Fact: Residence (1920) Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Precinct 1, Garza, Texas, United States
Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
Fact: Residence (1940) Merkel, Justice Precinct 5, Taylor, Texas, United States
Fact: Military Service (16 Mar 1944) Ft Sill, Oklahoma, United States
Fact: Burial (1975) Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States of America
Sources
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M23G-Y6W : accessed 25 February 2020), Otis Williams in household of Jas A Williams, Justice Precinct 4, Jones, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 27A, family 431, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1569; FHL microfilm 1,375,582.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBZ-2MC : accessed 25 February 2020), Otis A Williams in household of James A Williams, Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States; citing ED 270, sheet 3B, line 58, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1851; FHL microfilm 1,821,851.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY9W-TT2 : accessed 25 February 2020), Otis A Williams in household of Walter G Williams, Precinct 1, Garza, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 5A, line 47, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2336; FHL microfilm 2,342,070.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43G-VNW : 17 December 2019), Otis Williams, Merkel, Justice Precinct 5, Taylor, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 221-28, sheet 20B, line 53, family 467, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4144.
Death: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYRV-PWG : 20 May 2014), Otis Williams, Dec 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Death: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K382-R6F : 13 March 2018), Otis Adrian Williams, 20 Dec 1975; citing certificate number 93855, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,840.
Military Service: "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKK-4WW : 5 December 2014), Otis A Williams, enlisted 16 Mar 1944, Ft Sill, Oklahoma, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Otis by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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