David is the oldest living son of ten children born between 1866 and 1890, five of whom survived. [1] He was a Montana State Congressman for Broadwater County at age 23. [1]
His date of death is listed incorrectly on FindAGrave. The date from the death certificate and Myrna Loy's book is 7 Nov 1918, the date of the false armistice. He was buried on 11 Nov 1918, the date of the true armistice. He died of Spanish Influenza after helping his wife and children recover from it himself.[1]
Fact: Burial Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
Fact: Marital Status Single
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2 Kotsilibas-Davis, James, and Myrna Loy. “Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming.” Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming, D.I. Fine, 1988, pp. 6–10.
"Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F338-9H3 : 21 September 2017), David F. Williams and Della Johnson, 08 Mar 1904; citing Marriage, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,906,340.
"Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHCG-1SX : 9 December 2014), David Williams, 07 Nov 1918; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
David Franklin Williams (1879-1918) on Find A Grave: Memorial #122180006 retrieved 28 December 2017
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