Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-12-06
GRAPE on THE DOOR.
soBrruARr or THE HON. HENRY WI
4 LIAMs.

In this city, at tho residence of hisl
son-in-law, w. II. Reed, on Sunday,
December 2, 1877, HENRY WILLIAMS
81.
thine rolls his ceaseless course. Thel
race of your
Who danced our infancy upon their
knee,
And told our marveling boyhcod
legends store.
OF their strange ventnreshapp,d|
by land or sea, sH
How are they blotted from the
things that bel f a
How few, all weak and withered of
their force,
Wait ON the verge of dark eternity /
Like stranded wrecks, the tide re-
turning hoarse, @t4
To sweep them from our sig ht.I
Time rolls his ~ceaseless course.''|
Walter Scott.
AS the rising sun of Sunday, Dec.
I'd, sent his golden rays gllmmering
through the frost of early morn upon
silent city, the sad and dolefnl
Of a church bell told in it's
lmournfnl echoings that the Angel of
had visited some home of our
city. The sad news soon reached us
Henry Williams had passed to
that bourne from which no traveller re-
Long and favorably } was he
known to the people Of this and adj
joining counties, knoSn and loved 40
those are who iuterweaveH their
interest, and veal with those by whom
surrounded. The memory Of many
"a Pioneer Of Missouri, goes back to
the early days of deprivation and, tell.
'and with them all he ceptended
serving many, who with him mapped
|out the, years for future prosperity
and development of our county. We
,pay no undue tribute of respect to
ibis memory, when We ascribs TO
him the honor of having been one OF
:Audrain's greatest ~benefactors, with
lhonor,to himself and profit to his
constituency, did he represent in the
Legislature halls, their best interest.
Jas a business man, he was emnently
successful, having, by his energy and
good Judgment, gained q sufficiency
Ito retire from business, spending the
remainder Of his days in the family
OF his children whom be loved
with a tenderness rarely equaled. We
lallI loved to meet the twinkling ex-
.spression OF humor as it shown in
Uncle Henry's eyes ! his whole souled
mature was shown in his every Gay
intercourse with his fellow citizens.
There is not a. church in cur city,
and but few in the county, to the
ferection of which he has not contrib
futed, not q public institution Of learn
hing or Of charity, in the county, that
HE did not aid, but he is gone and In
his death we have all a mutual loss.
1 His funeral was preached at the
j Methodist church, South, of which
zhe was q member, by Rev. J.. ID:
1 Vincil, who came from St. Louis te
pay his last tribute of respect to- 4
: time honored friend. He was a mem,
Der of the Masonic fraternity, by
whom he was buried, Dec. Sd, with
I the highest ~honors~of that fraternity,
followed by a long coneourse Of old
friends.
Honor to his memory, consolation
Ito his bereaved children and happi'
mess to his immortal spirit.
'sUncle Henry as he Was faml'
3iarly called; was born in the state Of
North Carolina, and in 1881, ut the
age of ten years, in company with
his mother, emigrated to Montgom'
2ery county, this State; from there hs
moved to Galloway county, and from
thence to Audrain, settling near this
place. H ~
Some time after, he moved to this
2city and engaged in business, al
which he. vas eminently successful,
having been so engaged for upwards
1of 80 years. ;"
On December %, 1912, he was
married to Miss Lizzie Martin, some
1.-TWO miles west OF Mexico, In the
house now occupied by Mr.. Rankin
Hills wife was from North Carolin,
aIso, her parents emigrating to THU
Estate while she was yet young. Sh'
<died on the 18th Of October, 1878.
The family consisted Of nine chill
Edren, four boys and Ave girls; two o
THE former being dead.
The Mayor, recognizing his pas
Sstrvices and sterling integrity as
xcitizen, issued the following request
n MAfoR's REquksr.1 arT
3 Owing to the death OF HENRY
WILLIAMS, an old and respects
citizen, and one who has long bee
laboring in the interest of on
city and people, 1 therefore n
Nquest all who desire 10 pay tn
last tribute of respect to the dead
to close their respective places OF busi
mess during the funeral services
(which will take place at 10 o'eloc
Ia. m. ut the NJ. e. Church, South
HAll who teel willing TO spare tho tim
win please attend.
r. III. FOWLER, Mayor
Triple silver plated casters fo
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