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Descendants of William Simpson, Sr.

Generation No. 5

54. REECE JOHNSON⁵ SIMPSON (JOHN C.⁴, JAMES B.³, JAMES², WILLIAM¹) was born April 28, 1878, and died 1949. He married SARAH FRANCES ROWELL October 02, 1898 in Union Co., NC. She was born August 12, 1880, and died December 01, 1922.

Child of REECE SIMPSON and SARAH ROWELL is:

ROY ADAM⁶ SIMPSON, b. October 03, 1902; d. April 01, 1976; m. PEARL LOUISE RICHARDSON; b. February 13, 1905; d. September 02, 1967.

55. FRANK PEARSON⁵ FILES (JANE⁴ SIMPSON, PEARSON³, THOMAS², WILLIAM¹) was born December 19, 1875 in Files Valley, Hill Co., TX, and died September 04, 1956. He married CORA WOODALL. She was born December 11, 1880, and died November 15, 1954.

Children of FRANK FILES and CORA WOODALL are:

	i.		FRANCES MARION⁶ FILES, b. December 18, 1907; d. May 28, 1909.
	ii.		JANET FILES, b. November 23, 1909, Itasca, TX.
	iii.		EDWARD MARTIN FILES, b. December 26, 1912; d. April 27, 1913.
	iv.		FRANK PEARSON FILES, JR., b. September 15, 1914; d. September 22, 1916.

56. ELIJAH ALEXANDER⁵ WILLIAMS (PERMELIA JANE⁴ SIMPSON, ELIJAH³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born July 25, 1871 in Union County, NC, and died January 17, 1942 in Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas. He married (1) UFN SIMPSON Bef. 1891. He married (2) HESTER LUCINDA HELMS November 12, 1891 in UNion Co., NC, Rev. J. C. Williams officiated, daughter of WILLIAM HELMS and EVY FURR. She was born August 18, 1871 in Union County, NC, and died May 05, 1956 in Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas.

Notes for ELIJAH ALEXANDER WILLIAMS:
Elijah Alexander "Alex" Williams managed the first federally licensed whiskey distillery North Carolina, which his father, Lewis David Hampton Williams, owned. Following the death of L.D.H. Williams in 1897, Elijah Alexander decided to move. Farming the worn out soil of North Carolina was a losing battle. Friends sent word that work was plentiful in Arkansas where the railroads had opened up the land west of the Mississippi River. The family sold their farm and moved by rail to Nashville in Howard County, in southwest Arkansas. Alex found employment with James S. Bateman, a prominent builder in the Nashville area. Alex soon became a master carpenter and had a big hand in building many homes, business buildings, and such churches as the First Presbyterian Church (now owned by the Howard County Heritage Club) and the First Christian Church, both still standing and in use today.
Uncle Charlie Simpson, in North Carolina, lent Hester and Alex the money (10% interest) for the lot they bought for their home; as soon as they could get a loan at less interest in Nashville, they paid off Uncle Charlie. Evidently the family in North Carolina made a lot of loans at 10% interest.
Pa Alex talked with a thick North Carolina brogue. One of my favorite stories about him involved a bank he was building on Main Street. The brickwork had started that morning on the front of the building and was up about four feet. The owner arrived to see how construction was proceeding and said, "Mr. Williams, I thought our plans called for red mortar between those bricks." Whereupon Pa Alex took his foot and pushed the whole wall over onto the sidewalk, bricks and still wet mortar falling everywhere. "It gwine to be red," was all he said. If you walk by that building today across from the Nashville Drug Store, you will see that the mortar is indeed red.
During Pa Alex's early years, he had grown up working in the family's whisky distillery. One of his jobs was to tap the kegs, testing the aging whiskey to determine its readiness for bottling. This unfortunately led to a lifelong love of alcohol, a weakness in this family of mostly boys which also plagued several of his sons. While never seen drunk, it was said that he nipped out in the well house, a favorite haunt of his, probably because Hester Lucinda would not allow him to bring drink into the family home. Pa Alex also loved to play solitaire, and although I never knew him personally, I've always envisioned him sitting in the cool well house with a deck of cards, enjoying a little nip away from the hustle and bustle of the busy kitchen.
Alex only returned to North Carolina one time, in August of 1930, to attend a large Williams Family reunion. He did keep in touch with his family in North Carolina until his death in 1942.

Notes for UFN SIMPSON:
This is not known to be a fact; must do more research here.

Notes for HESTER LUCINDA HELMS:
"Hester Lucinda's father, William Riley Helms, abandoned the family and went with the family's housekeeper-seamstress to either Alabama or Georgia in the 1890's. It is not known at this time whether he sold the cotton gin before he left North Carolina, or whether the family sold it later. But this incident, plus the death of Alex's father in 1895, helped the North Carolina nuclear family of Mrs, Evy C. Furr Helms decide to make the move to Southwest Arkansas in 1899. This grandfather was never mentioned in our family; I did not know about this until I began collecting information for the family history in 1995." -- Charlotte Jeffers

Children of ELIJAH WILLIAMS and HESTER HELMS are:

	i.		ELLA JANE⁶ WILLIAMS, b. September 27, 1892, Union County, NC; d. April 21, 1970, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; m. TOM E. HILL.
	ii.		HARVEY ALEXANDER WILLIAMS, b. August 07, 1894, Union County, NC; d. June 26, 1975, Dallas, Texas; m. (1) ANN FORTUNE; m. (2) EDITH GREEN.

Notes for HARVEY ALEXANDER WILLIAMS:
Harvey Williams was an accountant and banker. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I. He and his wife, Ann, lived for many years in Dallas, Texas. He did not have any children.

iii.

LEWIS MATT RANSOM WILLIAMS, b. February 06, 1897, Union County, NC; d. 1983, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; m. (1) BESS SANDERS; m. (2) LORA HENDERSON.

Notes for LEWIS MATT RANSOM WILLIAMS:
Lewis Matt Ransom Williams was a successful stockman and a partner in the City Meat Market of Nashville with his brother Jim Williams.
"Uncle Ransom was my favorite uncle. We visited him every Sunday afternoon after we went to Grandmother Williams' house; their houses were on the same block. I remember him having wonderful hair, always cut in a flat-top. He always let me read Larry's vast collection of comic books. Every visit ended with his asking me if I'd been a good girl to which I responded, "Yes." Then he'd give me a nickel or a dime from the pocket of his bib overalls; this money was especially ear-marked for an ice cream cone from the Daisy Queen on my way home.
My last visit with Uncle Ransom found his home unchanged since those early days of childhood in the 1950's. He had been sick for some time. I was pregnant with Charlie, so it must have been early in 1980. I was standing with my back to him, talking to Aunt Lora, when he made his way slowly into the room. He saw me and his eyes filled with tears. He was overcome with emotion, something I'd never seen before. He said, "When I first saw you, Charlotte, you looked just like my Mother, Hester Lucinda. I thought it was her. You're the same height and build, the same hair, and expecting a baby - - you look just like she did when I was growing up. Lord, how I look forward to seeing Mother again."

Marriage Notes for LEWIS WILLIAMS and BESS SANDERS:
Ransom Williams first married Bess Sanders. This marriage was short in duration, ended in divorce, and produced no offspring.

iv.

CLAYTON C. WILLIAMS, b. October 13, 1898, Union County, NC; d. July 04, 1899, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas.

Notes for CLAYTON C. WILLIAMS:
I've often thought about how horrible it would have been, travelling with four young children, one of them a sick baby, on a long rail journey from North Carolina to Arkansas. Little Clayton came down with diarrhea while on the train. He died soon after the family arrived in Nashville, Arkansas. His grave is on the west side of Nashville Cemetery, separated from those of Pearl, Hester and Elijah Alexander Williams, who are all buried near the ancient magnolia tree on the east side. My grandmother was a woman of very strong Baptist religious beliefs. I'm sure this and the comfort of her extended (Mrs. Evy C. Furr Helms) family, who arrived in the Nashville area at the same time, played a part in helping her overcome the grief of losing this beloved child.

	v.		PEARL I. WILLIAMS, b. September 06, 1902, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; d. November 08, 1908, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas.
	vi.		JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS, b. April 20, 1905, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; d. April 17, 1978, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; m. RAYE BROWN.

Notes for JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS:
Jim Williams was a partner for many years with his brother, Ransom, in the City Meat Market of Nashville and a livestock shipping business. He also operated his own slaughterhouse and retail meat business.

vii.

CHARLES WITHROW WILLIAMS, b. September 04, 1907, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; m. OLETA ERCELL WHITE, July 15, 1934; b. November 20, 1912, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas.

Marriage Notes for CHARLES WILLIAMS and OLETA WHITE:
1934 - 1984
In honor of the Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs. Charles W. Williams, their children and grandchildren entertained many friends and family members at an Open House on Sunday, the fifteenth of July, 1984 from 2-4 P.M. at the family home, 621 Sunset Street, Nashville, Arkansas. Catering was by Mrs. Young, Flowers by Johnny furnished floral arrangements, and Edward Ramage was the photographer.

viii.

JOHN ALLEN WILLIAMS, b. August 22, 1912, Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas; d. May 27, 1983, California; m. JOSEPHINE MCGINNIS, Lindsey, California.

Notes for JOHN ALLEN WILLIAMS:
John Allen Williams was the red-headed baby of the family. He learned the fruit business working as an office boy for T.H. Pepper Fruit Sales, helping sell the big peach crops in the Nashville-Highland area each summer. After graduating from Nashville High School, he moved to Lindsay, California, and was packing house manager for the Peppers Fruit Company until retiring to private business and fruit ranching.
John served several years in the Signal Corps of the United States Army during World War II and experienced duty in India, Burma, and China.

