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• j James McWilliams. one of jibe old- j ett and best' known men; in; Daviess jcounty, died, of general;;debility ati 61;30 a. m.; last Thursday at his! hjome in Plainville. . He had|been ill many weeks.I Mr. McWilliams was seJverity-seS-en yjears old. He was born Ik the south-: et-n part of the state, Warrick county., and in 1873 carafe to this county where he settled and has. lived ever j since. Most of that tfjhe he has spent in Steele township])living on a farm. He was prosperous nnd onecff the most prominent., farmers in the county. | About eiglifc years ago lie retired from farming, and moved tb i*iainvll|e, making 0 twenty-five dears that he has lived in Steele township. He was a democrat in politics and one of that party’s hard* sat workers [until old age came. He belonged to the M. E. church and was a member of the I. 0. 0^1 F.: .Mr. McWillamfl wafl married twice, j lt;ne child, Mrs. Jane Byle, being born | tjo the first union. Mrs. Byle lives in Warrick county. To the aecpnd mar- j iiage two children were born. They-j Ire George j Me WllliamB of this city, ^-treasurer of Daviess:cotjntv, and | tpharles McWilliams of PlalljvSile. He. leaves these children and a wife, who was Miss Artio Roberts. .
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Washington Gazette and Herald
Washington, Indiana, US
Sat, Jul 08, 1905
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