TAPS SOUND FOR VETERANS
TWO MEN WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR ANSWER LAST ROLL CALL. WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
Taps sounded yesterday for two aged men who more than half a century ago answered the call of their country sounded at a time of need, and who after passing through many battles and experiencing the hardships and privation which were the lot of every soldier then, returned to their homes to spend the remainder of their lives quietly following the lines of work they had abandoned when the war began. Both deaths are deeply mourned and the two more names have been added to the final roll call so rapidly thinning the ranks of the boys in blue.
DEATH OF ELIJAH WILLIAMS
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Edna Glazer, 226 North Eighth street, occurred the death of Elijah Williams, age 75 years. Several weeks ago the deceased was stricken with a severe attack of catharral fever and from the first his condition was very grave. The daughter who already had the care of an infant of 3 months and who was in charge of the home while her husband is employed in the west, showed a devotion to her aged father that was indeed beautiful. Night and day she watched faithfully at the bedside, administering to his needs and rendering him every service. For four weeks she had taken only such rest as she could snatch while sitting by his bed throughout the night and the end of the vigil finds her almost at the point of prostration.
The deceased enlisted at the beginning of the Civil War, in Company A of the 59th Illinois, serving three years and re-enlisting for a second time which continued until the ending of the strife.
During recent years Mr. Williams had spent much of his time traveling and it was only a few months ago that he returned to Elwood from Texas where he had been living. He was a splendid man, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral will be held at the home of the daughter tomorrow morning, a minister from Lafayette in charge and interment will follow in the city cemetery. (Elwood Call Dleader, June 15, 1915.)
TWO MEN WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR ANSWER LAST ROLL CALL. WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
Taps sounded yesterday for two aged men who more than half a century ago answered the call of their country sounded at a time of need, and who after passing through many battles and experiencing the hardships and privation which were the lot of every soldier then, returned to their homes to spend the remainder of their lives quietly following the lines of work they had abandoned when the war began. Both deaths are deeply mourned and the two more names have been added to the final roll call so rapidly thinning the ranks of the boys in blue.
DEATH OF ELIJAH WILLIAMS
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Edna Glazer, 226 North Eighth street, occurred the death of Elijah Williams, age 75 years. Several weeks ago the deceased was stricken with a severe attack of catharral fever and from the first his condition was very grave. The daughter who already had the care of an infant of 3 months and who was in charge of the home while her husband is employed in the west, showed a devotion to her aged father that was indeed beautiful. Night and day she watched faithfully at the bedside, administering to his needs and rendering him every service. For four weeks she had taken only such rest as she could snatch while sitting by his bed throughout the night and the end of the vigil finds her almost at the point of prostration.
The deceased enlisted at the beginning of the Civil War, in Company A of the 59th Illinois, serving three years and re-enlisting for a second time which continued until the ending of the strife.
During recent years Mr. Williams had spent much of his time traveling and it was only a few months ago that he returned to Elwood from Texas where he had been living. He was a splendid man, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral will be held at the home of the daughter tomorrow morning, a minister from Lafayette in charge and interment will follow in the city cemetery. (Elwood Call Dleader, June 15, 1915.)
TAPS SOUND FOR VETERANS
TWO MEN WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR ANSWER LAST ROLL CALL. WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
Taps sounded yesterday for two aged men who more than half a century ago answered the call of their country sounded at a time of need, and who after passing through many battles and experiencing the hardships and privation which were the lot of every soldier then, returned to their homes to spend the remainder of their lives quietly following the lines of work they had abandoned when the war began. Both deaths are deeply mourned and the two more names have been added to the final roll call so rapidly thinning the ranks of the boys in blue.
DEATH OF ELIJAH WILLIAMS
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Edna Glazer, 226 North Eighth street, occurred the death of Elijah Williams, age 75 years. Several weeks ago the deceased was stricken with a severe attack of catharral fever and from the first his condition was very grave. The daughter who already had the care of an infant of 3 months and who was in charge of the home while her husband is employed in the west, showed a devotion to her aged father that was indeed beautiful. Night and day she watched faithfully at the bedside, administering to his needs and rendering him every service. For four weeks she had taken only such rest as she could snatch while sitting by his bed throughout the night and the end of the vigil finds her almost at the point of prostration.
The deceased enlisted at the beginning of the Civil War, in Company A of the 59th Illinois, serving three years and re-enlisting for a second time which continued until the ending of the strife.
During recent years Mr. Williams had spent much of his time traveling and it was only a few months ago that he returned to Elwood from Texas where he had been living. He was a splendid man, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral will be held at the home of the daughter tomorrow morning, a minister from Lafayette in charge and interment will follow in the city cemetery. (Elwood Call Dleader, June 15, 1915.)
TWO MEN WHO FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR ANSWER LAST ROLL CALL. WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW
Taps sounded yesterday for two aged men who more than half a century ago answered the call of their country sounded at a time of need, and who after passing through many battles and experiencing the hardships and privation which were the lot of every soldier then, returned to their homes to spend the remainder of their lives quietly following the lines of work they had abandoned when the war began. Both deaths are deeply mourned and the two more names have been added to the final roll call so rapidly thinning the ranks of the boys in blue.
DEATH OF ELIJAH WILLIAMS
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Edna Glazer, 226 North Eighth street, occurred the death of Elijah Williams, age 75 years. Several weeks ago the deceased was stricken with a severe attack of catharral fever and from the first his condition was very grave. The daughter who already had the care of an infant of 3 months and who was in charge of the home while her husband is employed in the west, showed a devotion to her aged father that was indeed beautiful. Night and day she watched faithfully at the bedside, administering to his needs and rendering him every service. For four weeks she had taken only such rest as she could snatch while sitting by his bed throughout the night and the end of the vigil finds her almost at the point of prostration.
The deceased enlisted at the beginning of the Civil War, in Company A of the 59th Illinois, serving three years and re-enlisting for a second time which continued until the ending of the strife.
During recent years Mr. Williams had spent much of his time traveling and it was only a few months ago that he returned to Elwood from Texas where he had been living. He was a splendid man, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
The funeral will be held at the home of the daughter tomorrow morning, a minister from Lafayette in charge and interment will follow in the city cemetery. (Elwood Call Dleader, June 15, 1915.)
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