James Bowman Williams, "Jim," born June 6, 1885, in Limestone, Washington County, Tennessee, was the youngest of six children, son of Thomas Williams and Margaret (Klepper) Williams and a descendant of the Baumans/Bowmans who emigrated from Switzerland to America, first to Virginia, then to Washington County, Tennessee.
He met and married Rowena Middleton in Limestone, Tennessee October 6, 1905.[1]They had three daughters, Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary Florence, moved to Virginia about 1909,[2]then moved to California in 1921, for Jim's health. They settled in Fresno City in the Central Valley where Rowena's brother had a grocery store and meat market and they raised their family there. About 1935, after their daughters were married, Jim and Rowena moved to Bakersfield where Jim worked for the water company and built houses in his off hours. Finally they moved back to Fresno after he retired.[3]He died April 16,1958,[4]survived by his wife, three daughters, eight grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
↑ Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-JDQN : 23 December 2016), James B Williams and Rowena S Middleton, 06 Oct 1905; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,117,931.
↑ United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJFV-CPR : accessed 21 November 2019), James B Williams, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing ED 30, sheet 10B, line 76, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1890; FHL microfilm 1,821,890.
↑ California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP2F-QTQ : 26 November 2014), James Bowman Williams, 16 Apr 1958; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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