From the Greenfield Argus 

March 31, 1916 William Thomas Stinnett died at his home a mile and a half west of Short on March 25, 1916, at 6:15 p.m., following a two weeks'illness with pneumonia, complicated by an attack ofjaundice and enlargement of the liver. 

The deceased was the son of James and Mary J. Stinnett, and was bom April 15, 1868. he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Scott Sept. 17, 189 1, to which uinion was bom seven children, one dying in infancy. The six surviving children are Nellie, Walter, Ben, Starcy, Rowena, and Dovey. He is also suvived by his wife, three brothers, two sisters and a host of other relatives. He was a kind and loving husband, father and neighbor and stood high in the esteem of all who knew him, as he was a just and upright man in all of his dealings. He was a firm believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ, but had never united with any church. 

Funeral services were conducted at Union church on Monday, March 27, at I I a.m.,, Reb. M. S. Metzler of White Hall, presiding. The interment was in the adjoining cemetery.