Sadie Williams, 103, passed away of natural causes Friday, April 29, 2016 at Asante Ashland Community Hospital. Sadie was born July 19, 1912 to Lydia Knighten Jones and Wiley Jones near Phoenix, Ore. She was born into a pioneer family that crossed the plains by covered wagon and settled in southern Oregon in 1847. Her great-grandfather, W. G. Knighten, was appointed the first Postmaster of Trail, Oregon and opened its Post Office on February 1, 1893. [...]
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