Obituary of William W. Trueblood

    Wm. W. Trueblood was born in Guilford county, North Carolina December 13, 1839 
and departed this life at Decatur, Ill., May 27, 1912, aged 72 years, 5 months and 14 days.
    Born and raised of  Quaker parents, he early in life became a member of the original 
Wm. Penn Quaker church of North Carolina with which he remained identified until death. 
He was a member of the Society of friends opposed to slavery.
    He was united in marriage to Sarah Durham of North Carolina in 1859, to this union 
was born one child; Thomas L. Trueblood of Decatur. He left his native state and moved 
to the Quaker settlement of Greensboro, Ind., where this wife proceeded him to the grave 
in 1862. In 1864 he enlisted in Company ls. F 17th Indiana Volunteers and served until the 
close of the war. He was again married in 1866, to Lucy E. Paschal, to this union eight 
children were born, two dying in infancy. Six survive, Charley A. Trueblood of Decatur, 
R.B. Trueblood of Carson township, Lena R. Crotser of Decatur, Earl W. Trueblood of 
Oklahoma, Ocie R. Trueblood and J.A. Trueblood both of Decatur. Also 24 grand 
children.
    His life was simple and industrious. Honesty and integrity were strong characteristics of 
his life and the world was a better place for his having lived in it . In 1883, he helped to 
organize the George W. Bolt, Post of the G.A.R. of Carson, and became a charter member 
of the chapter consisting of twenty members, of which only three are now living, namely; 
G..A. Henderson, and Albert Jesse of Carson  and John A. Cothern of Ramsey, all of 
whom are very feeble and are only waiting for their Commander Supreme to give orders 
that warfare of life, like that of Comrade Trueblood, is over. The Stars and Stripes float 
over a free and undivided nation – a monument to immortalize the lives of such men as 
these to the Sons and Daughters of America. “Though they die their work lives on.”
    One great characteristic of hi life that we wish to mention is that he was never known to 
tell a falsehood or speak evil of anyone and was always ready to chide those who did. He 
was a patient sufferer; and though for two or three months prior to his death  he was 
unable to lie down but had to be propped in a chair. He leaves, besides his aged wife, six 
sons, one daughter, one sister, several half-brothers and sisters and a host of other 
relatives and friends to mourn his death.
    The remains were laid to rest in the Welch Cemetery in Carson, where he lived for 
many years and had endeared himself to so many of Carson’s people.