• Born: 7 June 1842, Clay County, Illinois, USA ⁴
• Marriage (1): Lydia Ann TOOLEY on 29 August 1866 in Clay County, Illinois, USA ^{1 2}
• Died: 9 May 1921, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois, USA at age 78 ⁴
• Buried: 15 May 1921, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois, USA ⁴

   Cause of his death was Angina Pectoris, 2 days.⁴

   Other names for William were William L. WILLIAMS ⁴ and Wm WILLIAMS.

  Burial Notes

Number Four Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He was buried at the No. 4 Cemetery in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois, USA.

• Parents: James Williams and Lucinda Miner.

• Obituary: He had several obituary blurbs published in various local newspapers.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
  
  Wm. Williams       32
  Lida Ann Williams       30
  Mary I. Williams       12
  Eliza J. Williams       9
  Clara Williams       4
  Lotta Williams       5m

• He appeared on the census in 1900 in Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
  
  William Williams       57
  Margaret C Williams       56
  Elisabeth M Williams       17
  Rosella E Williams       15
  John Williams       13
  Nora Richardson       14
  Lottie Schmtt       20
  James Hamilton       32

William married Lydia Ann TOOLEY on 29 August 1866 in Clay County, Illinois, USA.^{1 2} (Lydia Ann TOOLEY was born on 20 March 1847 in Kentucky, USA, died on 25 November 1890 in Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1890 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois, USA.)