Williams - James - 1904
James Williams - 1904
Source: Richmond Palladium Item 20 April 1904 Wed p 6
Crawfordsville, Ind – April 20 – J.I. Williams, a carpenter, in ill health and despondent because he could not support his family, committed suicide with a rifle bullet in his brain. He left a note addressed to his wife, reading, “Be at no expense, let the county bury me.” Williams was fifty-five years old with a large family. – Kim
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, September 6, 1904
James Williams, an old soldier was found dead at the home of his son, Harvey Williams, on Lafayette avenue Monday afternoon at 5 p.m. The family had been gone but a short time and when they returned home he had passed away. He belonged to the Twenty-Fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. He was 76 years of age and a native of North Carolina. – KH