William Walters Obituary 

The following appeared in The Pantagraph on February 2, 1910 

Died at Danvers

William Walters expired Tuesday Afternoon at Age of 75

William Walters died at the home of his nephew J. H. Walters of Danvers at 2:15 p.m.  The death was due  to the debilities of age.

Mr. Walters was born on August 25, 1835 at Marion County Ohio.  He moved to Tazewell county when a boy.  He enlisted in Company B, 3rd Illinois Cavalry in 1861 and served four years.  After the war he settled up on a farm six miles southwest of Danvers which he now owns.  He moved to Danvers in 1894 and has made his home with a nephew where he died.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Danvers

He leaves four brothers and two sisters; James of Sheldon, Mo, John of Bloomington, Ill, Isaiah of Tazewell, Ill., Jerry of Bloomington, Mrs. Jane McConkey and Ellen McConkey of Stanford, Ill.

The funeral will be held in the Presbyterian church in Danvers at 10:00 a.m. Friday.  The burial will be at the Indiana church cemetery two miles northeast of Stanford.  There will be a short service there also.