Typed by: Kay Ward
WILLIAMS, James Williams
Surnames: WILLIAMS, EDEN, MILLERMAN, HARLAN, GOODWIN, MENEFEE,
STEVENSON, MITCHELL, CHAMBERLAIN, WAGNER, HODGE, GLAS, LANE, McCLOSKEY, PEEVEY,
NORMAN, BURNS, BARGANIER, CHATHAM
James William Williams, b October 4, 1850 in Alabama, d October 13, 1926 in
Marlin, Falls county, Texas and buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery-was a son of Jehu
Williams, b 1825, d August 5, 1890, and his first wife, Martha (Eden)
Williams-natives of Tennessee and Alabama, respectively, who were married in
Alabama.
On December 22, 1875 in Falls County, Texas, James W. Williams was married to
Aramantha Rebecca Millerman, b December 10, 1859 in Falls County, d February 25,
1941 and buried in Blue Ridge Cemetery-a daughter of John Sanford and
Mary(Harlan) Millerman. James and Aramantha were the parents of eight children:
Jehu Sanford Millerman (called "Hugh"), b 1876-married Bettie Goodwin-a daughter
of Henry and Elizabeth (Menefee) Goodwin, and moved to Rule, Texas.
Irene Williams, b 1881, d 1949 in Lovelady, Texas-married Charles T. Stevenson.
Julia Williams, b September 26, 1884, d August 10, 1968 and buried in Blue Ridge
Cemetery-married in Falls County, Texas on February 7, 1904 to Claude Franklin
Mitchell, b May 22, 1884 in Blue Ridge, d September 21, 1950 in Marlin, and
buried there in Calvary Cemetery-a son of William Henry and Margaret Lucinda
(Chamberlain) Mitchell, of Blue Ridge. They had an Infant Son, stillborn in
1904; and a daughter, Lois Estelle Mitchell, b January 17, 1906, who married
Thomas W. Wagner, b June 27, 1906, who adapted a son, Donald Mitchell Wagner, b
December 16, 1945.
Ruth Williams, b July 13, 1888, d December 30, 1980 and buried in Blue Ridge
Cemetery-married first to Abner Harris Hodge, b December 14, 1875, d June 3,
1942 and buried in Stranger Cemetery, and had three daughters: Laura Louise
Hodge, b August 16, 1912, who married Taylor Glass; Esther Lucille Hodge, b May
15, 1915, who married Leon Lane; and Letha Fay Hodge, b May 17, 1926 who married
first to George R. McCloskey and second; to John C., Peevey, III. Ruth
(Williams) Hodge was married second to Paul Joshua Norman-born at Stranger.
Felix Williams, b February 5, 1893, d December 14, 1902.
Marion J. Williams, b April 29, 1896, d July 29, 1939-married Bess Burns.
Letha Williams, b 1899, d 1932-was the second wife of Guy Herman Barganier, and
had one daughter, Lois Earle Barganier, who married and moved away.
Esther Williams, b 1903-married Durwood D. Chatham, b April 27, 1903, February
16, 1976 and buried in Stranger Cemetery, and had four children: James Durwood
Chatham, who married and moved away; Billy Jeff Chatham, who continues to have
farming and ranching activities in Falls County-is now married; Elizabeth
Chatham, born and died 1936; and Rebecca Chatham(called "Becky"), who married
and moved away.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission,
page 486-487, column 2 and column 1
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
