Orange County VT Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Mary March 29, 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/vt/vtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com October 17, 2014, 5:41 pm Excelsior-Record, Apr. 4, 1913 Excelsior-Record newspaper of Maquoketa, Iowa Friday, April 4, 1913 Died--Mrs. Mary Wilder Williams was born in Brookfield, Orange Co., Vermont, on the 8th day of May, 1841. She came with her parents to Clinton county, Ia., in 1853. She was one of a family of ten children, five of whom with father and mother preceded her to the great beyond. She was married to Josiah B. Hudson Jan. 1, 1859 and to them was born one child, Myron A. Hudson, of this city. Josiah Hudson was a member of Co. F., Iowa Infantry. He died March 20, 1864 in the service of his country. Mrs. Hudson and small son then moved from Clinton county to Maquoketa, where they have since made their home. She was married to Senceca Williams June 19, 1866, and to them was born one child, a son, who died at the age of eleven months. Mrs. Williams united with the Christian church at the age of seventeen, and afterwards became a member of the First Baptist church of Maquoketa. She had always been a faithful and earnest worker in the service of the Lord. She leaves to mourn her loss three sisters and two brothers--Mrs. Julia Truax of this city; E.M. Wilder of Horneck, Iowa; Mrs. Eva Jefferson, Sand Diego, California, and Mrs. Isabelle Taubman of Ferndale, California; one son and two step-daughters, Myron Hudson, Mrs. Eliza Wimans and Mrs. Hattie Suthers; four grandchildren, Mrs. Marie Palmer of Seattle, Wash., Maybelle Hudson, Lloyd and Esther Suthers. The funeral services were held at the house of Mr. Myron Hudson at 2:00 o'clock and at the Baptist church at 2:30 on Wednesday, April 2. Rev. L.I. Hansen, minister of the Baptist church in charge. Interment in the Mount Hope cemetery, Maquoketa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/vt/orange/obits/w/williams212gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vtfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb