Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph B. Yarbrough
and Harriet C. (Lamb) Yarbrough
Sister of
Lindsay Preston Yarbrough, Felix Yarbrough, Eula Mae (Yarbrough) Pigg, Joseph Solon Yarbrough, Lucy Elizabeth (Yarbrough) Abernathy and William Sanford Yarbrough
Wife of
George Gordon Williams
— married
25 Mar 1900 in Mechanicsville, Lee, Alabama, United States
Mother of
George Smith Williams, John Fletcher Williams, Mary (Williams) Yarbrough, Dan Williams, Frederick Williams Sr., Ralph L. Williams, Woodrow Wilson Williams and Inez T. (Williams) Tillery
Died
at age 80
in Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2017
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Biography
From 1880 US Census, Lee Co., AL:
- Joe Yarbrough Head M 23 Alabama,
- Hariet Yarbrough Wife F 27 Alabama,
- Linzie Yarbrough Son M 4 Alabama,
- Claudie Yarbrough Daughter F 10/12 Alabama.
Unless Vera is Claudie, her birth was after the 1880 Census. The 1900 Census gives it as August 1879. She married George Gordon Williams on 3-25-1900 in Mechanicsville, Lee Co., AL.[1]
From 1900 US Census, Beulah, Lee Co., AL:[2]
- George G Williams Head M 29 Alabama
- Vera Williams Wife F 21 Alabama
From 1910 US Census, Beulah, Lee Co., AL:[3]
- George G Williams Head M 39 Alabama
- Vera Williams Wife F 31 Alabama
- George S Williams Son M 7 Alabama
- John F Williams Son M 5 Alabama
- Mary Williams Daughter F 4 Alabama
- Dan Williams Son M 2 Alabama
- Frederick Williams Son M 1 Alabama
- Lucy Yarbrough Sister-in-law F 7 Alabama
From 1920 US Census, Beulah, Lee Co., AL:[4]
- Gooden G Williams Head M 48 Alabama
- Vera Williams Wife F 40 Alabama
- Smith Williams Son M 17 Alabama
- Fletcher Williams Son M 15 Alabama
- Mary Williams Daughter F 14 Alabama
- Dan Williams Son M 12 Alabama
- Fred Williams Son M 10 Alabama
- Ralph Williams Son M 8 Alabama
- Wilson Williams Son M 7 Alabama
- Inez Williams Daughter F 5 Alabama
From 1930 US Census, Opelika, Lee Co., AL:[5]
- George G Williams Head M 59 Alabama
- Vera Williams Wife F 51 Alabama
- Dan Williams Son M 23 Alabama
- Fred Williams Son M 21 Alabama
- Ralph Williams Son M 19 Alabama
- Wilson Williams Son M 18 Alabama
- Inez Williams Daughter F 16 Alabama
From 1940 US Census, Beulah, Lee Co., AL:[6]
- Vera Williams Head F 60 Alabama
- Ralph L Williams Son M 30 Alabama
She died, at the age of , on April 20, 1960 in Chambers County, Alabama.[7] She is buried at the Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Lee County, Alabama[8]
Sources
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQM8-XLJ : 22 December 2016), G. G. Williams and Miss Vera Yarbrough, 25 Mar 1900; citing , Mechanicsville, Alabama, United States, offices of the Probate Judge of various counties.; FHL microfilm 1,287,155.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DQ-7TV : accessed 15 October 2017), Vera Williams in household of George G Williams, Precinct 1 Beulah, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,025.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7H-D42 : accessed 15 October 2017), Vera Williams in household of George G Williams, Beulah, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 157, sheet 3B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 21; FHL microfilm 1,374,034.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8F-2SN : accessed 15 October 2017), Vera Williams in household of Gooden G Williams, Beulah, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing ED 160, sheet 8B, line 67, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 26; FHL microfilm 1,820,026.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3L68-LMM : accessed 15 October 2017), Vera Williams in household of George G Williams, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 7B, line 69, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 34; FHL microfilm 2,339,769.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P9-DVW : accessed 15 October 2017), Vera Williams, Beulah, Election Precinct 1, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-1, sheet 8B, line 71, family 140, 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 52.
- ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXQ5-7B5 : 27 November 2014), Lena Vera Williams, 20 Apr 1960; citing reference 8398, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,949.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28501762/vera-williams: accessed 02 September 2022), memorial page for Vera Yarbrough Williams (1879–20 Apr 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #28501762 citing Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Lee County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave .
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