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The Williams Family
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Ann Evans |
1814 - 1860 |
RICHARD WILLIAMS was born in 1814 in Montgomeryshire, Wales
and immigrated to America, probably to the Welsh settlement in Ebensburg, Pa.
He eventually migrating to Iowa in 1844, possibly before; first to Johnson Co.
with his 1st wife JANE TUDOR, then to Iowa Co. after she died. There, he married
his 2nd wife ANN EVANS in 1851. In 1854, he founded Williamsburg, which was named
for him.
ANN EVANS was born in 1820 in Montgomeryshire Wales and immigrated with her siblings
and thier (future) spouses to Ohio in 1840. Ann married her 1st husband, RICHARD
PUGH, in Ohio, then all migrated to Troy Township, Iowa Co. Iowa in 1844. Richard
and Jane had one child: Elizabeth Williams. Ann and Richard Pugh had three children:
Richard Pugh Jr., David Pugh, and Mary Ann Pugh. Richard and Ann are buried at
Oak Hill Cemetery in Williamsburg. |
1820 - 1885 |
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Edward H. Jones |
1852 - 1940 |
SARAH M. WILLIAMS was born in Troy Township, Iowa. She married EDWARD H. JONES on Nov 7, 1877 in Williamsburg.
Edward was born in 1852 on Rhyd'r Aderyn, Cemmes, Montgomeryshire, Wales and came to America
with his parents at age 18. Sarah lived in Williamsburg all of her life, except between 1909 and 1915
when she lived in Marengo while Edward was the Iowa County Treasurer. Sarah and Edward had five children:
David Ambrose Jones, Margaret Ann Jones, Osborne Edward Jones, John Francis Jones, and William Charles
Jones. Saran and Edward are both buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Williamsburg.
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| Jennie Williams = |
Thomas P. Jones |
1854 - 1895 |
JENNIE WILLIAMS was born in Williamsburg (Troy Township). She married THOMAS P. JONES in Iowa. Thomas
was born 1850 in Utica, Oneida Co, New York. They moved to California between 1886 and 1888. Jennie and
Thomas had six children: Maud Jones, Harry P. Jones, Ella B. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Jennie Jones, and
Judith May Jones. Jennie was buried at Bear Valley (now Valley Center), San Diego County, California.
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Nellie Belle Walker |
1856 - 1934 |
JOHN M. WILLIAMS was born in Williamsburg. In 1882 he migrated to Colorado, then in
that same year to Idaho, where he married NELLIE BELLE WALKER near Southwick, Nez Perce Co. in 1890. Among
other occupations, he was a school teacher, assessor and tax collector, surveyor, and farmer. They lived
in Idaho, Oregon, and California before settling in Santa Cruz, Ca. Nellie was a school teacher on an
indian reservation in Idaho. John and Nellie had three children: Willis Williams, Hazel Williams, and
Ruth Williams. John and Nellie are both buried at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery, Santa Cruz, California. |
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