Williams - Stephen Alonzo - Lon
Source: Crawfordsville Wekly Journal 1 October 1892
Lon Williams, aged about 30 years died Saturday at his home just east of Whitesville of typhoid fever. The funeral occurred yesterday, the interment being int he Harshbarger cemetery in Walnut Township. He left a wife and one child. - Kim H
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Thursday, 29 September 1892
Stephen Alonzo Williams, son of John E. and Mary Williams, was born July 31, 1862, on a farm four miles northeast of Ladoga. There his childhood days were passed. He was not a member of any church, but his mother having united with the Christian Church in her girlhood and being a believer in the Christian faith, he was taught from childhood the true principles of right, and that “God doeth all things well.” He was honest, and firm in his convictions, loved and respected by all who knew his true character; always ready to help in time of need. He was once a student in the Ladoga Normal, was an apt scholar. He wanted his mother who had watched over him all through his delicate childhood near him through his late sickness and told her as she sat by his dying bed of the beautiful visions that were passing before him. His little daughter, Blanche, who died just three months ago, appeared to him with a multitude of angels. He told his mother that his time had come, and that he was so happy and willing to go, and with a smiling countenance he passed peacefully away Sept. 23, 1892. A brief but beautiful and touching sermon was delivered by Rev. F. M. Wright by the casket near the open grave. - thanks to S