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Apache, Oklahoma April 29, 1915 December 13, 1841 ~ April 21, 1915 William S. DeBaun was born December 13, 1841, near Middletown, Ind., and died at Apache, Okla., April 21st, 1915, aged 73 years, 4 months and 8 days. He united with the Christian Church at the age of 19 years of which he was a faithful member and an earnest worker at all times, and at the time of his death he had been an elder in the church for over forty years. When the Civil War spread its dark pall of strife and bloodshed over the nation he was among the first to answer his country's call and to place his life on the alter of patriotism and love for his country, enlisting in the 8th Indiana Artillery and serving for three years and three months, participating in the battles of Chatanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Shiloh and others of the bloodiest battles of that great conflict. He was married July 4th, 1866 to Miss Angeline Pogue, of Middletown, Indiana, and they moved to Shelbyville, Illinois, to make their home, two boys and two girls, both of the boys dying in infancy. The girls grew to womanhood and both were present during his last hours and at the funeral. They are Mrs. J. S. Eads of Piedmont, Okla., and Miss DeBaun, of this city. Mr. DeBaun moved to Prescott, Ark. in 1880, where he lived until the opening of Oklahoma, when he took part in the great race and secured a claim one mile from El Reno. The city has since grown out to this place and is now an addition to the city. His wife died here on June 17th, 1898 and was taken back to the old home in Shelby County, Ill., for burial in the old family cemetery. On June 3rd, 1901, Mr. DeBaun was married to Miss Mary Lambeth who survives him. In 1909 they sold the old place at El Reno and moved to Apache where he made his home until the day of his death. He was one of our most highly beloved citizens, a man of whom everyone spoke well and who had not a single enemy. A man who lived the religion he professed in his daily life and his last thoughts were of his family and his church. He was a member of the G.A.R. Post, but when it came near the close of his life and his last thoughts were of his ______was finished. He designated those whom he wished to act as pall bearers from among the board of deacons of the church, saving that church came first with him, and his wishes were carried out. His place in the family can never be filled. His place in the community and in the church will be hard indeed to fill. The entire community will join with us in extending the deepest sympathy to the family in their hour of bereavement. May the God in whom he trusted be with them and lighten the burden of their sorrow. Mrs. A. J. Sherman, Mrs. Maggie Gaskins and Mrs. McClain, Mr. DeBaun's three sisters survive him. They live in Farmersburg, Ind. |
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