Individual Details

1850 Census. Cedar District, Cedar Co, MO Hh 334
Robert Williams, age 43, b. SC
Martha, age 25, b. TN [second wife]
Children all born in MO: Marion, male, age 15. Jane 14. Fernetta 11. John L. 8. Hardin 6. James 4.

1860 Census. Cedar Twp, Cedar Co, MO Hh 214
Robt Williams, age 53, b. SC
Elizabeth, 26, b. MO
Hardin, 17, b. MO
James K. P. 15, b. MO

Civil War service: 40th Iowa Infantry, Co F.

1870 Census. Stockton P.O., Cedar Twp, Cedar Co, MO Hh 114
Robert Williams, age 63, b. SC Property value $11,860 Personal $4095
Clementine, age 41, b. TN
Hardin M., age 27, b. MO [married in Nov]
Ida, age 16, b. MO [Hardin's wife]
Jas. K. P. age 25, b. MO

1880 Census. Cedar Twp, Cedar Co, MO [households not numbered
Hardin Williams, age 37, farm, b. MO, parents b. TN
Ida, 26, wife, b. MO; father b. VA, mother b. Ohio
John, age 8, son. Oscar, age 6, son.
next household:
Robert Williams, age 73, b. SC, parents b. NC
Clementine, age 50, b. TN, parents b. VA
Robert Smithers, age 18, works on farm, b. MO
Charlotte Williams, age 68, b. TN, parents b. NC [doesn't say, but this is Robert's sister]
Louisa Holloway, age 36, Daughter [Charlotte's daughter]
Laura Williams, age 2, Daughter [must be Louisa's daughter with the wrong name or a grandchild]


Lookup Online showed Robert Jr. to also be buried Hackleman Cemetery, Cedar Co MO.
FindAGrave show the same.
Birth: 1806
Death: 1881

Cedar Co MO Administrators, Executors, Curators, Bonds, 1870-1902 p.215
22 Jul 1881
Harden M. Williams as principal, Samuel L. smith & W. H. Casey, securities - bond for $20,000 to execute & administer estate Robert Williams, deceased with Last Will & Testament annexed. Signed: Harden M. Williams, W. H. Casey, S. L. Smith




HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI, 1889. Goodspeed Publishing Co.
Pgs. 788, 789
Harden M. Williams, who is classed among the prominent farmers and stock-dealers of Cedar County, Mo., was born on his present farm November 21, 1842, and is the son of Judge Robert and Lavica (Williams), and the grandson of Robert Williams, Sr., who was of Welch extraction, and who died in Cedar County, Mo. Mrs. Williams’ father, John G. Williams, was also an early settler of Cedar County, Mo., and built a grist-mill on Cedar Creek, one of the first in Southwestern Missouri, and supplied the whole country with flour and meal. Judge Williams was born in South Carolina and 1806, removed with his parents to Middle Tennessee, and in an early day emigrated to Miller County, Mo., and in 1837 to what is now Cedar County. He settled in the woods on Cedar Creek, several miles from any other settlement, improved a good farm, and there spent the rest of his life, dying July 12, 1881. He had lived on the same farm for forty-four years, and was one of the very first white settlers in that region. He was fond of hunting, and, as the forest abounded with wild animals, he had abundant opportunities to test his skill as a marksman. He lived in three counties, and did not move. For about three years, from 1867, he was judge of the county court, and was one of the county’s sturdy, honest pioneers. He was a man of considerable means, was very successful in all business operations, and for many years acted as banker in his vicinity, loaning money to all in need of it. Although born and reared in the South, he was a stanch Union man during the war, and held the rank of captain. He was married four times, and all the children living are by the first wife. Harden M. Williams is the fifth of four sons and two daughters...these living, viz.: Francis M., of Nebraska; Fernetta, wife of James M. Preston; Harden M., and J. K. all of Cedar County. Harden M. received an ordinary education in the common schools, and August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Fortieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service for three years. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, was at the capture of Little Rock with Steel’s expedition, and was at the capture of Camden. He was mustered out at Fort Gibson, I. T., and was discharged at Davenport, Iowa, August 15, 1865. He was never captured or wounded, and rode the same horse home which he had taken from home in 1861. In 1869 Miss Ida Sherman became his wife. She was born in Cass County, Mo., in 1853, and is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Sherman, natives of Vermont and Ohio, respectively. My and Mrs. Sherman were married in the last named State, and came to Cedar County, Mo., a few years previous to the war. There Mrs. Sherman is still living, but Mr. Sherman died in 1874. To Mr. Williams and wife were born four children, three sons living: J. Robert, Oscar E. and Freddie M. Mr. Williams lived five years in Box Township, and then moved to the farm of his birth, were he has 580 acres, 200 under cultivation. He is one of the leading farmers and stockmen of the county. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was for Lincoln in 1864. He has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Clintonville Lodge, since 1882, and is a member of the G. A. R., Col. Leonard Post, at El Dorado. He and wife have been members in good standing for nearly twenty years in the Baptist Church, and he has been deacon in the same for some time. His father served on the first grand jury held in St. Clair County when it included Cedar County.
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Pgs. 789, 790
J. K. P. [James Knox Polk] Williams, youngest brother of H. M. Williams, was born in Cedar County, Mo., in 1845, and received a good practical education in the common schools. He served two years, from April, 1863, in the Union army, in different commands, first in Company E, Sixtieth Volunteer Cavalry Enrolled Missouri Militia, in Southwest Missouri. He was afterward with Capt. Cook, and at last in company D, Twenty-sixth Missouri State Militia. After the war he attended school at Brownsville, Neb., then taught school for several years, and was one of Cedar County’s prominent educators. He was married in 1874 to Miss Martha Ann Metcalf, a native of St. Clair County, Mo., and the daughter of Rev. John T. and Susan C. Metcalf, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf were married in Chariton County, Mo., but moved from there to Cedar County, and still later, moved to St. Clair County, where Mrs. Metcalf is living at the present time. Mr. Metcalf is deceased. He was for many years a Baptist minister, and at one time represented St. Clair County in the Legislature. To M. and Mrs. Williams have been born nine children, three sons and one daughter now living. Mr. Williams is now living one mile west of were he was born and reared. His home farm consists of 160 acres of well improved land, and he has two other tracts of eighty acres near by. He served a short time as justice of the peace, and was once elected coroner of Cedar County, but would not serve. Since November, 1888, he has been postmaster at Ivy Postoffice, at his house. He is a Republican in his political views, and his first presidential vote was cast for Gen. Grant, in 1868. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Stockton Lodge, is also a member of the Farmers’ Alliance, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church, he having been a member since 1866, and clerk in the same for twenty years.

Birth	21 Oct 1806	South Carolina
Marriage	25 Dec 1832	Cole County, Missouri - Levicy WILLIAMS
Marriage	23 Jan 1849	Martha Jane Ward
Marriage	7 Jun 1857	Cedar County, Missouri - Elizabeth Gordon
Marriage	8 Nov 1863	Clementine Rankin
Death	1881	Cedar County, Missouri

Spouse	Levicy WILLIAMS (1812 - 1846)
Child	Francis Marion WILLIAMS (1834 - 1920)
Child	Nancy Jane WILLIAMS (1836 - 1857)
Child	Fernetta WILLIAMS (1838 - 1918)
Child	John L. WILLIAMS (1840 - 1857)
Child	Harden Moor WILLIAMS (1842 - 1909)
Child	James Knox Polk WILLIAMS (1845 - )

Spouse	Martha Jane Ward ( - 1856)
Child	Martha Frances Williams (1850 - 1851)

Spouse

Clementine Rankin (1829 - 1919)

Spouse

Elizabeth Gordon (1834 - 1863)

Father	ROBERT WILLIAMS (1770 - 1846)
Mother	CHARLOTTE Scott ( - 1828)
Sibling	JOHN JEFFERSON WILLIAMS (1792 - 1874)
Sibling	Harden Williams (1796 - 1870)
Sibling	Ambrose Hardin WILLIAMS (1800 - 1868)
Sibling	Elias WILLIAMS (1799 - 1869)
Sibling	Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1800 - 1850)
Sibling	James WILLIAMS (1802 - )
Sibling	Charlotte WILLIAMS (1808 - 1883)
Sibling	Thomas Davis WILLIAMS (1810 - )