CANTINE R. WILLIAMS, a prominent farmer, of Raglan Township, living on section 24, came to Harrison County, in the spring of 1881. He first located at Logan, near which place he rented a farm for two years after which he bought the place he now occupies, which consisted of one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land, to which he added many substantial additions, in the way of buildings, wells, an orchard and shade trees. He now has seventy-five acres under the plow, while the balance is in timber, pasture and meadow.
Our subject is one of the eleven hundred people of Harrison County, who were born in New York State. He was born in Orleans County, April, 1843, and is a son of Bradley F. and Eusebia Williams, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively, and whose family consisted of the following children: Eveline, Fred W., Smith G., Olin H., Cantine R., Velina and Alden P.
Our subject lived in the Empire State until seven years of age when his parents removed to Van Buren County, Mich., where he remained until nineteen years of age, at which time he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and was mustered into service at Kalamazoo. They were at once sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., and were with Gen. W. T. Sherman, on his famous march to the sea. He received an honorable discharge, at Jackson, Mich., after a three years' service in the Union Army, during which time he was never wounded nor in the hospital. After his return from the service, he farmed on rented land for two years, and then bought a farm of eighty acres, which he cultivated eleven years, and then disposed of the same rented land the next year and then came to Harrison County. He was united in marriage in February, 1869, to Amelia, daughter of Augustine and Elizabeth Chaplin, natives of New York whose five children were as follows: Orson, Martha, Emeline, Louisa, all deceased, and Amelia.
Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children: Edith, born March 31, 1871; Perry, August 31, 1874, and Maude, February 22, 1890. Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and in religious matters he and his wife are Congregational in church choice.
source of biographical sketch: “History of Harrison County, Iowa”, 1891, page 675
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Marched With Sherman, Voted for Lincoln: Dies in Woodbine at 92
WOODBINE, Oct 5. -- Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. S. R. Overholser in charge, for C. R. Williams, Woodbine’s last civil war veteran, who died at his home Thursday afternoon, at the age of 92 years.
Mr. Williams was born April 23, 1843, at Holley, N. Y. a town located on the Erie canal, spending his boyhood days there, later moving with his parents to Michigan. Here he resided until 1864, when he enlisted in the civil war aa a private in Company C, 13th regiment, Michigan Infantry, which was with General Sherman on his famous march from “Atlanta to the sea.” He was the second of his family to enlist in the war, a brother who became a captain, had already enlisted.
Mr. Williams was honorably discharged from service on Aug. 6, 1865, with the rank of corporal, returning to his home at Mattawan. Mich., and began farming.
In the spring of 1881 he came to Harrison county, locating on a farm near Magnolia, and has been a continuous resident of the county for fifty-four years. Retiring from the farm in 1902, he came to Woodbine where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Williams cast his first vote, while in the service in the south, for Abraham Lincoln.
Surviving are two children, Perry A. Williams and Maude Williams, both of Woodbine. Mrs. Williams paused away in 1919 and a daughter, Edith, in 1905.
The Woman’s Relief corps and American Legion had their ritualistic services at the funeral. The following were pallbearers: Homer Baulele, M. E. Hill, James Glover, William McKenzie, Jess Watson and Chris Lundby. Burial was in Woodbine cemetery.
source of post funeral article (article included a portrait): Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), October 6, 1935, page 17, columns 7 & 8
Our subject is one of the eleven hundred people of Harrison County, who were born in New York State. He was born in Orleans County, April, 1843, and is a son of Bradley F. and Eusebia Williams, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively, and whose family consisted of the following children: Eveline, Fred W., Smith G., Olin H., Cantine R., Velina and Alden P.
Our subject lived in the Empire State until seven years of age when his parents removed to Van Buren County, Mich., where he remained until nineteen years of age, at which time he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and was mustered into service at Kalamazoo. They were at once sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., and were with Gen. W. T. Sherman, on his famous march to the sea. He received an honorable discharge, at Jackson, Mich., after a three years' service in the Union Army, during which time he was never wounded nor in the hospital. After his return from the service, he farmed on rented land for two years, and then bought a farm of eighty acres, which he cultivated eleven years, and then disposed of the same rented land the next year and then came to Harrison County. He was united in marriage in February, 1869, to Amelia, daughter of Augustine and Elizabeth Chaplin, natives of New York whose five children were as follows: Orson, Martha, Emeline, Louisa, all deceased, and Amelia.
Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children: Edith, born March 31, 1871; Perry, August 31, 1874, and Maude, February 22, 1890. Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and in religious matters he and his wife are Congregational in church choice.
source of biographical sketch: “History of Harrison County, Iowa”, 1891, page 675
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Marched With Sherman, Voted for Lincoln: Dies in Woodbine at 92
WOODBINE, Oct 5. -- Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. S. R. Overholser in charge, for C. R. Williams, Woodbine’s last civil war veteran, who died at his home Thursday afternoon, at the age of 92 years.
Mr. Williams was born April 23, 1843, at Holley, N. Y. a town located on the Erie canal, spending his boyhood days there, later moving with his parents to Michigan. Here he resided until 1864, when he enlisted in the civil war aa a private in Company C, 13th regiment, Michigan Infantry, which was with General Sherman on his famous march from “Atlanta to the sea.” He was the second of his family to enlist in the war, a brother who became a captain, had already enlisted.
Mr. Williams was honorably discharged from service on Aug. 6, 1865, with the rank of corporal, returning to his home at Mattawan. Mich., and began farming.
In the spring of 1881 he came to Harrison county, locating on a farm near Magnolia, and has been a continuous resident of the county for fifty-four years. Retiring from the farm in 1902, he came to Woodbine where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Williams cast his first vote, while in the service in the south, for Abraham Lincoln.
Surviving are two children, Perry A. Williams and Maude Williams, both of Woodbine. Mrs. Williams paused away in 1919 and a daughter, Edith, in 1905.
The Woman’s Relief corps and American Legion had their ritualistic services at the funeral. The following were pallbearers: Homer Baulele, M. E. Hill, James Glover, William McKenzie, Jess Watson and Chris Lundby. Burial was in Woodbine cemetery.
source of post funeral article (article included a portrait): Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), October 6, 1935, page 17, columns 7 & 8
CANTINE R. WILLIAMS, a prominent farmer, of Raglan Township, living on section 24, came to Harrison County, in the spring of 1881. He first located at Logan, near which place he rented a farm for two years after which he bought the place he now occupies, which consisted of one hundred and sixty acres of partly improved land, to which he added many substantial additions, in the way of buildings, wells, an orchard and shade trees. He now has seventy-five acres under the plow, while the balance is in timber, pasture and meadow.
Our subject is one of the eleven hundred people of Harrison County, who were born in New York State. He was born in Orleans County, April, 1843, and is a son of Bradley F. and Eusebia Williams, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively, and whose family consisted of the following children: Eveline, Fred W., Smith G., Olin H., Cantine R., Velina and Alden P.
Our subject lived in the Empire State until seven years of age when his parents removed to Van Buren County, Mich., where he remained until nineteen years of age, at which time he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and was mustered into service at Kalamazoo. They were at once sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., and were with Gen. W. T. Sherman, on his famous march to the sea. He received an honorable discharge, at Jackson, Mich., after a three years' service in the Union Army, during which time he was never wounded nor in the hospital. After his return from the service, he farmed on rented land for two years, and then bought a farm of eighty acres, which he cultivated eleven years, and then disposed of the same rented land the next year and then came to Harrison County. He was united in marriage in February, 1869, to Amelia, daughter of Augustine and Elizabeth Chaplin, natives of New York whose five children were as follows: Orson, Martha, Emeline, Louisa, all deceased, and Amelia.
Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children: Edith, born March 31, 1871; Perry, August 31, 1874, and Maude, February 22, 1890. Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and in religious matters he and his wife are Congregational in church choice.
source of biographical sketch: “History of Harrison County, Iowa”, 1891, page 675
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Marched With Sherman, Voted for Lincoln: Dies in Woodbine at 92
WOODBINE, Oct 5. -- Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. S. R. Overholser in charge, for C. R. Williams, Woodbine’s last civil war veteran, who died at his home Thursday afternoon, at the age of 92 years.
