Individual Details

John married Malinda Jacobs on 4 Feb 1847 in St. Francois Co, MO; by Jesse Quillin at Liberty Township.

1850 Census. St Francois Co MO. Hh 25
John Williams, age 25, collier, b. TN. Melinda, 24, b. KY
John T., age 6 mo., b. MO.
W. J. G. Myers, age 41, b. MO. Elizabeth, 29, b. KY [could she be Melinda's sister?]
Ben B., age 2, b. MO

1860 Census. Liberty Twp, St. Francois, MO, Hh 159
John Williams, 34, b. TN
M. J., 33, female, b. KY
children all born in MO
J. T., 10, male
N. E., 8, female
M. J., 4, female
P. W., age 1, male

1870 Census. Liberty Twp, St. Francois Co MO. Hh 93. John's sister Mary & husband Andrew Bennett were in household 95.
John Williams, age 45, farmer, b. TN. Malinda, 44, b. KY
Children b. in MO. John T., age 20. Elizabeth 18. Mary 14. Richard 10. Benjamin age 8.

1880 Census, Liberty Twp. John Williams, age 54, b. TN, Farmer, parents b. TN. Malinda J. age 53, b. KY, father b. VA, mother b. KY. Son Thomas age 30, a Stone Cutter; son Richard age 20, Farmer.

Strange - 19 children are given to this couple in the Ancestry Databases. All crowded in and around the children listed here. Many are shown as having died within a year. I find evidence of only five living children born by 1880 when Malinda was age 53. There are exact dates for many - possibly a Bible record? There is one child that seems particularly questionable - a Thomas Watts Williams, said born in 1857 and died in 1910 - he should be in the 1870 census, but isn't. He married in Illinois. His inclusion makes me suspicious of several others - some of the births are simply too close together. In one database, the children of his brother Elias are interspered with those of John. There was a living son named Benjamin, age 8, counted in 1870 and there is a Benjamin born in August of 1870 also named Benjamin. Few death dates are exact - they seem more like estimated for "died as an infant". I have included here only those children found in the 1870 census.

John Williams is buried Knob Lick Cemetery, St. Francois Co.
Birth: Jul. 25, 1825
Warren County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Apr. 20, 1898
Knob Lick
St. Francois County
Missouri, USA
The son of John Jefferson Williams and Nancy M. Bowles. He was united in marriage to Malinda Jacobs on Feb. 4, 1847

Birth	25 Jul 1825	Warren County, Tennessee
Marriage	4 Feb 1847	Saint Francois County, Missouri - Malinda Jacobs
Death	20 Apr 1898	Saint Francois County, Missouri

Spouse	Malinda Jacobs (1825 - 1903)
Child	John Thomas WILLIAMS (1849 - 1922)
Child	Nancy Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1852 - 1940)
Child	Mary WILLIAMS (1856 - 1924)
Child	Richard WILLIAMS (1860 - )
Child	Benjamin WILLIAMS (1862 - )

Father	JOHN JEFFERSON WILLIAMS (1792 - 1874)
Mother	NANCY M. Bowles (1796 - 1876)
Sibling	Louisa WILLIAMS (1816 - 1860)
Sibling	Frances "Fannie" WILLIAMS (1818 - 1877)
Sibling	Charlotta WILLIAMS (1820 - 1869)
Sibling	Thomas Davis Williams (1822 - 1908)
Sibling	Elias WILLIAMS (1827 - 1892)
Sibling	Mary A. WILLIAMS (1829 - 1917)
Sibling	Ambrose/Ambers WILLIAMS (1832 - 1913)
Sibling	Lucinda WILLIAMS (1833 - 1920)
Sibling	SARAH C. WILLIAMS (1833 - 1914)
Sibling	Nancy E. WILLIAMS (1837 - 1887)