Jane (Whitmore) Williams (1859 - 1949)

Born 26 Dec 1859 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Williams — married 18 Feb 1878 in Grant, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1949 at age 89 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane was born in 1859. The daughter of Sarah Bedford and Henry Whitmore. Married Samuel Williams. To this union was born one daughter. Jane seemed to be quite the story teller. The stories she told werent often true. She spoke to the newspaper about her father... giving accounts that her grandmother had passed away when her father Henry and his siblings were quite young.. After reading a letter from Henry's sister Harriet, it revealed that Henry's father had left the mother taking with him the three children from that marriage. Jane's grandfather remarried in Ohio. Her grandmother, still in New York, also remarried and had three other children. Quite a different stroy than what Jane described. So I am not sure how much of his story in the newspaper is the truth. It is still being researched. It sounds like Jane had a wonderful life. She had a loving husband. A beautiul daughter. She is fondly remembered. Jane passed away in 1949.

Obituary

MRS. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, 90, SUCCUMBS HERE

Died

Mrs. Samuel Williams (nee Jane Whitmore) age 90 years passed away shortly after midnight on Saturday night at the home of her grandson, George Moyer, Jr., South Main St., where she was being cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Moyer during the past three weeks. Born in East Galena township on December 26, 1859 she was the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Bedford) Whitmore. In 1878 she was united in marriage at Hazel Green, Wisconsin to Samuel Williams of Bellevue, Iowa. They moved to Galena in 1909 where she has since resided. She was affiliated with the First Presbyterian church of Galena and was a regular attendant as long as her health permitted. Mrs. Williams was the last member of her immediate family having been preceded in death by her parents and eight brothers and sisters. Also preceding her in death were her husband (who passed away in 1924) and grandson Vernon L. Moyer. Her survivors include four generations, one daughter Mrs. Sadie Moyer; three grandsons George Moyer Jr., Clyde Moyer and Wesley "Bood" Moyer; one great grand daughter, Mrs. Robert (Jean Moyer) Simmons and two great grand-sons Thomas and Gerald Simmons; all residing in Galena. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services was held at two Samuel Williams was held at two o'clock this afternoon at the Nash Funeral Chapel with Rev. John Hodgson, minister of the First Presbyterian church, officiating Mrs. R. W. Klein, soloist sang two hymns, "Shall We Meet Beyond The River" and " God Be With You Til We Meet Again". Burial was made in the family lot in Greenwood Cemetery, with Earl Wearing, Frank R Vincent, Roy G. Vincent, Virgil Miller, Bedford Gray and Henry Fleege serving as casket bearers.

• In a letter written by her father, Henry Keeler Whitmore, Henry bestowed on his daughter, Jane and her family, ALL his chickens, cows, hay and grain right before he came to stay with Jane and her family.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4D-2SM : 13 December 2017), Jane Whitmore in entry for Henry Whitmore, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W7-Y38 : 12 April 2016), Jennie Whitmore in household of Henry Whitmore, Illinois, United States; citing p. 18, family 127, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,733.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8P-BBX5 : 9 March 2016), Samuel Williams and Jennie Whitmore, 18 Feb 1878; citing Grant, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,987.
• Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69838091