Person:Stephen Williams (11)

Vol 10-5625-26 Had two daughters (Not named on page) by first wife 1 daughter (not named) by 2nd wife. divorced from 1st wife

Stephen D. WILLIAMS Household Male

Other Information: Birth Year <1849> Birthplace MI Age 31 Occupation Clerk In Store Marital Status S <Single> Race W <White> Head of Household Eugene J. WILBER Relation Other Father's Birthplace NY Mother's Birthplace NY

Source Information: Census Place Rock Creek, Cowley, Kansas Family History

Son of John W. and Amanda J. Williams. His father, John W. Williams, was a native of the state of New York, and his wife Amanda Jane, was born in Fulton County, Illinois. They were married in Michigan, where they resided until October, 1850, when they moved to Fulton County, Illinois. In 1855, they located in Kansas, where Mr. Williams engaged in farming. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that occupation many years. He died June 1, 1885, and his widow died at Rock, Ks, in March, 1898. They had 13 children, and reared the following children: George H.; Stephen D., who died in Douglass, Kansas, in 1894; Justus F., who was a stock raiser, and resided in Wyoming; John F., who was a farmer and stock breeder, and resided in Osage County, Kansas; Christopher V., who was a harness maker, and lived in Osage County, Kansas; Ella J., deceased, who was the wife of Peter Taylor; Ida E., who was the wife of T. Stephens, of Lawrence, Kansas; Abraham L., who was a stone mason; Limon P., who resided near Rock, Kansas, and was a gardener; Arthur W., who was a farmer in Kansas; and Floyd E., who was a farmer of Lyon County, Kansas.