Individual Details

Wesley Williams

(11 Oct 1809 - 20 Apr 1890)



1830 Census. Western Div, Blount, TN
Wesly Williams: 1m age 20-30, 1f age 20-30

ELiza Wallace was his first wife. Wesley married Emily Rice, 3 Oct 1841, Putnam Co IN.

1850 Census. Cloverdale Twp, Putnam Co, IN, Hh 14
Wesley Williams, 40, Farmer, b. TN
Emily, 30, b. KY (2nd wife - Emily Rice)
James P. 18, b. TN
Martha M., 16, b. IN as were all the rest of the children
Richard S., 13
Children of 2nd wife:
Mary E., 8
John N., 3
Eliza J., 1
Robert N., 12 (is this perhaps a stepson? or should he have been some months old - see 1860?.)
Richard L. Davis, 21, b. TN

1860 Census. Yell Twp, Boone, Iowa, Hh 661
Westley Williams, 50. Emily, 42
Richard, 23.
Mary E., 18, School Teacher
John N/W - 13
ELiza J., 11
Robert N. 9
Franklin R., 7, b. Iowa
Maria J., 5, b. Iowa
Wm. G. 3, b. Iowa

1870 Census. Yell Twp, Boone, Iowa, P.O. Perry, Dallas Co
Wesley Williams, 61. Emily, 53
John W., 22. Robert R. 20. Franklin R., 17. Josephine, 15. William G., 13.

1880 Census. Yell Twp, Boone, Iowa, Hh 239
Robert Williams, 30. Albie, 20, wife
Edna E., 2, dau
Charles Thompson, 10, nephew
Wesley Williams, 71, Father

There was a 3rd marriage, 28 Aug 1880, to Mrs. Ann Toliver, Boone Co, Iowa.

1885 Iowa State Census. Yell Twp, Boone, Iowa, Hh 131
William Crawford, 31, Laborer
Sophia Crawford, 30
Wesley Williams, 85, Retired
Ann Williams, 81

Events

Birth11 Oct 1809Blount County, Tennessee
Marriage27 Jun 1830Blount County, Tennessee - Eliza A Wallace
Death20 Apr 1890Boone County, Iowa

Families

SpouseEliza A Wallace (1810 - 1839)
ChildRichard S. Williams (1836 - 1897)
FatherRichard Williams (1781 - 1860)
MotherLucinda "Lucy" Bogas (1773 - )
SiblingNewton Keen Williams (1804 - 1882)
SiblingKeziah Williams (1806 - 1882)
SiblingClarissa Williams (1808 - )
SiblingPresley Williams (1809 - 1884)
SiblingJiles S. Williams (1811 - )
SiblingFreeborn C. Williams (1815 - 1895)