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Descendants of Robert Williams

Generation No. 3

3. PERRY C.³ WILLIAMS (WILLIAM², ROBERT¹) was born 1824 in Crawford County, Greenwood Twsp, PA, and died November 1880 in Wynot, Cedar County, Nebraska. He married MARTHA CAMPBELL February 3, 1848 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, daughter of MARK CAMPBELL. She was born 1829 in Crawford Co., Greenwood Twsp, PA, and died 1922 in Indian Creek Ranch, Sioux County, Ne..

Notes for PERRY C. WILLIAMS:
Perry was of Welch extraction. Lived in Crawford County, Pa. in the early 1800's before moving on to Minnesota in 1851 and lived there until 1858. The family continued on to Illinois in 1859, remaining there through most of 1863. They returned to Minnesota in time for Russell's birth on April 24, 1864. Minnesota was home until after the birth of Nellie in 1874. In the late '70's they moved again. This time to Cedar County in northeast Nebraska. Perry died on the 160 acre homestead at Hartington in November 1880 indirectly as the result of old war wounds.

During the Civil War he served the Union in the Eighty-Third Illinois Regiment. He sustained severe battle wounds which necessitated four months of hospitalization at Padua, Ky. After his recuperation he did no return to his company and was listed as a deserter. He enlisted for a period of three years in the Army in Monmouth, IL., as a resident of Roseville in Warren county August 4, 1962. Perry was listed as a deserter from Clarksville, Tenn. on Sept. 30, 1863. (Confirmed by muster slips from Army. He was 37 years old at the time he served in the army).

After the war, Perry moved the family to Winona County, MI. where he farmed and served as a Evangelist Preacher. The last of there children, Nellie, was born in 1874 when Martha was 45 years old.

Martha did not die until 1922, at the age of 93, at Sid's Indian Creek Ranch, Sioux County, Ne. She had ten boys and three girls.

In the 1850 Crawford County census Martha and Perry were found along with their first two sons, Lewis and Alexander. Perry was 26 years old and worked as a laborer. Martha was 20 and sons Lewis and Alexander were 2 years old and three months respectively when the census was taken.

There were 1118 residents in the county at that time with 588 males and 530 females. There were three black males and 9 black female.

I visited the grave of Perry C. Williams in November 1997, 117 years after his death. The cemetery is in the very small town of Wynot, NE. The cemetery sits on a knoll covered by tall pines, which makes it very attractive and peaceful. The winter of 1880 and '81 was very severe. Family lore has it that the weather was so bad and the ground so frozen that they were unable to bury him until spring.

More About PERRY C. WILLIAMS:
Burial: Wynot Cemetery, Wynot, Ne., Cedar County

Notes for MARTHA CAMPBELL:
Martha Campbell was of Scottish descent. She lived until 1922 when she died at the age of 93. Her last child was born at the age of 45.

More About MARTHA CAMPBELL:
Burial: 1922, Chadron, NE

Children of PERRY WILLIAMS and MARTHA CAMPBELL are:

LEWIS C.⁴ WILLIAMS, b. 1848; d. June 28, 1865, near Washington D. C of chronic diarrhia.

Notes for LEWIS C. WILLIAMS:
Lewis C. Williams was the oldest son of Perry C. Williams when he enlisted into the Union Army at Rochester, Minn. on March 31, 1865. He was placed in the First Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers. He was 5' 6'' with gray eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion. He served in Company H of the 1st Minnesota Regiment.

He died in Field Hospital on June 28, 1865 near Washington D. C of chronic diarrhia. Entered the 2nd Division A. C. Hospital on June 7. His date of death and burial was June 28, 1865 at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Source army papers in my files.

Born in Crawford County, Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania.

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ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, b. July 27, 1850, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.; d. September 3, 1903, Chadron, Nebraska.

Notes for ALEXANDER WILLIAMS:
Buried in Chadron after having died on September 3, 1903.

More About ALEXANDER WILLIAMS:
Burial: September 1903, Chadron, Nebraska

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HARRISON WILLIAMS, b. November 28, 1852, Crawford County, Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania.; d. October 16, 1900.

More About HARRISON WILLIAMS:
Burial: October 16, 1900, Chadron Cemetery

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FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, b. 1855, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota; d. 1928, Chadron, Nebraska.

Notes for FRANKLIN WILLIAMS:
Born in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.

Appears in records of Latter Day Saints as Franklin Williams. Tombstone carries him as G. B. Franklin Williams. He was called George.

More About FRANKLIN WILLIAMS:
Burial: 1928, Chadron, Nebraska

MARK WILLIAMS, b. March 3, 1856, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.; d. 1934.

Notes for MARK WILLIAMS:

Died in 1934 according to the Patron Sheet I received from LDS.

Married Alice M. Woodworth lived and raised a family in Greeley, NE.

	vi.		MILES WILLIAMS, b. 1858, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota..
	vii.		ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, b. February 1, 1859, Warren County, Il.
	viii.		CHAUNCEY WILLIAMS, b. February 1, 1861, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota..

Notes for CHAUNCEY WILLIAMS:

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RUSSELL M. WILLIAMS, b. April 24, 1864, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota; d. 1909, Chadron, Nebraska.

More About RUSSELL M. WILLIAMS:
Burial: 1909, Chadron, Nebraska

	x.	J. EFFIE WILLIAMS, b. 1866, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.
4.	xi.	CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, SR., b. September 22, 1869, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota; d. May 6, 1938, Chadron, Nebraska.
	xii.	O. B. WILLIAMS, b. June 20, 1872, Brownsvale, Minnesota; d. August 25, 1953, Yankton, South Dakota; m. EVALYN L. MOORE, 1903; b. August 19, 1861; d. July 4, 1954, Edgemont, South Dakota.

Notes for O. B. WILLIAMS:

Was called Bern and lived with his wife Eva in Edgemont, South Dakota most of his life. Had feet frozen severely and walked on his knees.

Obituary that was run in the Edgemont News Letter

Orn B. Williams was born at Brownsvale, Minnesota, June 20th, 1872 and passed away at Yankton, South Dakota, on the 25th day of August, 1953 at the age of 81 years, 2 months and 5 days.

When about 5-years old, he moved with his parents to Fort Randall, South Dakota where he lived until 1889 when he came to Ardmore, South Dakota where he engaged in ranch work and filed on and proved up a homestead, In 1903, he was married to Evalyn L. Moore, who was living on a ranch west of Ardmore at the time.

The couple moved to Edgemont in 1914 where they resided until the present time.

While working at Fort Randall, Mr. Williams had the misfortune to have his feet frozen. This caused him more or less trouble through his later life, although he bore this handicap without complaint.

He united with the United Brethren Church in his youth and although he was not a regular church attendant, he believed in the Christian Doctrine, was interested in and supported the church.

The deceased is survived by his wife and several nephews and nieces. He was the last survivor of a family of thirteen children. He will be remembered by those who knew him as a devoted husband, a good friend and neighbor.

More About O. B. WILLIAMS:
Burial: August 28, 1953, Edgemont, South Dakota

Notes for EVALYN L. MOORE:
Evalyn would have been 93-years-old in just two weeks at the time of her death. The obituary on Evalyn was due to run in the next edition of the Edgemont News Letter but was never printed.

More About EVALYN L. MOORE:
Burial: July 7, 1954, Edgemont Cemetery

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NELLIE WILLIAMS, b. 1874, St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota.

Notes for NELLIE WILLIAMS:
Born in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota. Nellie was born when her mother was 45 years old.

In a application for the pension of Lewis E. Williams, Martha stated the she had a 14-year-old daughter
that was both physically and mental handicapped.

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