Williamson, George W.

Passed: 1871-07-21

Age: 24

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 1871-07-21

Obituary Date:

Information: WILLIAMSON - In Ravenswood, July 21, 1871, at the residence of his grandfather, E. Chidester, Esq., Geo. W. Williamson, in the 24th year of his age.  The deceased was a son of W. C. Williamson, of Pomeroy, and came to his death from injuries received by a collision of cars on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, Oct. 26, 1870.  His friends had earnestly hoped that a visit to .......place, where he would be free from the smoke and dust of business, as well as from it's anxieties, would tend to arrest his declining energies, and help to restore him to health.  Their expectations were not realized.  For a few weeks he seemed to rally, and hopes were entertained, even by his physicians, of his ultimate recovery.  But on the 15th last, he began rapidly to decline, and on the next Friday at about 11 o'clock he closed his earthly career.  From the first he was atttended by the highest medical skill, and all was done for him that physicians could do.  While in this place, he was surrounded by the warm sympathies of his relatives, with whose kind attentions and tender assiduities he expressed himself as truly delighted.  But no medical aid, no tender devotions of the kind household where he lingered, no yearnings of maternal love could stay the hand of the destroyer.  Yet the dark shadow which fell upon those who stood around their departing loved one, was illuminated by his assurance that death to him had no terrors--that he met the will of heaven with the upmost resignation--that all was right that was the will of the Father above.      On Saturday, his remains, accompanied by his friends and relatives and a large number of the citizens of Ravenswood and vicinity, were conveyed to his home in Pomeroy, by the Str. ""Emma Graham"", which boat he owned in partnership with his brother, Capt. James N. Williamson.  The funeral services were held at the house of his father, on Sabbath, at 1 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. H. B. Scott, of Middleport, O. and Rev. A. J. McMillen, of Ravenswood, W. Va.  A large concourse of people, between four and five hundred, were present to pay their last tribute to a fallen brother, and to express sympathy with his family.  The deceased was a young man of rare social endowments.  As a business man, he was trustworthy, shrewd, and exceedingly popular.......................[from the Mary Kouns scrapbook]