Family Group Sheet

Source: ouramericanfamilies.com via archive.org; Pat Asher, July 2024

Born: 18 MAR 1836, Crawford County AR
Married: Margaret Jane MAXWELL, 6 OCT 1856, Benton County AR
Died: 17 NOV 1909, Fannin County TX
Note: 1850 Jasper, Crawford County Arkansas Census. A John H. Williams, 14, is living with Tabitha [Gentry] Williams, 54, and Marina Williams, 18. Tabitha works as a seamstress. There are several other Williams families living nearby. A Parker Williams, 19, is two properties away, working as a laborer. Next door to Tabitha Williams are Wade H[ampton] Williams (a brother) and his wife and child. J.H. Williams served the Confederacy in 15th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Northwest), Company G. He began as a private and ended as a lieutenant. He served with Commodore Decatur Williams, James Harvey Maxwell, and others in their families.

Born: 29 AUG 1841, AR
Married: John Henry WILLIAMS, 6 OCT 1856, Benton County AR
Died: 13 MAY 1926, Longworth, Fisher County TX
Father: John Purviance Maxwell
Note: Margaret had 14 children, with 9 living in 1880. Dates on many of the children are from Margaret Jane Maxwell's Bible, and from pages inserted by her grand daughter, contributed by Wesley Madewell. Mr. Madewell has the date of John Henry Williams death as 19 OCT 1908. 1910 Johnson County TX Census Margaret Williams is living with daughter Lora and her husband Nonnie Adams and their children.

Children

Born: 17 SEP 1874, AR
Married: Doma Arie RABE, 7 JUL 1897, Erath County TX
Died: 1 SEP 1912, Cleburne, Johnson County TX
Buried: Caddo Peak Cemetery, Johnson County TX
Note: Newton Commodore was most likely named for Margaret Jane Maxwell's younger brother Newton Thomas Maxwell, and for John Henry William's older brother Commodore Decatur Williams.