Williams Family History

Obituaries

Garrett Dale Rinehart Funeral services for Garrett Dale Rinehart, 34, of Oswego, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at the Oswego Presbyterian Church, Route 25, Oswego, where he will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the time of services. The Revs. Terry Hennessey and Leon Aalberts will co-officiate. Born Jan. 8, 1969, in Park Ridge, he died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, as a result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Interment will be in River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia. Mr. Rinehart graduated from Hoffman Estates High School, Class of 1987, and from Purdue University School of Engineering in 1991, with a degree in computer and electrical engineering. He was a member of the Oswego Presbyterian Church, where he served as deacon. He was also a member of the American Motorcycle Club and Brave Heart Tours. He was an avid woodworker and an all-around tinkerer. Garrett is survived by his loving wife, Melissa (nee Williams), who he married June 19, 1993, in Ramsey, Ind.; loving twins, Stephanie and Samuel Rinehart; beloved parents, Dale and Marilyn (nee Pratt) Rinehart; sister, Jennifer (Paul) Wilson of Hayden Conn.; brother, Miles (Kristin) Rinehart of DeKalb; nieces, Abigail Wilson and Lana Williams; nephews, Matthew Wilson, Chad Wilson and Jake Dickerman; and one aunts and two uncles. Memorials may be directed toward the education of his children, c/o Education Fund, P.O. Box 665, Oswego, IL 60543-0665. Arrangements were made by McKeown-Dunn Funeral Home, Ltd., Oswego. Friends may visit www.dailyherald.com/obits to express condolences and sign the guest book. For funeral information, (630)554-3888.
Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on 11/23/2003.

This is Isaac "IKE" Williams, son of Pryor and Anna Williams:
(Submitted by Denise Pollard)
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Newspaper clipping in the Family Bible of James K.P. Williams and Maria Reed:

DEATH OF ISAAC WILIAMS-
We were sorry but not surprised to learn Tuesday morning, from our young
friend David Wheeler, that Mr. Isaac Williams, of Fairplay township, had
passed away the night before. Mr. Williams had been suffering for two years
with the disease which ended General Grant's earthly career, cancer of the
tongue. and for a number of months had been confined to his bed. But
through all his sufferings he was wonderfully patient, and when the end
appeared to him to be inevitably near, he gave final directions concerning
his affairs, his burial, ect, as cooly as though talking of matters of every
day business. Mr. Williams was born Lawrence county Indiana, fifty-two
years ago. He was never married. In 1853 he caught the California Gold fever
and spent some time in that State. He afterward helped found Canon City,
Colorado. He located in this county, and engaged in the cattle business and
farming with his brother James, thirteen or fourteen years ago, achieving
financial success and winning the confidence and esteem of all that knew
him. In his death the county has lost an honorable and useful citizen. He
was buried at Florence with Masonic honor, Wednesday, Eld. Foote, of this
city preaching the funeral sermon. In a private note written in his
handwriting, the following words were found, which reveals the secret of his
exemplary life and peaceful death: "The expectation of future happiness is
the best relief of anzious thought, the most perfect cure for melancholy,
the guide of life, and the comfort of death."

Newspaper clipping in the Family Bible of James K.P. Williams and Maria Reed:
(Submitted by Denise Pollard)
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WILLIAMS
Dr. A. D. Williams, who died at his home in Greenfield, Indiana, rather
suddenly, on August 6, 1912, of rheumatism of the heart, was for many years
one of the most prominent physicians in St. Louis in his specialty.

He was an assistant surgeon in the Civil War, and resigned his position near
the close, and went to Europe for the purpose, of finishing the study of
Ophthalmology and Otology. After studying under the most celebrated
physicians of Europe, he returned to the United States, and located in St.
Louis in 1872. He is the author of standard works on diseases of the ear and
eye, and a frequent contributor to medical literature.

He was a devoted member of the Christian church, and possessed a beautiful
Christian character. He wife preceded him in to the "life beyond" about two
years. His two daughters, Elizabeth and Anna, survive him, and are living
at Greenfield, IN.

He name calls to mind, to many of us who knew him, a man of rare modesty, of
spendid attainments, and of a spotless Christian life. Blessed is the memory
of such men.