Obit of William CHRISTIAN (b.1813 d.1885), Wabasha Co., MN

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CHRISTIAN-At his residence in Jarrett, Minnesota, Tuesday, 
Aug. 4 1885, of Hodgkins disease. William Christian aged 71 
years

William Christian was born in the town of Ramsey,Isle of Man, 
Nov. 26, 1813. He came to America at the age of 13 and resided 
in the state of New York until 1872 when he came to Fond du Lac, 
Wis. He was justice of the peace for thirty years in the town 
of Wilna, Jefferson county ,N.Y. and supervisor of the same 
town for eight years. He learned the millers trade when a boy 
and has been engaged in that occupation the greater part of 
his life. He moved from Fond du Lac to Minneapolis in 1879 
and resided there until 1884, when he came to Jarret. He 
leaves an only son, Otis Christian living at Lansing, Minn. 
and a widow a second wife. Mr. Christian was a man of most 
exemplary character. That abiding trust in God so marked in 
life was peculiarly prominent in the hour of death. Death 
had for him no terrors the end was inevitable, but this 
knowledge seemed but to strengthen his faith, and frequently 
during his dying hours he expressed a desire to depart this 
life and be at rest. He has been gathered home like a shock 
of corn fully ripe, leaving a host of sweet memories to the 
bereaved friends and bright Christian example to all

Published in the Lake City Graphic- Aug. 1885