James J. Williams and Elizabeth "Betsy" Bowers

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Husband James J. Williams ^{1 2}

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           Born: Apr 1815 - Coshocton Co, OH 2
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           Died: Abt 1899
         Buried:  - Oaklawn Cemetery, Jefferson Co, PA

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         Father: John Williams (Abt 1782-1866) 3
         Mother: Annace Mayhew (      -1821/1829) 1

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       Marriage: 1832 2

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Fulmer (      -      ) 1

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Bowers ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Bowers (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sophie [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Reuben Williams ²

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           Born:  - Bell Twp, Jefferson Co, PA
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Daugherty (      -      ) 2

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2 M Comphard Williams ²

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Mary Brown (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - James J. Williams

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He was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, as a lad of eleven years accompanying his father to western Pennsylvania. When he married he settled on the farm which he bought from his father, remaining there about eight years, when he sold and bought sixty acres in Gaskill township from William MacElheny. One year later he disposed of this and bought 108 acres in Bell township, at the mouth of Canoe creek, where he made his home for about a quarter of a century, clearing and fencing about sixty acres and placing it under cultivation, besides making other improvements in the way of buildings, including a good house and barn. He also did considerable lumbering, and rafted square timber down Mahoning creek to the Allegheny and Pittsburgh. Building a sawmill, he sawed lumber for a number of years. Meantime he bought some 460 acres of timberland on Big run and Jackson run, and also seventy-six acres in Gaskill township. In 1866 Mr. Williams sold and removed to Indiana County, buying a 150-acre farm near Marion Center, upon which he erected a modern residence, and there for sixteen years was profitably engaged in farming. In later years he returned to Cloe, where he lived to the age of eighty-four years.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, generous in its support, and liberal in the furtherance of all beneficial purposes. He served as township collector and school director. He was originally an Old-line Whig, later becoming a Republican.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 515.

2 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 267.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 515, 525.

4 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 268.