OBIT: William H. WILSON, 1891, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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THE LAST OF EARTH
Dr. William H. Wilson, of Williamsburg, Joins the Majority.

  Dr. William H. Wilson, who was born in Williamsburg, March 20, 1827, 
died in that town yesterday about noon, after an illness extending over 
a period of three weeks.  Had he lived another month he would have 
completed his 64th year.  He is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. A. M. 
Wilson, two brothers, H. P. and Joseph, and a daughter, Miss Anna, all 
of Hays City, Kansas.  The latter, accompanied by Mrs. H. P. Wilson, 
came east as soon as she learned of her father's serious illness, and 
was with him the last week of his life.
  The deceased was a soldier of the Mexican war, having enlisted in 
Captain James Caldwell's company M., Second regiment, Pennsylvania 
volunteers, in April, 1847.  He served throughout the entire war, was 
never sick, and was in every battle in which his regiment participated, 
coming off without a wound.  At the close of the war he was honorably 
mustered out of the service at Pittsburgh.  Matthew Dunlap, of 
Williamsburg; Francis P. Hill, of Lancaster; David Ash, of Alexandria, 
were his messmates, along with Sergeant J. L. Kidd, of Williamsburg, 
who is the sole survivor of the group.
  He was a dentist by profession and a skilled one, and for many years 
carried on business in Williamsburg.  Something over a year ago, all 
his immediate relatives living in Kansas, he disposed of his property 
in Williamsburg and joined them.  About two months ago he returned to 
the home of his childhood, where it was fated that he should close his 
eyes on earthly things.
  The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon.  The 
interment will be in the Presbyterian cemetery.
  We have written the above record with feelings of inexpressible 
sadness.  We knew Dr. Wilson intimately for many years, were cognizant 
of his frailties as well as of his virtues.  He was a man of 
considerable intellectual ability, particularly fond of the poets, and 
was himself a poet of no mean caliber.  He also wrote prose of a unique 
quality.  Many of his most characteristic effusions will be found in 
the files on the Hollidaysburg Standard, and a few of them were written 
for the TRIBUNE.  But for a number of years past, so far as we know, 
his pen had been idle.  Remembering the good that was in his character, 
and also that none of us are perfect, we place this tribute of 
sorrowing remembrance upon his grave and extend to those who have been 
bereft our most sincere sympathy.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, February 20, 1891