Carl Clayton Atwood, son of Freeman and Sophia Williams Atwood, was born in the town of Albion, March 9, 1862, and died at his home in Albion village, December 2, 1919.
With the exception of three years in Chicago and five years in Colorado, he made Albion his home. He studied in Albion Academy, finished the course of study in Milton College and spent two years in Ann Arbor.
He was married April 5, 1892, to Miss Ida Casler who mourns the loss of a devoted and loving husband. He was of a religious turn of mind and a student of the Bible through many years. He was an excellent neighbor and friend, always kind and genial and will be greatly missed. Besides his wife he leaves his mother, one sister, Mrs. Frances Crane, of Colorado, and two brothers, Byron and Allen Atwood, of Albion township.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday, December 5, by Pastor C. S. Sayre and the remains laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery. C. S. S.