Thomas Williams (1830 - 1912)

Born 8 Mar 1830 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

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Died 17 Oct 1912 at age 82 in Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States

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MO death certificate #41798; son of Isaac Williams and Nancy Jester; age 82; farmer

Thomas Williams was born in Atkisson County, N. C., March 8, 1830. Departed this life October 17. 1912. He moved to Indiana in 1865 and came to Missouri in 1868. He was married to Miss Mary White, daughter of Joseph and Temperance White, in the year 1848. To this union were born l10 children, 4 boys and 6 girls, all of whom are living but one son, J. H. Williams. 5 girls and 2 boys were present at the funeral which was held at Mt. Pisgah church in the presence of a large congregation of neighbors and friends. The funeral sermon was preached by the writer of this sketch. The funeral procession and burial service were by the members of Plato Lodge No. 469, A. F. & A. M., of which lodge he was a member. He had lived in Texas County, Mo., over 40 years except about 3 years of which time he lived in Kansas, about the years 1880-81-82-83, then returning to Texas County, has returning to Texas County, has resided here until his death, which occurred as above stated at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. P. Hicks, in Plato. He was converted and baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church at Mt. Pisgah in 1883 and was a member at the time of his death. Names of children in their regular order according to age and sex: Martha Henson, T. N. Williams, R. C. Williams, Mary Geers, Ludy Mahaffa (Oklahoma), Julia Hicks, wife of S. P. Ricks, Laura Hicks, wife of M. L. Hicks, J. M. Williams, Ann Crisman. He leaves 9 children, 3 sons and 6 daughters, 85 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren (living and dead) besides a number of sorrowing friends. May the blessings of Heaven rest upon the bereaved families. Our father is gone, but not forgotten. We sorrow for him but not as those who do not expect to meet him in Heaven. J. C. Hicks Houston Herald Thurs. Oct 24, 1912

Thomas was part English and had one fourth Cherokee Indian blood. Mary Evangeline was Norwegian. She had blond hair and was sort of a dumpy build. Thomas was taller and not so heavy. He was sort of a distinguished English type of person. He had a mustache and in later years he walked with a cane. Martha Williams Haney, his granddaughter remembers him in his late life, how, long after his wife died, he still had a deep interest in the ladies, but he never remarried. Thomas and Mary, he and some of their children and the grandchildren are buried in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Plato in Texas County, Missouri. (Research of his great granddaughter Thelma Roberta Haney Pruitt)

When Thomas and Mary Temperance moved to Indiana they ran a store there.  The Bushwackers destroyed the store during the Civil War.  They then moved to Missouri and homesteaded a farm.  He was according to tradition part Indian, probably Cherokee, though at this time there are no records.  My DNA ethnicity shows no first people, but the slight bit may not have been passed down to me.  This information was given by Louisa Elmore.

• Fact: Residence (1860)^[1] Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870)^[2] United States Census, 1870 Missouri Texas Roubidoux Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Age: 40; Male Citizen Over Twenty-one: Y; Personal Estate Value: 300; Real Estate Value: 1000; Occupation: Farmer Roubidoux, Licking, Texas, Missouri, USA
• Fact: Residence (1880)^[3] lived in Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States age 51, occupation farmer

Mary 54

Ludy age 15

Julia age 13

Laura age 10

Joseph age 8

Anna 5

• Fact: Residence (1900)^[4] Boone & Roubidoux Townships, Texas, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910)^[5] Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Burial (1912)^[6] Roby, Texas, Missouri, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDY-3JK : 18 February 2021), Thomas Williams, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F7-ZFP : 29 May 2021), Thos Williams in entry for Sislas King, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NF-36K : 14 January 2022), Thomas Williams, Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HZ-LWW : 12 January 2022), Thos Williams, 1900.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLM4-5CT : accessed 7 January 2023), Thomas Williams in household of Thos N Williams, Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 3B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 826; FHL microfilm 1,374,839.
6. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLND-TSG4 : 30 August 2017), Thomas Williams, died 17 Oct 1912; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States.

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 January 2023, 04:47), entry for Thomas Williams (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCZZ-M2X ); contributed by various users.