Laura Belle Williams (1870 - 1949)

Born 4 Dec 1870 in Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Apr 1949 at age 78 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Laura was born 4 December 1870 in Muskingum County.^[1] The Williams family was living in Muskingum Township in 1880,^[2] 1900,^[3] and 1910.^[4]

Laura died in Zanesville on 21 April 1949.^[5]

"Funeral services for Miss Laura B. Williams, 77, of Dresden, Route 2, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence with Rev. Louis Bangerter officiating. Burial will be in Dresden.

Miss Williams died yesterday afternoon at Good Samaritan hospital following an illness of nine months from a heart ailment.

A housekeeper all her life, Miss Williams was born Sept. 19, 1871, in Muskingum township, the daughter of James F. and Phoebe Blunt Williams. She was a member of the Dresden Methodist church.

Surviving are two brothers, Charles W. Williams and Senior B. Williams, and a sister, Mrs. Iva May Mattingly, all of the home. Four brothers and a sister preceded her in death."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDRF-52R : 8 March 2021), Laura B. Williams, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S4-RJK : 14 January 2022), Laura B. Williams in household of Finley Williams, Muskingum, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6D-8JD : 6 January 2022), Laura Williams in entry for Finley Williams, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFV-HH3 : accessed 7 August 2022), Laura B Williams in household of James F Williams, Muskingum, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 5A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1221; FHL microfilm 1,375,234.
5. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6RW-93Y : 8 March 2021), Laura Bell Williams, 21 Apr 1949; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,590.
6. ↑ "Miss Laura Williams," Zanesville Signal (OH: 22 April 1949), p. 14.