has necessarily formed a wide acquaintance, and during all his business
career, there is not one act of which he need to have been ashamed; not one
blot upon his record.
Many
years ago be united with the M. E. Church, and ever since he has been an
active, earnest member.
Of
his immediate family a wife and two children survive him. His son Jesse is engaged in business at Sugar City, Colo., at
which place his daughter Myrtle also
resides. Both are married.
[WILLIAMS, ISAAC FRANKLIN "FRANK"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 23, 1905
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Williams, who have been in the city for several days, having come to attend the funeral of Mr. Williams' brother, Frank, left this morning for their home in Chillicothe, Mo.
[WILLIAMS, ISAAC FRANKLIN "FRANK"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 23, 1905
J. E. Williams, who was summoned here by a message announcing his father's death, left on the afternoon train yesterday for his home in Sugar City, Colo.
[Williams, Jesse
Elton]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 10,
1944 [p.
1]
Jesse Williams Dies
Jesse
[Elton] Williams, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams of
Bedford, died in Denver, Colorado, Wednesday of last week. The body was
cremated and ashes will be sent to Bedford for burial. He is survived by his
wife.
[Williams, Robert
Miller]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday June 20,
1912 [p.
1]
Another Old Resident
Passes Away
It
again becomes the painful duty of the Free Press to chronicle the death of an old and respected
citizen.
At
6:20 Monday evening, R. M. Williams,
who for several years has been in very poor health, and for the past few weeks
has been failing so rapidly that it was known the end was near, passed quietly
away.
The
faithful wife and all of the children were at his side when the end came, also
his brother, T. [yler] V. [alorus] Williams, of Chillicothe, Mo.
In
the death of Mr. Williams, the
community loses an honest, upright man, who at different times held offices of
trust and honor. The family loses an affectionate husband, a safe counselor and
an indulgent father, and they have the sympathy of many friends in their great
bereavement.
Robert
Miller Williams was born February
6, 1843, at Coral, McHenry County, Illinois, and died in Bedford, Iowa, June
17, 1912. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Co. D., 15th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, and at the end of three years reenlisted in the 34th
Illinois. He was married February 24th, 1875, to Caroline Carson [Corson], and from this union six children were born, Mrs.
Jennie Craddock, Bertha, Harry [Emerson], [Kent] Earl, Sada [Sarah] who died a few years ago, and Winifred the youngest. In 1885 deceased moved to South
Dakota and from there to Bedford, where he has since resided. Early in life he
united with the church and was always a faithful and active member. Funeral
services were held at the M. E. church, conducted by the Rev. Wm. B. Thompson,
his pastor. Interment was in the Fairview cemetery.
[Williams, Robert
Miller]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday June 20,
1912 p. 4
OBITUARY.
Robert Miller
Williams
Robert
Miller Williams died at his home
in this city Monday June 17. The funeral services were held at the Methodist
Episcopal church at 2 o’clock p. m. Wednesday, conducted by the pastor, Rev. W.
B. Thompson. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.
Robert
M. [iller] Williams was born at
Coral, McHenry County, Ill., Feb. 6, 1843. He enlisted at the outbreak of the
civil war in Co. D, 15th Ill. Volunteer infantry, re-enlisted at the
end of three years services in the 34th Ill. Regiment. On February
24, 1875 he was married to Caroline Corson and to this union six children were born, five of whom survive their
father. The family came to this city in 1891 and have since made this their
home. The surviving relatives are: three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Craddock and Bertha Williams of Sterling, Ill., Winifred of Bedford; two sons, [Kent] Earl of Chicago, Ill., and Harry [Emerson] of Bedford; two brothers, T.[yler] V.[alorus]
Williams of Chillicothe, Mo., and A. [lbert] J.[osiah] Williams,
of Otis, Colo.
[WILLIAMS, ROBERT MILLER]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 4, 1912
Mrs. Jennie Craddock, who has been here for some time on account of the sickness and death of her father, R. M. Williams, returned to her home in Sterling, Ill., Monday.
