Person:Julia Williams (57)

Living in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts in 1850 -- when she was 11, but her father died in 1859 in Barry County, Michigan, so the family had clearly moved.

Name: Juliaette A. Williams
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 15 Apr 1840
Event Place: Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name: Warren S. Williams
Mother's Name: Mary B. Williams
CITING THIS RECORD: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," FamilySearch [3]

1860 Census:
Age in 1860: 20
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1860: Assyria, Barry, Michigan
Post Office: Assyria
Household Members:
Mary Williams 55
Joseph Williams 30
Julia Williams 20
George Williams 18
Enny A Williams 16
Viola Williams 13
Johnathan Williams 24
Francis Williams 22
Lewis Williams 4 months

1870 Census:
Name: Julia Bowen
Birth Year: abt 1840
Age in 1870: 30
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1870: Almira, Benzie, Michigan
Household Members:
Julia Bowen 30
Fred Bowen 7
Harriet Bowen 4

From information on Hiram's Find a Grave site: "Upon further research I find Julia in the 1870 census teaching school in Almira Township, Benzie County, living with her 2 children. The 1880 census shows her married to a William Fox living in Bingham Township, Leelanau County, Michigan with daughter Harriet Bowen and 4 children by William Fox."

1880 Census:
Name: Julia A. Fox
Home in 1880: Bingham, Leelanau, Michigan
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: William D. Fox
Father's birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
William D. Fox 38
Julia A. Fox 40
William D. Fox 8
Frank Fox 6
Roy Fox 3
Frederick E. Bowen 17
Harriet Bowen 14
Mary Keichler 20
Charles W. Upton 32
Ernest A. Voice 18
Robert Dudley 26

Julia died on Easter Sunday, age 60.

Note from Holly Noble on the location of Julia's grave: "Tim had a hard time finding the stones. He described them as covered with "thorny prickly bushes", especially Julia's. But, he found and photographed four stones that marked five graves. Julia's grave was offset from the others and covered with leaves; he almost missed it. There are five markers. The double-sided stone is Lewis Bennett and Betsy Bennett. Nearby are two small, but unnamed stones. On the other side of a large fallen tree was Julia's stone, clearly marked. I have added photos to http://www.findagrave.com/ but attached some for you to view. When you view the "cemetery on hill" scene, Tim says the headstones are in the woods about 30 yards from the field that is farmed. Restoration and research of this little cemetery would be a great project for an Eagle-Scout-Want-a-Be! Julia must be "tickled pink" that we have found her...she has been waiting for us for many years."

William Fox and Julia

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave.

   Partial tombstone shown: [[1]]

2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001.

   FamilySearch [2]