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Descendants of Robert Williams

Generation No. 4

4. CHARLES SIDNEY⁴ WILLIAMS, SR. (PERRY C.³, WILLIAM², ROBERT¹) was born September 22, 1869 in St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota, and died May 6, 1938 in Chadron, Nebraska. He married (1) LILY THOMAS, daughter of BENJAMIN THOMAS and SARAH HAMLIN. She was born July 9, 1870 in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, and died 1904. He married (2) PEARL ?. He married (3) AGNES. He married (4) LA VERNE L. STURDIVANT August 5, 1927 in Greeley, CO, daughter of JOE STURDIVANT and ADALINE ROGERS. She was born September 23, 1908, and died November 29, 1981.

Notes for CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, SR.:
Sid was Sheriff of Sioux County for 12 years. At the same time he ran a ranch and raced horses.

Sid was transporting a prisoner to the State Penitentiary in Lincoln in 1935 when he was involved in a one-car crash. He suffered a severe spinal injury. In March of 1938 he became paralyzed from the waist down and died in May of 1938.

Sid came with his family to Dawes County at Chadron. Nebraska in 1886 and was a homesteader and pioneer.

More About CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, SR.:
Burial: 1938, Chadron, Nebraska
Cause of Death: Died from complications of an automobile accident
Occupation: Rancher, Sheriff, Race horse owner

Notes for LILY THOMAS:
Lily and her sister Minnie T. Weir were two of Sioux County's first school teachers.

Lily arrived with her sister Minnie in Sioux County on February 25, 1887. (Found on page 39 of the History of Sioux County.)

Lily's sister Minnie, wrote; My first view of Sioux County was on February 25, 1887. when sister Lily and I, girls of 16 and 18 respectively, stepped off of the F. E. & M. V. passenger train at Bowen. We were met by our father B. F. Thomas and ushered into the living room of the depot which was occupied by Charles Tubbs a contractor and builder, his wife and two school aged children, Edith and Johnnie. The station agent James Northrup was a bachelor as were most of the inhabitants of Sioux County at that time.

Lily had black eyes and hair, which fell almost to her ankles.

Lily and Sid were estranged when she died. She left and went back to live with her parents in Greenfield, Mo. near or shortly after the birth of their fifth child Floyd on October 3, 1903. The surviving children lived for about year with her mother Sarah Roseannah (Hamlin) Thomas. After Lily's death the children went back to live with their father.

More About LILY THOMAS:
Burial: 1904, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri
Fact: Black eyes and hair
Occupation: Teacher

Notes for PEARL ?:
May have been married twice to Sid.

More About LA VERNE L. STURDIVANT:
Burial: 1981, Morrill County Cemetery Nebraska

Children of CHARLES WILLIAMS and LILY THOMAS are:

MARTHA V.⁵ WILLIAMS, b. February 14, 1894, Chadron, Nebraska; d. 1928.

Notes for MARTHA V. WILLIAMS:
Died early in life on May 17, l928. Was born on Valentine's Day February 14, 1894. Her middle name is Valentine.

More About MARTHA V. WILLIAMS:
Burial: 1928, Chadron, Nebraska
Occupation: Fall River Co., S. DA. Assessor

ii.

HARRY WILLIAMS, b. 1896; d. August 5, 1900.

More About HARRY WILLIAMS:
Burial: August 5, 1900, Chadron, Nebraska Died at four

iii.

CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, JR., b. September 15, 1898; d. July 22, 1987, Veteran's Hospital, Hot Springs, S D; m. SADIE JORDAN.

Notes for CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, JR.:
Served in World War II. He was married for a short time to Sadie Jordan. Served out the term as sheriff for Sid Sr. after his death in 1938. He had also worked on numerous occasions as Deputy Sheriff for Sid Sr..

More About CHARLES SIDNEY WILLIAMS, JR.:
Burial: July 22, 1987, Chadron, Nebraska
Cause of Death: Cancer
Military service: U. S. Army in World War II
Occupation: Sheriff, rancher, truck driver

5.	iv.		ETHEL WILLIAMS, b. September 2, 1900; d. May 17, 1982.
6.	v.		FLOYD FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, b. October 3, 1902, Greenfield, Dade Co., Missouri; d. February 1986, Grand Island, Hall Co. Nebraska.

Child of CHARLES WILLIAMS and PEARL ? is:

vi.

RUSSELL⁵ WILLIAMS, b. Unknown.

Notes for RUSSELL WILLIAMS:
Russell and his mother Pearl lived in Phoenix, Ariz. after divorce from Sid. Russell and his wife had two daughters.

Child of CHARLES WILLIAMS and AGNES is:

vii.

LAVONNE⁵ WILLIAMS, b. 1918.

Notes for LAVONNE WILLIAMS:
Married name is La Vonne Heming and lives in Craig, Colo. with two children.

Children of CHARLES WILLIAMS and LA STURDIVANT are:

7.	viii.		DONALD RAY⁵ WILLIAMS, b. May 16, 1929, Harrison, Sioux Co., Nebraska.
	ix.		ILA MAE WILLIAMS, b. July 4, 1930, Harrison, Nebraska.

Notes for ILA MAE WILLIAMS:
Ila Mae married Edward Laettner and had three children: Donald, John and Denise.

After a divorce she married Grady Mullinex. They had one daughter, Stephanie.

She lived in California.

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