I, J. Wathen, manager of this memorial, am not related to Matie. Her sister, Emma (Barrett) Bower, married into the Bower family, of whom I am distantly related.
The Rolla Weekly Herald, Rolla, Missouri, Thursday, 20 October, 1887, page 3, column 4:
Mrs. Matie Williams Dead.
A special to the Republican of Sunday last announced the death of this well-known and popular young actress, which occurred at Holden, Mo., at noon on Saturday. She has been in declining in health for two years. She left the stage last spring before the close of the season, completely broken down and has steadily grown worse up to the time of her death. The most of the summer was spent on her husband's ranch in Southern Missouri. Friends made themselves believe she was getting stronger. That fatal disease, consumption, was the cause of her death. Matie Barrett was born in Utica, N. Y., September 14, 1857. She was reared in Holden and St. Louis, and never went on the stage until after he marriage with Wilbur M. Williams, eight years ago. Since then she has scored a success and achieved a celebrity vouchsafed to but few people in the profession. Her husband was not with her when she died, but had been notified of her hopeless condition. The news of her death was telegraphed him at once and he replied that he would reach her Sunday eve. Rolla people will remember Mrs. Williams as the "Little Duchess" in a week's engagement at New Era hall two years ago. The remains were buried Monday in the Holden cemetery.
The Current Wave, Eminence, Missouri, Thursday, 27 October, 1887, page 3, column 3:
Death of Matie Williams.
There are probably many readers of the Democrat who remember Matie Williams, the bright little actress, who, a few years since, made several tours of Southeast Missouri as the "Little Duchess." Last Saturday at Holden, Mo., at the Talmage House, of which her father, E. P. Barrett, is proprietor, she died of consumption. She was a general favorite with all who know her, and the news of her demise will be sorrowfully received. -- [Charleston Democrat.
Matie Williams was the wife of Mr. W. M. Williams, who lately purchased and improved a valuable tract of land on Shawnee Creek, this county, for a stock ranche, and where his wife abode with him until he left here, in early autumn, for the purpose of making a winter tour with the celebrated "Williams Troupe." Information received here is to the effect that Mr. Williams was somewhere in Indiana, with his troupe, when his wife departed this life. Mr. Williams' many friends here deeply sympathize with him.
Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday, 1 November, 1887, page 5, columns 5 and 6:
In the death of Mrs. Matie Williams, Holden loses a brilliant personage, of which, in life, she justly felt a pride. This was her home, the place of her marriage, the sacred spot of her final dissolution and where reposes all that is mortal of Matie Williams, the renowned Little Duchess. In foreign cities and in various states, she received the plaudits of the multitudes for her clever ability, and brilliant impersonations in the Little Duchess. That was not all; always happy, with a countenance radiant with the sunshine of true womanly grace and beauty, she was respected, admired, loved and adored, wherever she went. Her's was an active life, full of drama, kindled with a love for romance, and glowing with domestic joys. Frail, fragile, as a fabric of texture, she was the more appreciated by friends, and commanded deference from all. The circle at the parental hearthstone will miss her; a devoted husband and motherless little girl will miss her in the place she occupied in their now bereaved hearts; the stage, which she graced for eight long years, will miss her, and the hundreds of admiring friends, who have been wrought to tears and convulsed with laughter at her dramatic tact and ability, will gaze upon her no more for ever. The curtain has been rung down in the last act, and the finale is now and forever. Peace to the ashes of the Little Duchess, and may the parents and sisters of deceased, find a healing balm for their sorrow in a sweet recollection of the womanly graces of the departed one.
--Holden Herald.
Following received from Suzanne FAG #47144550:
Mattie Barrett Williams was a popular stage actress known as "The Little Duchess". She married actor and playwright Wilbur M. Williams on February 14, 1879, in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Her death was caused by consumption, from which she had suffered a long while.
The Rolla Weekly Herald, Rolla, Missouri, Thursday, 20 October, 1887, page 3, column 4:
Mrs. Matie Williams Dead.
A special to the Republican of Sunday last announced the death of this well-known and popular young actress, which occurred at Holden, Mo., at noon on Saturday. She has been in declining in health for two years. She left the stage last spring before the close of the season, completely broken down and has steadily grown worse up to the time of her death. The most of the summer was spent on her husband's ranch in Southern Missouri. Friends made themselves believe she was getting stronger. That fatal disease, consumption, was the cause of her death. Matie Barrett was born in Utica, N. Y., September 14, 1857. She was reared in Holden and St. Louis, and never went on the stage until after he marriage with Wilbur M. Williams, eight years ago. Since then she has scored a success and achieved a celebrity vouchsafed to but few people in the profession. Her husband was not with her when she died, but had been notified of her hopeless condition. The news of her death was telegraphed him at once and he replied that he would reach her Sunday eve. Rolla people will remember Mrs. Williams as the "Little Duchess" in a week's engagement at New Era hall two years ago. The remains were buried Monday in the Holden cemetery.
The Current Wave, Eminence, Missouri, Thursday, 27 October, 1887, page 3, column 3:
Death of Matie Williams.
There are probably many readers of the Democrat who remember Matie Williams, the bright little actress, who, a few years since, made several tours of Southeast Missouri as the "Little Duchess." Last Saturday at Holden, Mo., at the Talmage House, of which her father, E. P. Barrett, is proprietor, she died of consumption. She was a general favorite with all who know her, and the news of her demise will be sorrowfully received. -- [Charleston Democrat.
Matie Williams was the wife of Mr. W. M. Williams, who lately purchased and improved a valuable tract of land on Shawnee Creek, this county, for a stock ranche, and where his wife abode with him until he left here, in early autumn, for the purpose of making a winter tour with the celebrated "Williams Troupe." Information received here is to the effect that Mr. Williams was somewhere in Indiana, with his troupe, when his wife departed this life. Mr. Williams' many friends here deeply sympathize with him.
Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday, 1 November, 1887, page 5, columns 5 and 6:
In the death of Mrs. Matie Williams, Holden loses a brilliant personage, of which, in life, she justly felt a pride. This was her home, the place of her marriage, the sacred spot of her final dissolution and where reposes all that is mortal of Matie Williams, the renowned Little Duchess. In foreign cities and in various states, she received the plaudits of the multitudes for her clever ability, and brilliant impersonations in the Little Duchess. That was not all; always happy, with a countenance radiant with the sunshine of true womanly grace and beauty, she was respected, admired, loved and adored, wherever she went. Her's was an active life, full of drama, kindled with a love for romance, and glowing with domestic joys. Frail, fragile, as a fabric of texture, she was the more appreciated by friends, and commanded deference from all. The circle at the parental hearthstone will miss her; a devoted husband and motherless little girl will miss her in the place she occupied in their now bereaved hearts; the stage, which she graced for eight long years, will miss her, and the hundreds of admiring friends, who have been wrought to tears and convulsed with laughter at her dramatic tact and ability, will gaze upon her no more for ever. The curtain has been rung down in the last act, and the finale is now and forever. Peace to the ashes of the Little Duchess, and may the parents and sisters of deceased, find a healing balm for their sorrow in a sweet recollection of the womanly graces of the departed one.
--Holden Herald.
Following received from Suzanne FAG #47144550:
Mattie Barrett Williams was a popular stage actress known as "The Little Duchess". She married actor and playwright Wilbur M. Williams on February 14, 1879, in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Her death was caused by consumption, from which she had suffered a long while.
I, J. Wathen, manager of this memorial, am not related to Matie. Her sister, Emma (Barrett) Bower, married into the Bower family, of whom I am distantly related.
The Rolla Weekly Herald, Rolla, Missouri, Thursday, 20 October, 1887, page 3, column 4:
Mrs. Matie Williams Dead.
A special to the Republican of Sunday last announced the death of this well-known and popular young actress, which occurred at Holden, Mo., at noon on Saturday. She has been in declining in health for two years. She left the stage last spring before the close of the season, completely broken down and has steadily grown worse up to the time of her death. The most of the summer was spent on her husband's ranch in Southern Missouri. Friends made themselves believe she was getting stronger. That fatal disease, consumption, was the cause of her death. Matie Barrett was born in Utica, N. Y., September 14, 1857. She was reared in Holden and St. Louis, and never went on the stage until after he marriage with Wilbur M. Williams, eight years ago. Since then she has scored a success and achieved a celebrity vouchsafed to but few people in the profession. Her husband was not with her when she died, but had been notified of her hopeless condition. The news of her death was telegraphed him at once and he replied that he would reach her Sunday eve. Rolla people will remember Mrs. Williams as the "Little Duchess" in a week's engagement at New Era hall two years ago. The remains were buried Monday in the Holden cemetery.
The Current Wave, Eminence, Missouri, Thursday, 27 October, 1887, page 3, column 3:
Death of Matie Williams.
There are probably many readers of the Democrat who remember Matie Williams, the bright little actress, who, a few years since, made several tours of Southeast Missouri as the "Little Duchess." Last Saturday at Holden, Mo., at the Talmage House, of which her father, E. P. Barrett, is proprietor, she died of consumption. She was a general favorite with all who know her, and the news of her demise will be sorrowfully received. -- [Charleston Democrat.
Matie Williams was the wife of Mr. W. M. Williams, who lately purchased and improved a valuable tract of land on Shawnee Creek, this county, for a stock ranche, and where his wife abode with him until he left here, in early autumn, for the purpose of making a winter tour with the celebrated "Williams Troupe." Information received here is to the effect that Mr. Williams was somewhere in Indiana, with his troupe, when his wife departed this life. Mr. Williams' many friends here deeply sympathize with him.
Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday, 1 November, 1887, page 5, columns 5 and 6:
In the death of Mrs. Matie Williams, Holden loses a brilliant personage, of which, in life, she justly felt a pride. This was her home, the place of her marriage, the sacred spot of her final dissolution and where reposes all that is mortal of Matie Williams, the renowned Little Duchess. In foreign cities and in various states, she received the plaudits of the multitudes for her clever ability, and brilliant impersonations in the Little Duchess. That was not all; always happy, with a countenance radiant with the sunshine of true womanly grace and beauty, she was respected, admired, loved and adored, wherever she went. Her's was an active life, full of drama, kindled with a love for romance, and glowing with domestic joys. Frail, fragile, as a fabric of texture, she was the more appreciated by friends, and commanded deference from all. The circle at the parental hearthstone will miss her; a devoted husband and motherless little girl will miss her in the place she occupied in their now bereaved hearts; the stage, which she graced for eight long years, will miss her, and the hundreds of admiring friends, who have been wrought to tears and convulsed with laughter at her dramatic tact and ability, will gaze upon her no more for ever. The curtain has been rung down in the last act, and the finale is now and forever. Peace to the ashes of the Little Duchess, and may the parents and sisters of deceased, find a healing balm for their sorrow in a sweet recollection of the womanly graces of the departed one.
--Holden Herald.
Following received from Suzanne FAG #47144550:
Mattie Barrett Williams was a popular stage actress known as "The Little Duchess". She married actor and playwright Wilbur M. Williams on February 14, 1879, in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Her death was caused by consumption, from which she had suffered a long while.
The Rolla Weekly Herald, Rolla, Missouri, Thursday, 20 October, 1887, page 3, column 4:
Mrs. Matie Williams Dead.
A special to the Republican of Sunday last announced the death of this well-known and popular young actress, which occurred at Holden, Mo., at noon on Saturday. She has been in declining in health for two years. She left the stage last spring before the close of the season, completely broken down and has steadily grown worse up to the time of her death. The most of the summer was spent on her husband's ranch in Southern Missouri. Friends made themselves believe she was getting stronger. That fatal disease, consumption, was the cause of her death. Matie Barrett was born in Utica, N. Y., September 14, 1857. She was reared in Holden and St. Louis, and never went on the stage until after he marriage with Wilbur M. Williams, eight years ago. Since then she has scored a success and achieved a celebrity vouchsafed to but few people in the profession. Her husband was not with her when she died, but had been notified of her hopeless condition. The news of her death was telegraphed him at once and he replied that he would reach her Sunday eve. Rolla people will remember Mrs. Williams as the "Little Duchess" in a week's engagement at New Era hall two years ago. The remains were buried Monday in the Holden cemetery.
The Current Wave, Eminence, Missouri, Thursday, 27 October, 1887, page 3, column 3:
Death of Matie Williams.
There are probably many readers of the Democrat who remember Matie Williams, the bright little actress, who, a few years since, made several tours of Southeast Missouri as the "Little Duchess." Last Saturday at Holden, Mo., at the Talmage House, of which her father, E. P. Barrett, is proprietor, she died of consumption. She was a general favorite with all who know her, and the news of her demise will be sorrowfully received. -- [Charleston Democrat.
Matie Williams was the wife of Mr. W. M. Williams, who lately purchased and improved a valuable tract of land on Shawnee Creek, this county, for a stock ranche, and where his wife abode with him until he left here, in early autumn, for the purpose of making a winter tour with the celebrated "Williams Troupe." Information received here is to the effect that Mr. Williams was somewhere in Indiana, with his troupe, when his wife departed this life. Mr. Williams' many friends here deeply sympathize with him.
Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday, 1 November, 1887, page 5, columns 5 and 6:
In the death of Mrs. Matie Williams, Holden loses a brilliant personage, of which, in life, she justly felt a pride. This was her home, the place of her marriage, the sacred spot of her final dissolution and where reposes all that is mortal of Matie Williams, the renowned Little Duchess. In foreign cities and in various states, she received the plaudits of the multitudes for her clever ability, and brilliant impersonations in the Little Duchess. That was not all; always happy, with a countenance radiant with the sunshine of true womanly grace and beauty, she was respected, admired, loved and adored, wherever she went. Her's was an active life, full of drama, kindled with a love for romance, and glowing with domestic joys. Frail, fragile, as a fabric of texture, she was the more appreciated by friends, and commanded deference from all. The circle at the parental hearthstone will miss her; a devoted husband and motherless little girl will miss her in the place she occupied in their now bereaved hearts; the stage, which she graced for eight long years, will miss her, and the hundreds of admiring friends, who have been wrought to tears and convulsed with laughter at her dramatic tact and ability, will gaze upon her no more for ever. The curtain has been rung down in the last act, and the finale is now and forever. Peace to the ashes of the Little Duchess, and may the parents and sisters of deceased, find a healing balm for their sorrow in a sweet recollection of the womanly graces of the departed one.
--Holden Herald.
Following received from Suzanne FAG #47144550:
Mattie Barrett Williams was a popular stage actress known as "The Little Duchess". She married actor and playwright Wilbur M. Williams on February 14, 1879, in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Her death was caused by consumption, from which she had suffered a long while.
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