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Jackson Daily Citizen
Tuesday, 11 January, 1870

         Death of an Old Veteran
         
         WILLIAM MARKHAM, the oldest person in Calhoun county,
       being 94 years of age, died at the residence of his son,
       C. R. MARKHAM, in Homer, on the 6th. He had been for some
       time gradually failing, till finally vitality left his
       feet and limbs, and gangrene ensued to such an extent 
       and for so long a time that the flesh sloughed off. He
       literally died by degrees. About a week ago he was for
       some time supposed to be dead, but his strong constitu-
       tion rallied again, and since then he has been unable
       to take food or drink, except as the latter was poured
       into his mouth and swallowed with great difficulty.
       Nature finally gave out and he died. He was a member of
       the Freewill Baptist Church of Cook's Prairie.
       
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