Mr. Williams was born April 23, 1843, at Holley, N. Y. a town located on the Erie canal, spending his boyhood days there, later moving with his parents to Michigan. Here he resided until 1864, when he enlisted in the civil war aa a private in Company C, 13th regiment, Michigan Infantry, which was with General Sherman on his famous march from “Atlanta to the sea.” He was the second of his family to enlist in the war, a brother who became a captain, had already enlisted.
Mr. Williams was honorably discharged from service on Aug. 6, 1865, with the rank of corporal, returning to his home at Mattawan. Mich., and began farming.
In the spring of 1881 he came to Harrison county, locating on a farm near Magnolia, and has been a continuous resident of the county for fifty-four years. Retiring from the farm in 1902, he came to Woodbine where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Williams cast his first vote, while in the service in the south, for Abraham Lincoln.
Surviving are two children, Perry A. Williams and Maude Williams, both of Woodbine. Mrs. Williams paused away in 1919 and a daughter, Edith, in 1905.
The Woman’s Relief corps and American Legion had their ritualistic services at the funeral. The following were pallbearers: Homer Baulele, M. E. Hill, James Glover, William McKenzie, Jess Watson and Chris Lundby. Burial was in Woodbine cemetery.
source of post funeral article (article included a portrait): Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), October 6, 1935, page 17, columns 7 & 8
Our subject is one of the eleven hundred people of Harrison County, who were born in New York State. He was born in Orleans County, April, 1843, and is a son of Bradley F. and Eusebia Williams, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively, and whose family consisted of the following children: Eveline, Fred W., Smith G., Olin H., Cantine R., Velina and Alden P.
Our subject lived in the Empire State until seven years of age when his parents removed to Van Buren County, Mich., where he remained until nineteen years of age, at which time he enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and was mustered into service at Kalamazoo. They were at once sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., and were with Gen. W. T. Sherman, on his famous march to the sea. He received an honorable discharge, at Jackson, Mich., after a three years' service in the Union Army, during which time he was never wounded nor in the hospital. After his return from the service, he farmed on rented land for two years, and then bought a farm of eighty acres, which he cultivated eleven years, and then disposed of the same rented land the next year and then came to Harrison County. He was united in marriage in February, 1869, to Amelia, daughter of Augustine and Elizabeth Chaplin, natives of New York whose five children were as follows: Orson, Martha, Emeline, Louisa, all deceased, and Amelia.
Our subject and his wife are the parents of three children: Edith, born March 31, 1871; Perry, August 31, 1874, and Maude, February 22, 1890. Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican party, and in religious matters he and his wife are Congregational in church choice.
source of biographical sketch: “History of Harrison County, Iowa”, 1891, page 675
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Marched With Sherman, Voted for Lincoln: Dies in Woodbine at 92
WOODBINE, Oct 5. -- Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, with Rev. S. R. Overholser in charge, for C. R. Williams, Woodbine’s last civil war veteran, who died at his home Thursday afternoon, at the age of 92 years.
Mr. Williams was born April 23, 1843, at Holley, N. Y. a town located on the Erie canal, spending his boyhood days there, later moving with his parents to Michigan. Here he resided until 1864, when he enlisted in the civil war aa a private in Company C, 13th regiment, Michigan Infantry, which was with General Sherman on his famous march from “Atlanta to the sea.” He was the second of his family to enlist in the war, a brother who became a captain, had already enlisted.
Mr. Williams was honorably discharged from service on Aug. 6, 1865, with the rank of corporal, returning to his home at Mattawan. Mich., and began farming.
In the spring of 1881 he came to Harrison county, locating on a farm near Magnolia, and has been a continuous resident of the county for fifty-four years. Retiring from the farm in 1902, he came to Woodbine where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Williams cast his first vote, while in the service in the south, for Abraham Lincoln.
Surviving are two children, Perry A. Williams and Maude Williams, both of Woodbine. Mrs. Williams paused away in 1919 and a daughter, Edith, in 1905.
The Woman’s Relief corps and American Legion had their ritualistic services at the funeral. The following were pallbearers: Homer Baulele, M. E. Hill, James Glover, William McKenzie, Jess Watson and Chris Lundby. Burial was in Woodbine cemetery.
source of post funeral article (article included a portrait): Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), October 6, 1935, page 17, columns 7 & 8
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