James T. Williams (1839 - 1905)

Born Oct 1839 in Kemper, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Son of Joseph Williams and Mary Sarah (Crenshaw) Williams

Descendants

Died 1905 at about age 65 in Oak Grove, Kemper, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Ancestry.com lists birth location as Hurricane Creek, Lauderdale, Mississippi.

Ancestry.com also lists different wife, Mathi Williams, with source of 1900 federal census, but this is almost certainly incorrect: the name that was read as "Mathi" is largely illegible, could definitely be Martha. Her year of birth on the census is totally illegible, but it says they had been married for 33 years, with 7 children, all living, that she was born in Alabama, her father in Georgia, and her mother in Alabama. 4 children are listed as living with them: Sam, Lula, Jane (or perhaps Lane), and Mabel. The 1870 census actually lists "Martha" as his wife, though lists her birthplace as Mississippi instead of Alabama like the 1900 census. The 1870 census says she was 25 at the time. The 1880 census shows her as "Martha A" and that a Puckett "brother-in-law" was living with them and this is the only source found suggesting a maiden name for Martha.

Sources

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-MMC : 4 April 2020), James T Williams in household of Joseph Williams, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 503, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSD-KLD : 19 March 2020), James Williams, 1870.

• 1880 US Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GJ-LRM

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GJ-LRM : 13 November 2020), James T. Williams, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 97, sheet 213A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,653.

• 1900 United States Federal Census

Year: 1900; Census Place: Oak Grove, Kemper, Mississippi; Roll: T623_813; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 3.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andme test match between Carpenter-12951 and Farwell-718, third cousins. Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Williams and Mary Sarah (Crenshaw) Williams, the great-great grandparents of Carpenter-12951 and Farwell-718. Predicted relationship from 23andme: third cousins.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andme test match between Carpenter-12951 and Farwell-718, third cousins. Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Williams and Mary Sarah (Crenshaw) Williams, the great-great grandparents of Carpenter-12951 and Farwell-718. Predicted relationship from 23andme: third cousins.