VIRGIL M. WILLIAMS
Virgil M. Williams, b May 24, 1845 in Mississippi, d March 31, 1925 and
buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery in Falls County, Texas - was married first to
Harriett Brown, b 1851 in Mississippi - a daughter of Waller L. and Harriett
Virginia (McKinley) Brown who moved to Texas in December 1852, settling in Falls
County. By this marriage, Virgil and Harriett were the parents of four children:
James W. Williams - married Ada Johnson and had Icy Williams who married
Lee Gaugh; Eula Williams who married J. R. Lansford; Hattie Williams who married
Earl Laxson; Clara Williams who married Clayton Hightower; Altha Williams who
married Newton Lloyd; and Leland Williams.
Billy Lee Williams - married Ollie Matthews and had Elmo ("Jack")
Williams who married Myrtle Price and had Cecil, Ruby, Willie, and Elmo
Williams, Jr.; Willie Williams died in her teens; Maudie Williams died in her
teens; and Virgie Williams died in her teens.
Ophelia Williams - married Wallace Moore and had Arlie Moore who married
Agnes Hetherington; Bernice Moore who married Vaulton M. Davis; Lela Moore who
married Charles B. Vinson; and Hamilton Moore who married Ethel Mecke.
Virgil T. Williams-who married Beulah Parsons and had Macon G. Williams
who died in infancy; Weldon Williams; Elizabeth Williams who married Ralph
Ritcherson and had Jerry Ritcheson; and Virgil T. Williams, Jr. who married Rita
Goodner and had Tim Williams.
Virgil M. Williams married secondly to a widow, Mrs. Martha ("Mattie"
Barclay) O'Brien, b October 23, 1859 at Blue Ridge, d May 31, 1958 and both
buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery in Falls County -
a daughter of William Alexander and Mary P. (Long) Barclay. Virgil M. and Mattie
had eight children:
Mary Williams, b October 16, 1887, d May 22, 1972 - married John Crowell-
no further information.
Exar Williams, b March 2, 1890, d July 2, 1953 - married William L.
Martin, b August 2, 1880, d September 27, 1921 and buried in Mustang Prairie
Cemetery - no further information.
Millard Fillmore Williams, b April 17, 1892, d December 18, 1952 -
married Beulah Mae Drake, b October 14, 1896, d February 8, 1975, and both
buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas.
Marshall Williams, b ca 1894 - no further information.
LaVerne Williams, b November 2,1896, d August 28, 1983 in Dumas, Texas -
married December 24, 1916 to Ira J. V. Mitchell, b April 9, 1882, d 1952 - a son
of Charles Oliver and Martha A. Blan of Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas. They
were the parents of ten children.
Clifton C. Williams, b 1900, d 1973 - married
Iona Pearl (maiden name unknown), b 1902, date of death illegible on tombstone,
and both buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery. No further information.
Clyde B. Williams, b December 24, 1902, d January 27, 1972 - married
Reva V. Pamplin, b December 24, 1902, d January 27, 1972 and both buried in
Mustang Prairie Cemetery. Reva was a daughter of Reuben Alexander and Bertha
(Magee) Pamplin.
Lucille Williams, b March 30, 1905, died as a teenager December 6, 1921
and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 490 column 2 and page 491 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.