William was married to his first wife, Dorinda Green, of England and together they had 4 children, Adolphus, Arthur, Albert, and Kate. He later married Adeline Augusta Varley on July 23, 1873 in Wilmington, IL. William and Adeline had 13 children together: Lucinda (Lucy) Matilda, Kathryn E., William, Edgar Russell, Francis Marion, Herbert, Richard Wilson, Darius Varley, Harold W., Joseph, John W., Wesley Isaac, and Willis Gray.

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Maltby Funeral Held Yesterday

Braidwood, April 6 - Special to The Republican. The funeral of the late William Maltby took place yesterday morning from the family residence on Office street, where the services were conducted by the pastor of the M. E. church. The funeral was under the direction of Braidwood lodge A. F. and A. M. of which society Mr. Maltby was a member. Interment was in the Wilmington cemetery.

William Maltby was born in Selston, England, March 7, 1840 and was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Clark) Maltby, of England. His father was connected with a large coal and iron industry there. At 7 years of age Mr. Maltby commenced working on his father's farm. His first work, as he remembered it, was straddling one of two mules and then driving them tandem, attached to a plow. Later he worked in the mines there driving a coal cart. In 1862 he came to America and settled in Quebec, Canada. At later periods he made his home at Lake Superior, Jackson, Mich., Peoria and Fairbury, Ill. and the Pennsylvania coal regions. He prospected for coal in Nova Scotia without success and finally went west again. He lived in Chicago for a while and in 1866 was appointed superintendent of the Rhodes Coal Co., later the Eureka Coal Co. He acted in this capacity for this company for many years until he sunk a shaft of his own a few years ago.

This unfortunately burned up two years ago and left him a despondent man, for he had not since that time been the same again. Two weeks ago his wife obtained a divorce from him in the Joliet court.

When Mr. Maltby came to the western continent he was a poor boy, but by steady work and his knowledge of mining he became a man of great prominence in Braidwood and the surrounding country. He was the superintendent of one of the largest coal companies. He was the president and one of the founders of the public library of the mining town. At another period he was a trustee of the village.

He was married twice. His first wife was Miss Dorinda Green, of England, whom he married in 1858, and his second, Addie Varley, also of England in 1872. He had a family of thirteen children, one of whom is ex-Alderman Maltby, of Chicago.