Notes for JOSEPHINE MCGINNIS:
Josephine McGinnis Williams and her mother, Mrs. McGinnis, operated a lovely yarn shop in the McGinnis Family home, Lindsay, California. They taught me how to knit when I was twelve years old. I remember each of them fondly. Both mother and daughter were of a sunny disposition, always laughing freely over something "funny" we Arkies said.

57. TOBITHA ANN⁵ WILLIAMS (PERMELIA JANE⁴ SIMPSON, ELIJAH³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born March 16, 1873 in Union Co., North Carolina, and died March 16, 1954 in Union Co., North Carolina. She married JOHN WILSON HARGETT September 04, 1890 in Unionville, Monroe Co., NC, son of JAMES HARGETT and MARTHA NEWSOM. He was born September 14, 1869 in Unionville, Monroe Co., NC, and died November 25, 1928 in Union Co., AR.

Children of TOBITHA WILLIAMS and JOHN HARGETT are:

	i.		JAMES HENRY⁶ HARGETT, b. June 21, 1891, Union Co., North Carolina; d. February 25, 1977, Union Co., AR; m. EDNA MAE SORRELLS, February 25, 1912, Union Co., AR.
	ii.		WILLIAM DAVID HARGETT, b. October 31, 1892, Union Co., North Carolina; d. January 18, 1980, Union Co., AR; m. M. E. WILLOUGHBY, September 04, 1913, Union Co., AR.
	iii.		ELIJAH WILSON HARGETT, b. October 30, 1894, Union Co., North Carolina; d. January 29, 1983, Union Co., AR; m. (1) NANCY GREEN; m. (2) DOLLY ANN FITE; m. (3) ROSA O'MARY BRYANT.
	iv.		MARTHA JANE HARGETT, b. June 10, 1897, Union City, Union Co., NC; d. January 05, 1987, Magnolia, Columbia Co., AR; m. (1) ALSEY LUMPTON HAYES; m. (2) CHARLIE CLAYTON RUSHING, October 05, 1913, Union Co., AR.
	v.		FANNIE MAE BELLE HARGETT, b. March 16, 1899, Union Co., NC; d. May 15, 1988, Union Co., AR; m. (1) HENRY FRANK GRIFFIN; m. (2) GUY BATES, February 25, 1917, Union Co., AR.
	vi.		NONA IDELLA HARGETT, b. July 11, 1900, Union Co., NC; d. March 06, 1944, Union Co., AR; m. HARVEY M. PERDUE, November 04, 1917, Union Co., AR.
	vii.		ALMA BLAKE HARGETT, b. January 27, 1902, Union Co., NC; d. March 29, 1968, Union Co., NC; m. IRA ELIJAH ADAMS, October 15, 1919, Union Co., AR.
	viii.		ALBERT CHATHAM HARGETT, b. August 22, 1904, Monroe, Union Co., NC; d. August 20, 1983, Union Co., AR; m. (1) LOUISE EUNICE GARNER; m. (2) ELLEN LANORA GARNER, August 19, 1925, Lawson, Union Co., AR.
	ix.		ANNA LEE HARGETT, b. November 17, 1906, Union Co., NC; m. (1) JACOB WILLIAM MILLER; m. (2) CHESTER ALEXANDER STRINGER; m. (3) CHARLIE PERDUE, April 09, 1934, El Dorado, Union Co., AR.
	x.		JOHN ELLIS HARGETT, b. July 27, 1908, Union Co., AR; d. November 11, 1976, Union Co., AR; m. MARY ELLEN BUSWELL, May 29, 1929, El Dorado, Union Co., AR.
	xi.		LONNIE MONROE HARGETT, b. December 18, 1910, Union Co., AR; d. September 20, 1996, El Dorado, Union Co., AR; m. IDA PINK YORK, February 22, 1930, Union Co., AR.
	xii.		CONLEY WOODROW HARGETT, b. January 22, 1913, Union Co., AR; d. July 14, 1999, Union Co., AR; m. (1) LESSIE DELL ADAMS; m. (2) EDNA EARL PURVIS GIBBONS; m. (3) MARIAN DARLENE WOODFIN, January 24, 1932, El Dorado, Union Co., AR.
	xiii.		INFANT BOY HARGETT, b. January 22, 1913, Union Co., AR; d. January 22, 1913, Union Co., AR.

58. MARY SOFIA⁵ CUTHBERTSON (JAMES RUSSELL⁴, WILLIAM D.³, MARGARET HARRIETT² SIMPSON, WILLIAM¹) was born 1860, and died 1934. She married GARRISON BOSWELL MEDLIN, JR.. He was born 1859, and died 1937.

Child of MARY CUTHBERTSON and GARRISON MEDLIN is:

LAWRENCE HOUSTON⁶ MEDLIN, b. 1888; d. 1969; m. RUBY ELLEN WILLIAMS; b. 1902; d. 1998.

59. DAVID LEE⁵ SMITH (MARY ANN⁴ MOORE, ANDREW³, JANE² SIMPSON, WILLIAM¹) was born 1904, and died 1966.

Child of DAVID LEE SMITH is:

JIM⁶ SMITH.

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