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where we shall regard him with
worshipful admiration and reverence.
Though decorated with all the honors a
nation-a world-could bestow,
there shines through all the man-the
noble spotless man.
There is no incident in history to our
mind like that journey from
Washington to Canton of the funeral
train. The catafalque, upon which
rested the body of the illustrious dead,
occupied the center of a spacious
car-the sides of which were glass. It
was brilliantly lighted at night,
so that for a long distance the interior
of the car and its hallowed con-
tents were plainly visible. As that
train sped on through the darkness
of night-winding its way over hill and
through dale and past the busy
haunts of men-all spectators gazed
silently and sadly at the strange and
solmen sight. Vast numbers in dense
cities crowded to the track and in
bared heads and bated breath stood by.
And in the open country-in the
gloom of midnight-and the gray of the
early dawn, the begrimed miner,
the belated traveler,-the sleepless
farmer,-on the hillside-in the valley,
stood motionless or fell on bended knee
and uncovered in reverent sorrow
as the bright passing light of that car
interior spread its rays athwart the
adjacent fields. Will not the stainless
life; the honorable deeds and shining
character of that man shed their sweet
influence throughout our nation,
and bring cheer and courage to
generations yet unborn-not only in this
land, but throughout the wide, wide
world?
"Unbounded courage and compassion
joined,
Tempering each other in the victor's
mind,
Alternately proclaim him good and great,
And make the hero and man
complete."
ISRAEL WILLIAMS.
Hon. Israel Williams one of the earliest
members of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society
and for many years one of its trus-
tees, died September 9, 1901. at the St.
James Hotel, Denver, Colorado,
where he was temporarily stopping, being
engaged in looking after ex-
tensive mining investments in which he
was interested.
Isreal Williams was born in Montgomery
county, Ohio, August 24,
1827. His parents were William and Mary
Marker Williams. Subsequent
to their settlement in Montgomery county
the family removed to Cham-
paign county, where Israel, one of the
nine children, spent his boyhood
days. He received his early education in
the country schools until the age
of eighteen; then left the farm and
taught school to obtain means to
pay for further education. Attended the
high school at Springfield and the
college at Granville, now Dennison
University; graduated at Farmer's
College in 1853; read law with Gunckel
and Strong at Dayton, Ohio, and
graduated from the Cincinnati Law School
in 1855 in which year he was
also admitted to the bar. In 1856 he
took up his residence in Hamilton,