Person:Nelson Williams (5)
Nelson I Williams
b.Abt 1908
d.7 Jan 1962 State Route 16, Licking Co., Ohio
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt Feb 1910
  1. Nelson I WilliamsAbt 1908 - 1962
  2. David Carl Williams1916 - 1945
Spouse and Children
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m. 1940
  1. Nelson Allen Williams1943 - 1991
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Nelson I Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1908
Occupation[5] 1930 a farmer for wages
Marriage 1940 to Elsie Mae Dixon
Occupation[2] 1962 Denison University, Granville, Licking Co., Ohioa custodian
Residence[6] 1962 Licking Co., Ohio
Death[2][3][9] 7 Jan 1962 State Route 16, Licking Co., Ohio
Other[7][10] 8 Jan 1962 Newark, Licking, Ohio, United StatesObituary
Other[8][11] Abt 9 Jan 1962 News
Burial[4] 10 Jan 1962 Maple Grove cemetery, East Maple Street, Granville, Licking Co., Ohio
Reference Number? 26065
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mildred (Hite) Gieseck. Mildred (Hite) Gieseck, Interviewer: Kristina Kuhn Krumm, InformantAddress: Outville, OH. (2003 and ongoing meetings and telephone conversations).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mildred (Hite) Gieseck. Mildred (Hite) Gieseck's Collection of newspaper clippings. (from Pataskala Standard and Newark Advocate, scanned copies at Mildred'shome, various dates)
    suicide article.
  3. ↑ Ancestry's Ohio Deaths, 1908-1944 and 1958-2000, Url: www.ancestry.com
    Certificate: 04765 Volume: 16778.
  4. ↑ Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  5. ↑ United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).
  6. ↑ Ancestry's Ohio Deaths, 1908-1944 and 1958-2000, Url: www.ancestry.com.
  7. ↑ Newark Daily Advocate: newspaper, Location: Newark, Ohio
    page 8.
  8. ↑ Mildred (Hite) Gieseck. Mildred (Hite) Gieseck's Collection of newspaper clippings. (from Pataskala Standard and Newark Advocate, scanned copies at Mildred'shome, various dates).
  9. ↑ suicide with shotgun at home
  10. ↑ "Nelson I. Williams, 50, Granville RFD 1, was killed instantly by aself-inflicted shotgun blast shortly before noon Sunday. Dr. George A.Gressle go to and documents, acting Licking County coroner, saidWilliams was shot once in the chest by a 12 gauge shotgun in thebasement of his home. Williams's wife, Elsie, told deputy sheriff HarryAllbritain that Williams went to the basement of the house shortly after10 AM. She said she heard a loud noise, like "a piece of coalbreaking," and became worried when he failed to return from thebasement. Mrs. Williams called the sheriff's office and Allbritain andDr. Gressle from the body.
    Williams, employed in the custodial department of the DenisonUniversity, was reportedly despondent over ill health. Born March 9,1911, at Summit station, he was the son of David C. Williams and thelate Nettie Blanche [Gieseck] Williams. He was a lifelong resident ofLicking County. Surviving are his widow, Elsie M. [Dixon] Williams,whom he married in 1940; a son, Nelson Allen Williams, with the U.S.Marines, Parris Island, North Carolina; six daughters: Mrs. DaleHenderson of Lancaster, Mrs. Margret Baker and Mrs. Clarence Hummel ofNewark; Mrs. Dean Topping of Granville; Miss Irene and Miss Etta BelleWilliams of the home; five grandchildren; his father, of Union Station.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday in the Morrow Crousefuneral home, Granville, and burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. TheRev. William Stewart will conduct the service. Friends may call at thefuneral home after 12 noon Tuesday."
  11. ↑ "Granville, Ohio-Nelson I Williams, 50, custodian at Denison Universityhere, died instantly Sunday noon of a self-inflicted 12-gauge shotgunwound, according to Licking County Sheriff's deputies. Dr. George AGressle, acting coroner, said Williams had been despondent over illhealth. The shooting occurred in the basement of Williams' home on Rt.16 just west of here."
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