[Williams, Sarah “Sada”]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday June 10, 1909 p. 4
Miss Sada Williams Dead
Miss
Sada [Sarah] Williams, who has
been lying so ill at the home of her parents for the past three months,
breathed her last about six o'clock Monday morning. All her friends have
realized that she was in a precarious state of health ever since her illness
began, but hope buoyed them up with the thought that perhaps her youth and
strength would carry her through. About three months ago she was in apparently
as rugged a condition of health as one would care to see. Her cheeks carried
the pink of the rose in them, and her form was one of athletic strength. But
about the time mentioned she was taken with a severe cold and this developed
into tubercular troubles, from which she could not recover. All that medical
skill and science could do and loving minds devise was done for her to no avail,
and the eyes of loved ones could detect her strength gradually but surely
failing.
When
the angel of death hovers constantly in our midst, striking here and there
indiscriminately, it is sometimes a wonder why a life so young and so full of
promise should be cut down and leave the decrepit and aged that are anxious to
go. Miss Sada was but
twenty-two years of age. Her character was beautiful indeed and fully revealed
only to her intimate acquaintances and loved ones. She was of bright and
cheerful disposition, pure in thought, and loving and affectionate in manner.
She was the joy of the home and the life of the circle in which she mingled.
She had words always of good cheer for those cast down and in sorrow; she was
ever ready to lend a helping hand to the worthy in distress; she was full of
life and ambition, and while she had every thing at home that heart could
desire her independent nature insisted that she be not idle. She became a
proficient stenographer and for sometime had been employed at that occupation,
the past year being in the law office of W. M. Jackson. Now she is dead her
friends can scarcely realize it, and the loved ones at home can scarcely
comprehend the full meaning of the vacant chair nor account for the absence of
the cheery word and pleasant smile—now forever stilled. The hush that has
fallen upon the home is the strongest evidence of death, all else reminds the
aching hearts of life—the life that has fled. While the aching void will
never be filled there cannot help but be a constant source of comfort to those
loved ones in the thought that she has only gone on ahead a few years perhaps,
to be ready to greet them upon the beautiful shore beyond.
She
was a most loved companion of a party of three other girls of her own age, to whom
also the loss of a member of their little circle is keenly felt. In fact
nowhere in town is there a place that does not miss her. To the loving parents,
brothers and sisters, we want to extend not only our deepest sympathy but the
sympathy of all who know her, in this their dark hour of sorrow.
Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. [obert] M. [iller] Williams, came to Bedford about seventeen years ago. Mr.
Williams has been justice of the
peace here for a number of years and is well known to many all over the county.
He was a soldier in the Civil War, and the strength that carried him through
many a hard fought battle will help him to meet this sorrow and burden he now
has to carry, together with the mother, and they share this as they have other
sorrows and pleasures for many years.
Aside from the parents she leaves mourn
two brothers and three sisters. They are Mrs. Jennie Craddock and Miss Bertha Williams, of Sterling, Ill., and Miss Winifred, at home and H. [arry] E. Williams, of Gilbert, Ill., and K. [ent] E. [arl] Williams, of Bloomington, Ill.
The
funeral services were held at the home on Wednesday afternoon 1:30 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. S. E. Henry, of the Presbyterian Church and the interment was
in Fairview cemetery. The floral offerings were handsome and profuse, mute
witnesses of esteem from many friends. The pallbearers who accompanied the
remains to their last resting place were, Lawrence Thompson, Phillip Evans, Ren
H. Fuller, Kenneth Stephens, Bruce J. Flick and Walter Evans.
[Williams, Sarah “Sada”]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday June 10,
1909 p. 5
Sada Williams
After
an illness of about three months, Miss Sada [Sarah] Williams, aged 22 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. [obert]
M. [iller] Williams died Monday
morning. A short funeral service was held at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. .S. E. Henry, pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Miss
Williams was a popular young
woman of wide acquaintance in Bedford. She was full of life and until about
three months ago was apparently in best of health, vigorous and strong. When
she became ill she wasted away and for some time there was little reason to
look for her recovery.
Three
sisters and two brothers, besides the parents, survive. The sisters are Mrs.
Jennie Craddock and Miss
Bertha Williams of Sterling,
Ill., and Miss Winnie Williams,
at home. The brothers are K. [ent] E. [arl] Williams of Bloomington, Ill., and H. [arry] E. [merson]
Williams of Gilbert, Ill.
[WILLIAMS, SARAH "SADA"]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 10, 1909
Messrs. Chas. and Milton Corson of Genoa, Ill., arrived Wednesday to attend the funeral of their niece, Sada Williams.
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