Person:Levi Williams (8)

Possibly the son of William & Jane Williams shown in the 1850 census for Fleming Co., Kentucky. William is 54, Jane is 51; and the children are Nelson 21; Elizabeth, 17; Levi 14; Amanda 6; and James 4. {p.702, Fleming Co. Archives, <www.rootsweb.com>}.

In the 1860 census for Elizaville, Fleming Co., Kentucky, Levi O. Williams is 27, farmer; and Louiza is 19 -- married within the year, both born Kentucky. {p. 836}

In the 1870 census for Sherburne, Fleming Co., Kentucky, Levi O. Williams is a farmer, age 37 born Kentucky; Louisa is 28; Alice, 9; Edward 7; Jno W 5; Rebecca 3; Frances A. 4 mos. -- all born in Kentucky. {p.501} NOTE: Neighbors include Wm Williams 76, and James Williams 48.

In the 1880 census for Sherburne, Fleming Co., Kentucky, Levi O. Williams is a farmer, age 47 born Kentucky (father Kentucky, mother Virginia) Wife Louisa is 38, born Kentucky, (father Delaware, mother Kentucky). Their children are Allice 19; Edward 17; Wesley 15; Rebecca 13; Francis 10; Julia 9; Wm. M. 5; and James T., 7 months -- all born in Kentucky. {p.413a}

In the 1900 census for Lee, Jessamine Co., Kentucky, Levi O. Williams is 67, born Apr 1833 in Kentucky (father Kentucky, mother Maryland) widowed, shoemaker; with daughter Pearl 15, born Dec 1884 in Kentucky (parents same). His son James L. 20, blacksmith, lives next door with wife Fannie 23. {ed 26, sh 16a, p.51}

He is listed in the 1910 and 1920 census living as a boarder with (Allie) and Rosa (Inske?) in Wilmore, Jessamine Co., Kentucky.

 According to the death record for Julia Williams Lee, 1873-1920 [wife of Douglas R. Lee], her parents were Levi Williams and 'Sarah Shanklin'.