STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1899, page 1, column 6

WILLIAM HENRY CARVER, 10 May 1839 - 06 Dec 1899

   The citizens of Orland and vicinity are again called to mourn 
over the death of one of the early settlers.
   William henry Carver was born May 10, 1839, died Dec 6th, 1899, 
aged 60 years, 6 months and 26 days.  Most of Mr. Carver's life was 
spent in Orland.  He was a volunteer in Co. B. 100th Indiana 
regiment, and was discharged on account of failing eye sight.  In 
June 1864 he was married to Miss Mary Stocker.  To them were born 
seven children, five of whom are living.  Nina, their first born 
died in 1891.  Baby Lottie died in infancy and Mrs. Mary Carver died 
in 1890.  In 1895 Mr. Carver married Mrs. Marta Lyon, who is left to 
mourn the loss of an affectionate husband. 
   Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, of which he had 
been a prominent member over thirty years, always prompt in the 
discharge of his christian duties.  Rev. Mr. Kemp, pastor of the M. 
E. church, preached an appropriate sermon, which was comforting to 
the bereaved family.  The church was filled with friends and many 
were unable to gain admittance.  Relatives attended from Angola, 
Lima, Salem and other places. The G. A. R. attended in a body, and 
his comrades were his pall bearers.  The coffin was draped with the 
stars and stripes.  The church was decorated appropriately and all 
was done that friends could do to show respect to the dead and 
sympathy for the living.  His comrades bore him tenderly to Green 
Lawn and laid him beside his wife and children who had gone before.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   William Henry Carver, 10 May 1839 - 06 Dec 1899, married 1st, Mary 
A. (Stocker) Carver, 28 Dec 1843 - 18 May 1890.  Married 2nd, Mrs. 
Marta Lyon Carver.

   Nina M. Carver, 27 Mar 1864 - 26 Nov 1891.
   Lottie M. Carver, 30 Dec 1875 - 17 Jul 1877.

"Cemeteries of Steuben Co., Ind., 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, Vol. 
I, pages 296, 297.