Troy Times

February 16, 1854

HEALD, WILLIAM Z. - Dec. 18th in Quincy, Logan Co., Ohio, William Z. aged 8 months. On Jan. 31st sister, Alice also died. Only children of Dr. A. and M. E. Heald.

Weep not, fond parents those loved ones

To thee a while was given

To gain thy love, then passed away,

To lure thy thoughts to Heaven.

Those tender buds could ne'er sustain

The ills we suffer love;

Their spirits sought a happier clime--

A more congenial sphere.

And though they sleep within the tomb,

Yet will their spirits rise--

Two lovely plants removed from earth,

To bloom in Paradise.