Sunday, September 13, 2009

Col. Edward Williams 1802- August 26, 1887

Col. Edward Williams, another of Phelps County's old and highly respected citizens, died at his residence in this city to-day of dysentery and paralysis. Deceased was born in the State of Virginia in 1802, and came to this city in 1868, where he has since resided. He leaves six children and an aged widow, with whom he has lived for sixty-one years. Col. Williams was probably the oldest Mason in the United States, having joined that order over fifty years ago in Virginia, where he has many friends and relatives living.

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