Elisabeth Margaret (Armistead) Williamson (1851 - 1944)

Born 11 Feb 1851 in Clarke, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Albert Williamson — married 1878 in Morvin, Clarke Co. Alabama

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1944 at age 93 in Columbus, Colorado, Texas, United States

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Biography

Burial

Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, USA ^[1]

Obituary

Mrs. Williamson Expires Saturday At Age of Ninety

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Williamson, 90, were held from the family home here Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. with interment in Odd Fellows Rest. Rev. L. M Chapman officiated and arrangements were in charge of Columbus Funeral Home. Mrs. Williamson, who had been ill for some weeks, died at 8:25 p.m. Saturday.

Mrs. Williamson, widow of Dr. C.A. Williamson, had lived in Columbus for 60 years. She was born in Clarke county, Alabama, on February 11, 1851, a daughter of James Westwood and Jane Elmira Davidson Armistead who were also natives of Clarke county.

Dr. and Mrs. Williamson and their three children came to Columbus from Alabama in 1885 and Dr. Williamson practiced medicine here until a few years before his death in 1925. Mrs. Williamson was affiliated with Baptist church here during the 60 years of her residence.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. S. Middlebrook of Columbus and Mrs. Friench Simpson of Hallettsville; two sisters, Misses Emily Jane and Willie Lee Armistead of Alabama; and four grandchildren, Friench Simpson Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif. Cpl. Earl W. Middlebrook of Alaska, James Westwood and Isabel Williamson of Atlanta, Ga.

Pall bearers were S. K. Seymour Jr., J. D. Seymour, E. G. Miller, A. H. Hahn, L. Waldvogel and Dr. W. W. Gunn.

Among out of town people here for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laas, Mrs. Elliott Hubbard, Mrs. A. H. Potthast and Mrs. Laura Brasher, Weimar; Mrs. Robert L. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Lowrey, Mrs. Bruce McKennan, Mrs. Phyrne Tanner and Miss Lua Leyendecker, Houston; Mrs. Margie Putney, Frank N. Davidson and Mrs. Annie Cortes, Eagle Lake; Mrs. Jimmie Strole, Ferd Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Simpson Hallettsville; Mrs. Stanley de Waal, San Antonio. Colorado County Citizen, April 6, 1944

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67154549/elisabeth-margaret-williamson : accessed 02 September 2021), memorial page for Elisabeth Margaret Armistead Williamson (11 Feb 1854–1 Mar 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #67154549, citing Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by darla halley (contributor 47178862) .

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDZ-5KG : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth M Armstead in entry for Hardy Sellers, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVY-N47 : 28 May 2021), Elizabeth Armistead in entry for J W Armistead, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VM-5JC : 19 February 2021), Elizabeth Williamson in household of C A Williamson, Horse Creek, Marengo, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 97, sheet 585A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,023.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-1YC : accessed 5 September 2021), Elizabeth W Williamson in household of Chas A Williamson, Justice Precinct 1 Columbus city, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,622.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2SZ-WGW : accessed 5 September 2021), Elizabeth M Williamson in household of Charles A Williamson, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 3B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1540; FHL microfilm 1,375,553.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTR-NR5 : 3 February 2021), Elizabeth N Williamson in entry for Chas A Williamson, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CW7F-N3Z : accessed 5 September 2021), Margaret E Williamson, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 10B, line 59, family 352, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2311; FHL microfilm 2,342,045.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJJ-G6W : 10 January 2021), C A Williamson, Justice Precinct 1, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-1, sheet 24B, line 69, family 484, 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 4010.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSB1-WDG : 20 February 2021), Elizabeth Margaret Williamson, 01 Mar 1944; citing certificate number 12119, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,734.