Crawfordsville Daily Journal 25 Nov 1919 p 3 -- Hillsboro, Nov 25 - On Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock occurred the death of Pleasant Williams, perhaps the oldest resident of
this community and the last Mexican War veteran of Fountain County. He was 92 on Nov 7
and has enjoyed fairly good health for one of his advanced years until about three weeks
ago when he began to fail rapidly. Death was due to a complication of ailments incident to
old age. His daughter, Mrs. Will Sandell and family of Chicago moved here several years
ago to care for him in his declining years and it was at their home he died. He was the
son of John and Mary Williams, early pioneers of this community. He was born Nov 7, 1826
in Mason Co KY and when he was four his parents moved to Crawfordsville. Two years later
the family moved to this community which has since been the home of the deceased. He was
the eldest of a family of 10 children, five sons and five daughters, he being the last to
answer the call of death. When 18 years of age he enlisted in the army and served
throughout the Mexican War of 1847-48. He fought under General Taylor. For the past five
years, he has been the sole survivors of his company and it is believed that very few, if
any of his regiment survive. Through all these years he has maintained a patriotic spirit
and during the recent war read and conversed on the war and was among the first in this
vicinity to join the Red Cross. In 1856 he was united in marriage to Margaret A. McBroom
and to this union 10 children were born, only three of whom are living, John and Charles
William and Mrs. Lena Sandell all of Hillsboro. Two children died in infancy and the
others who were called in death were: Missouri Youngblood, Etta Rynearson, Margaret
Rynearson, Stella Whittaker and Frank Williams, the mother and wife having died about 10
years ago. Mr. Williams was a staunch Democrat and has never missed voting on a
presidential election. On his 90th birthday he cast his vote for President Wilson and made
the remark that he cared for no better birthday gift than the election of the man of his
political faith. He lived to see Hillsboro develop from a hamlet in the wilderness to a
thriving little town. He was engaged in the milling business for several years and later
devoted his time to farming. The funeral services will be held from the Christian Church
here Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. R.B. Kern of
Covington. Burial will be in old Hillsboro Cemetery.