James Robert Williams

       James Robert Williams was born on March 20, 1874 in Alabama, probably in or near Hamilton. His father, Sanders Buckner Williams was 19 years old and his mother, Agnes Lewis, was 17. He had one older sister, Cynthia Jane, one younger brother, John Harvey, and four younger sisters, Mary, Martha, Agnes Bethany, and Lacey. After his mother's death his father married Sarah Frances Taylor and had five more children: Sanders Buckner, Jr, Sigmund, Russell Hubert, Lennie and Nellie. 

1954 - Brothers John and Jim

James, also known as Jim, married Mollie Savannah Conway on February 3, 1895. In 1900 they owned a farm in Marion County, AL north of Hamilton, in a community called Reids. They had three children: Kirby, Effie, and Kimbuck. By 1910 they were renting a farm in Bexar, AL, right on the state line and had 4 more children: Walter, Della, Martha Ellen and James Robert. In 1920 they were renting a farm in Pontotoc and had added 3 more: Jeff, Etta, and Sanders Buckner. Esther was born the following year. Jim and Mollie stayed in Pontotoc County in the Pontocola and Troy areas. Jim died in 1967. He had 59 great-grandchildren, one was my mother. He was 92 years old.

Jeff, Dude, Mahulty, Jefferson, Ruth, Molly, Sam, Mae and Lou

 

James Robert and Sanders Buckner Williams

Jim Williams and Jimmy Long

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Sources:

•  Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth Censuses of the United States, 1900-1940." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication A3378. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Beat 2, Marion, Alabama; Roll: 23; Page: 45C
• 1900 United States Federal Census,  Reids, Marion, Alabama; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0061
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Bexar, Marion, Alabama; Roll: T624_25; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1374038
• 1920 United States Federal Census,  Hoyles, Pontotoc, Mississippi; Roll: T625_891; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 105
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32699541
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