The following is the entire text of an obituary that appeared in the RELIGIOUS HERALD, a Baptist newspaper published in Richmond, Virginia and circulated throughout the state: Died, after protracted suffering from cancer, at his home, in Henderson county, Ky., August 23rd, WILLIAM S. ELAM, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. The deceased had many friends in Virginia. Charlotte county papers please copy. [published 15 February 1883, page 3, column 5.]