PHOTO: Standing - Mary Emily Payne and her brother Charley Payne. Seated - Martha Temperance Williams and Jake Williams.
LETTER: Dear Pat,
Sorry it has taken me so long to rely to your letter. Let me give you some background, this is my wife's family, Minnie Simpson, her mother Lillie Isabelle Pierce, daughter of Mary Emily Payne and Marion Pierce. Mary Emily remarried and gave her daughter Lillie to a great Aunt to raise. The great Aunt was Martha Temperance Williams. Martha married to William Brack Rawson (Will Ross). Martha was born June 2, 1861 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Lillie was about five or six when she went to live with Martha. Lillie married 1907 to John Thomas Simpson. Martha T. Williams father was Robert L. Williams and mother Jane Servena Evrett. Martha had a sister Saphronia (Williams) and a brother Jake Williams (ie. Jacob Lewis Williams). This is about all we know, we cannot even find anything on Lillie's father Marion Pierce, but we keep on searching. If we can be of more help, please let us know. Sincerely, M. Dale Robertson
LETTER:Dear Pat,
Thanks for the papers you sent. I will give them to Dad (Cecil Maxey). If you don't mind, we would appreciate any of the records you have. We don't have very many, so all you send would be appreciated. Dad said Grandpa Williams (Mack Littleton Williams) had a sister, they called her Aunt Temp. Her husband's name was Will Ross. She didn't have any children, but she and Will adopted some. Dad said he remembers she was a large woman. If we can help you any more let us know. Sincerely, Twila (Maxey), (ie. Maximilian) Pimentel
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January 22, 1984
Dear Pat,
Sorry it has taken me so long to rely to your letter. Let me give you some background, this is my wife's family, Minnie Simpson, her mother Lillie Isabelle Pierce, daughter of Mary Emily Payne and Marion Pierce. Mary Emily remarried and gave her daughter Lillie to a great Aunt to raise. The great Aunt was Martha Temperance Williams (Aunt "Temp"). Martha married to William Brack Rawson (Will Ross). Martha was born June 2, 1861 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Lillie was about five or six when she went to live with Martha. Lillie married 1907 to John Thomas Simpson. Martha T. Williams father was Robert L. Williams and mother Jane Servena Evrett. Martha had a sister Saphronia (Williams) and a brother Jake (Jacob) Williams. This is about all we know, we cannot even find anything on Lillie's father Marion Pierce, but we keep on searching. If we can be of more help, please let us know.
Sincerely, M. Dale Robertson, 5422 Portland Road NE #62, Salem, Oregon 97305
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Martha T. Williams( Mattie)
17 Apr 2010
Mattie must have taken a number of children from various family members. My Grand-mother Dora T. Payne lost her Father Charlie Payne when she was about 12 yrs. old. She had four siblings, Mattie took all of them, it was supposed to be a temporary arrangement. They didn't see their MOTHER ORENA again for six yrs. My Grandmother said they were taken to Utah, worked on a farm and finally wound up in Arizona. Saphronia was their Grandmother. Patty Rideout http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15340161/person/249424581
