Rebecca (Powell) Williams (1829 - 1896)

Born 8 Jan 1829 in North Carolina, United States

Wife of Benjamin J Williams — married 25 Feb 1847 in , Macon, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1896 at age 67 in Nind, Adair, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Williams was born in 1829, in North Carolina. On February 25, 1847, in Macon, Missouri, Rebecca married Benjamin Grant Williams. ^[1] Rebecca and Benjamin are found on the United States census of 1850, living in Dodge county, Missouri, with their eldest son, Willard. ^[2] On the 1860 census, Rebecca and Benjamin had five children ten and under living in their household. They were living in Richland Township, Putnam county, Missouri. ^[3] On the 1870 census, their eldest son, Willard, is still living at home at the age of 20, with eight younger siblings. The family is living in Walnut Creek Township, Macon county, Missouri. Children of Rebecca and Benjamin include:

• Willard P. Williams, born December 27, 1849, died March 20, 1873, at the age of 23 years ^[4]

• Martha J. Williams, born December 14, 1854, died March 26, 1930, in Grand Junction, Colorado, married Herman Owens ^[5]

• Dr. Valentine Williams, born circa 1855 (from census) died 1921, married Frances Isabelle Owen ^[6]

• Rhoda Simeron (Williams) Brown, born circa 1857, died February 9, 1942, in Los Angeles, California, married Peter J. Brown ^{[7] [8]}

• Dr. Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Keyte, born January 9, 1860, in Macon county, Missouri, died December 13, 1932, in Nogales, Santa Cruz county, Arizona, ^[9] married Wilbur Addison Keyte ^[10]

• Sarah Francis "Sadie" Williams, born February 6, 1862, died February 24, 1939, married Silas P. Morris ^[11]

• Benjamin Grant Williams, Jr. born October 1, 1863, in Putnam, Missouri died April 1, 1937, in La Plata, Macon county, Missouri, married Martha Leona Allen ^[12]

• Rebecca Isabelle Williams, born January 30, 1866, in Walnut, Macon county, Missouri, died 1947, in Wichita, Kansas, ^[13] married 1) Leroy Chance, in 1871 ^[14] and 2) Byron C. Bailey in 1884, ^[15]

• Dr. John Wilson Williams, born June 22, 1868, died January 17, 1924, in Nashville, Barton county, Missouri, married Millie May Wickham ^[16]

Benjamin died April 22, 1874, in Elm, Macon county, Missouri. Rebecca is found on the 1880 census, as head of household, living in Easley, Macon county, Missouri, with her five youngest children living at home. ^[17] Rebecca (Powell) Williams died December 11, 1896, at the age of 67 years, in Macon, Adair county, Missouri and is buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, in Yarrow, Missouri ^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28G-69D : 18 January 2020), Rebecca Powell in entry for Benjamin Williams, 1847
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-ZJQ : 22 December 2020), Rebecca Williams in household of Benjamin Williams, Dodge, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-2SG : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Williams in entry for Benj Williams, 1860
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58870330/willard-p.-williams
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76046261/martha-j.-owens
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65324806/valentine-williams
7. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNR-262Z : 1 March 2021), Rebecah Powell in entry for Rhoda Simeron Brown, 1942
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71235857/rhoda-s.-brown
9. ↑ "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKH-RMP : 6 April 2020), Rebecca Powell in entry for Mary Elizabeth Keyte, 1932; citing Nogales, Santa Cruz, Arizona, reference 441, Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,594
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36622272/mary-elizabeth-keyte
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209526280/sadie-f.-morris
12. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41775120/benjamin-grant-williams
13. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157687942/isabel-bailey-chance
14. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-8KNY : 23 February 2021), Leroy Chance and Isabella W Bailey, 11 Dec 1906; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm
15. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28G-4XX : 18 January 2020), Isabella Williams in entry for Byron C. Bailey, 1884
16. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63787870/john-wilson-williams
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XG-QQM : 19 February 2021), R Williams, Easley, Macon, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 138, sheet 555D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,701
18. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58870314/rebecca-williams

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Powell-1113 created through the import of Ancestors of Lynn E Nelson.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by JaAnna Nelson