(The Ithaca Journal; Ithaca, NY. Monday, February 18, 1952, page 5.)

Miss Williams, Last of Family, Dies at 100

Miss Augusta Hardy Williams, formerly of Cliff Park, Ithaca, died at her recent home, 322 Highland Rd., Sunday, Feb. 17, 1952, at the age of 100 years and 1 month.

She was born Jan. 15, 1852, the sixth of 12 children of Josiah Butler Williams and Mary Hardy Williams. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca for 86 years.

Miss Williams was the last survivor of her immediate family. She leaves the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. Duncan Campbell Lee of London, England; Mrs. J. Frederick Fitchen and Mrs. James R. Robinson of Sheldrake; Miss E. Clifford Williams of Ithaca; Mrs. Walter Johnston of Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. William Saint Lawrence, Mrs. Hugh Littlejohn, Mrs. Margaret Williams King, and Mrs. Alfred Ogden of New York; A. Shaler Williams of Fairfield, Conn.; Henry O. Newman of Akron, Ohio, and Charles H. Newman of Ithaca. She is also survived by a large number of grandnephews and grandnieces.

Funeral Private

Private funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home. The Rev. George Walker of the Walden Avenue Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, and the Rev. Walter A. Dodds of the First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot, City Cemetery.

Her life was devoted largely to charity. While managing the sizable family estate on West Hill she had a large part in improving social conditions in the Inlet section of the city. The property at the north east corner of Cliff and W. State Sts. Was acquired by her many years ago and has since been devoted to public and charitable use. A portion was donated to the Social Service League as a site for the West Side House, part of the Beebe Mission for the erection of a chapel, and part to the City of Ithaca for a public playground.

Gave Home to County

In 1945 she gave her entire interest in her home and the Cliff Park property of 43 acres to Tomplins County at which time it was contemplated that the county would use it for the construction of a home for the aged. She traveled much in her younger days and her interests were world wide.

On her 100th birthday, President Malott of Cornell announced her gift to the university of 15 cases of letters, accounts, and other research materials. The papers of the Williams family form a valuable addition to those of the related Sage and Boardman families, those of Ezra Cornell, the McGraw family and others, all of which are now held by the Regional History Collection and the University Archives.