Published as it appeared on Oct. 4, 1902 in the Corvallis Times, Page 1, Column 6.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Hattie Williams, daughter of J.W. and Elvira Ingle, departed this life in Philomath, August 15, aged 27 years. The Bible says, “In my Father’s house there are many mansions, I go to prepare them for you.”
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”
Though we have trials hard to bear, persecutions and heart aches, “The Lord knoweth all.
Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,
And sweet the strain which angels pour,
O why should we in anguish weep,
They are not lost but gone before.
Say why should friendship grieve for those,
Who safe arrive on Canaan’s shore,
Blessed from all their hurtful foes,
They are not lost, but gone before.
How many painful days on earth,
Their fainting spirit number ore,
Now they enjoy a heavenly birth,
They are not lost but gone before.
These lines were written in memory by her mother of her dear one, gone before.
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Editor’s note: Hattie K. Ingle was born in Oregon about 1876 to John W. Ingle, an Illinois-born farmer, and Elvira Ingle, an Oregon native. She married Frank E. Williams on Dec. 24, 1893, in Philomath. A clergyman named Bonebrake performed the ceremony. When the census taker came through Philomath Precinct on June 14, 1900, the couple were living in a house they owned free of mortgage. Frank, 26, was a day laborer. Hattie, 23, was a schoolteacher. They were listed as having been married six years with no children. Hattie Williams died Aug. 15, 1902, less than nine years after her wedding. She is buried at Mount Union Cemetery, where a small granite marker bears only her first name.