OBIT: WILLIAMS Children, 1903, Cresson Township, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, September 4, 1903 Three children of William Williams, a miner living on the outskirts of Cresson, have succumbed to diphtheria in a malignant form and one other youngster is convalescing from an attack of the disease. Of the seven children in the family, six became ill of diphtheria, the only one to escape being about a year old. The dead children were aged two years, four years and fourteen years. The Cresson school board's quarantine proving too rigid, Williams broke out and went to Lilly, where he purchased food for his family. Probably: 1900 Cresson Township, Cambria County census - William M. Williams, 43, coal miner Mary E. Williams, 43 Ananda Williams, 21 William Williams, 16 Clara E. Williams, 14 Emma Williams, 13 Annie Williams, 10 Joseph Williams, 9 George Williams, 7 James Williams, 5 Esther A. Williams, 3 Retta Williams, 1