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From: Myra Best Christeck <>
Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams in North and Eastern IL
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:52:18 -0700

Hi. I am looking for information on a John D. Williams and his son,
John E. Williams. Both are listed as living in Livingston County,
Indian Grove, in the 1870 Illinois Census. I know very little about
John D., but John E. was born in Illinois in May of 1861. Possibly his
mother was Mary E. Williams.

John E. married in Greene County in 1882 to Sarah Anna Margaret Clifford
of Alton, Jersey, IL. They had six children:
Frederick (possibly named John Frederick) born 1880 in IL; Mary Ebbert
("Ebby") Williams Vice born 1882 in IL; Charles Elden Williams born 1883
in Audrain County, MO; Florence Valretta Williams Best born 1886 in
Audrain County, MO; Frances Williams born 1893 in IL; and Sarah Williams
Fulford, then Meyer, born 1896 in IL.

John E. was a coal miner and later a coal mine inspector. Places he
lived include (but are not limited to) Mexico, Audrain, MO; Danville,
Vermilion, IL; Worden, Madison, IL.

Sometime after 1905, John divorced Sarah and remarried. However, all
that is known about his second wife at this time is that she was the
widow of a minister.

If any of this sounds familiar, I would greatly appreciated contact with
you. It has taken me four years to get just this much information.

Sincerely,
Myra Ann

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