John Wesley Williams Sr. (abt. 1845 - abt. 1936)

Born about 20 Feb 1845 in Hillsburg, Illinois

Ancestors

Son of Edward Reuben Williams and Susan Jane (Craig) Williams

Husband of Sarah Ellen (Curry) Willliams — married 19 May 1888 in Prairie, Arkansas

Descendants

Died about 8 Oct 1936 at about age 91 in Zena, Oklahoma

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Teri Taylor [send private message]

Biography

John was born about 1845. John Williams ... He passed away about 1936. ^[1] According to his son (my grandfather), his father married in 1888 a woman who was 14 and was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. While I have found a record of this marriage to my great grandmother Sarah Curry, I have not found evidence of her being 1/2 American Indian. Any information from others is appreciated. It seems she had her children and than died prior to 1900. I have not yet found her death information. My grandfather used to tell us tales about his dad (John Williams, Sr.) hanging out with the "James Gang" and teaching him some Cherokee Language. I do not have any proof of this 'family lore'.

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Sources

• "1900 United States Federal Census ", Year: 1900; Census Place: Dodge City, Ford, Kansas; Roll: 480; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0354; FHL microfilm: 1240480.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (: 8 December 2015sp), Oklahoma > Delaware > Jay > ED 8 > image 5 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 73 cM Family Finder match between Jean (Coats) Dye and her third cousin once removed Teri (Osborn)Taylor.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sandy Williams (Williams-66336) and Teri Osborn (Osborn-1290), Second cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins based on sharing 330 centimorgans shared across 11 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Teri Taylor, Saturday, November 30, 2013.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Teri Taylor for creating Williams-20173 on 30 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Teri and others.