   Captain J.H. Williams 8 January 1834 - 29 October 1910 "A Confederate Soldier Assistant Adj. General" Lovey Isabel Williams Evans 6 March 1863 - 23 June 1951 The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, October 30, 1910 pg. 2 Home News The Gazetteer regrets to learn that Captain J.H. Williams is seriously ill at Preston. The Captain is a gentleman of the old school. He has a host of friends and his sickness is much regretted. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, November 6, 1910 pg. 3 Captain Williams Dead Captain J.H. Williams, one of the most prominent citizens of Grayson County, died Saturday at Preston. The deceased had been in ill health for the past year or more. Two months ago he was removed from Preston to the sanitarium at Sherman. The change for a time seemed hopeful, but getting worse he was taken back to the homestead, where he peacefully passed away, his bedside being surrounded by relatives and friends. Captain Williams in the eighties was a resident of Denison, being in the newspaper business with Dr. Saunders and Judge Woods. The writer was at that period attached to the reportorial force of the paper and became greatly attached to the deceased. Captain Williams was a typical gentleman of the old school. He was plain and simple in his manner and tastes. No braver soldier ever wore the grey. He never struck below the belt. He was always frank with friend or foe; a gentleman of the very highest honor. Throughout his long life he demonstrated that his ambition was the highest that can actuate man - an ambition to do his full duty as he understood it, not only to those surrounding him but to all mankind. Captain Williams was a Missourian, but came to Texas about thirty-eight years ago, locating at Preston. He was well known in Denison and many will regret his death. Captain Williams leaves his wife, two sisters and two brothers. He married Miss Belle Smith June 8, 1898. One of his sisters, Mrs. J.L. Cravens, lives in Fayetteville, Ark., the other, Mrs. N.E. Wilson, lives at Preston. Two brothers, Joe and Newton Williams, live in Heppner, Ore. At the time of his death he was 76 years of age. The funeral took place Sunday at Preston, Rev. Hubbard, an old friend, saying the last rites. There was a large attendance, many from Denison, Sherman and other neighboring towns. Captain Williams is the uncle of C.D. Kingston and Superintendent Wilson of the compress. The Denison Press Friday, June 29, 1951 pg. 9 Mrs. Belle Williams Evans Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Walples Memorial Methodist church for Mrs. Belle Williams Evans, 88, who died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Dixie Johnson, in Jefferson. Dr. H.C. Henderson conducted the services and interment was in the Preston Bend cemetery with Bratcher-Moore funeral directors in charge. Mrs. Evans was born in England, but came to the United States as a child. She was reared and educated in Arkansas, coming to the Preston Bend area as a young woman. She was married to Captain J.H. Williams, nephew of Sophia Porter of Preston Bend, and for many years resided in Glen Eden, the home of Mrs. Porter of Civil War fame. Later she moved to Denison and was active for many years in club and church work. She married Emory W. Evans many years after the death of Williams. They lived in Sherman until his death, when she went to live with a niece in Jefferson. Mrs. Williams donated the land for the Methodist church in Preston Bend and had the building moved when the building of the Denison dam and formation of Lake Texoma necessitated the move. In Denison she was a member and active worker in Waples church. She was a member of the Dorcas class and the Woman's Society of Christian Service. She had no children but reared the niece with whom she lived for a time before her death.  Preston Bend Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |