Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1909 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

William Faris, son of John and Sarah Truitt Faris, was born in Marion county within the present 1834, departed this life on Jan. 23, 1834, departed this life on an.- 23, 1909, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. In the early forties his father moved to Beaver Prairie and settled near Parish’s Grove; from there they moved to the north and settled near Morrow, Ind., where his father died. The mother, now with a large family moved to mear Rensselaer where they lived bn a farm for several years. Rensselaer was then a very small place where Mr. Faris worked in a flouring mill for some time and where he and his brothers engaged in the brick business. In about 1853 he and his brothers James and George, bought what is now the Rathfon farm, in Gillam tp., where he and his brother George lived together with their mother. A In 186 5 he was married to Mary A. Robinson and soon afterward bought and located on what is now the Fred Smith farm in Gillam tp. He subsequently moved to and lived* in LaPorte and Pulaski counties, returning to Gillam tp., in the fall of 1871, and where he has lived ever- since. He united with the M. E. church soon after his marriage and ever held sacred the principles of a godly life. He was a man of strict integrity, honesty and uprightness j with strong convictions as to his duty toward God and his fellow™an - He was especially interested in the great temperance reform and believed in the motto "no compromise” with the rum traffic. His last sickness w’as of short duration, acute pneumonia, and his departure was a great surprise to his many friends. He had been in usual good health until the Sunday before he died. On Friday evening before taking sick on Sunday, he was unusually cheerful and happy, referring to old-time revivals and songs they used to sing when Methodism was aglow with zeal and great supiritual power. He loved to sing especially in his younger days, and on this occasion he sang several verses of the old-time hymn of Jacob’s ladder which describes the old patriarch’s vision of the heavenly country. He has gone to be with his companion and two children who preceded him to the spirit world. He leaves two children, one brother, one son-in-law. (at whose home he died) ten grandchildren and one great grand son to mourn their loss. The funeral took place last Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, from the Independence church in Gillam tp., Rev. Lynn Bates, officiating. The large audience present testified to the love and respect the deceased enjoyed among his neighbors and friends. The remains were laid to rest in the Independence cemetery. The children, Mrs. Lizzie and Rev! Chas. W. Faris, and other relatives have our heartfelt sympathy in this their bereavement.—Medaryville Advertiser.