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Descendants of Charles Williams

Generation No. 1

1. CHARLES¹ WILLIAMS¹ was born April 19, 1820 in Ohio County, (later West) Virginia, and died May 02, 1907 in Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia. He married NANCY ANN MORRIS¹ April 04, 1850, daughter of SAMUEL MORRIS and ELIZABETH FLETCHER. She was born November 05, 1830 in Ohio County, (later West) Virginia, and died January 09, 1903 in Hebron, W Va.

Notes for CHARLES WILLIAMS:
Have written information that states Charles and Nancy were married in Ritchie County. Will try to produce copy from Courthouse.

Notes for CHARLES WILLIAMS:
Charles Williams, appears in an Article written in the Tyler County, W.Va newspaper, September 02, 1881. It states Prosecution Charles Williams testified on the night, of August 26, 1880 about 11:00pm.After, he and his family, were in bed somebody hallowed in front of his house. They wanted to know if they could stay overnight and Charles told them "No" Than he asked whether there be any other place to stay. Several men came and broke down his door and came in. His son John F.Williams, fired his revolver at them twice than fired one shot at them. The Rioters fired three shots at his son. He said there were ten of the rioters and they had masks of red calico on their faces. Some rioters went into
other rooms of his house and brought his daughter Sophronia into the room, in which his wife, son and residue or rioters and himself were and several of the rioters took hold of him, dragged him out of his house and that one of them, Isaac M. Edgell ( one of the defendants) struck him on the head twice. The rioters left the house at 12:00am.
      Isaac Edgell Lived between 1/4-1/2 mile from his house, where he had lived for 15 years.
      John F. Williams, testified to the same. He recognized Isaac Edgell, Albert Ice, John Lamp and William Heston, as four of the rioters. There were 9-15 of them known as the Red Men.
      Nancy Williams, wife of Charles Williams testified to substantially the same. She did not know what was done outside. She didn't recognize the one called Captain HI. He was large and tall man. Some of the rioters struck her on the head and also on side of her body. Some of them struck her daughter,Sophronia.
      August 26, 1880, Eli Davis testified on evening of August 26th that he was at a convention on Brush Run and saw the defendants. The convention held one and half miles from Williams. J.S. Riggs and Basil Morris accompanied the witness part of the way. They met four men on foot and disguised, to whom they spoke, but who made no reply, and went on in the direction of the neighborhood of Charles Williams and Isaac M. Edgell.
      Trial of the Red Men September 09, 1881. These men had notified Charles Williams that they were going to whip him in 2-3 weeks. The Riot took place about the time Hendrickson said it would. He was the Captain.
Nancy Williams, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Morris, and Mary Edgell wife of Isaac Edgell and daughter of Abraham and Nancy Morris were first cousins. Basil Morris was a brother of Nancy Morris Williams.

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The "IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN" was the first Fraternal Order established in 1833, which included in its ritual many American Indian customs. During the latter half of the 19th century the number and size of fraternal orders in the U.S. greatly increased. This organization is the male off spring of the "Daughters of Pocahontas." Both organizations began as "The Sons of Liberty" from the Boston Tea Party.

I'm attempting to get a copy of the above article.

More About CHARLES WILLIAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JBG
Census: 1850, Wood County

More About NANCY ANN MORRIS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JCN

Children of CHARLES WILLIAMS and NANCY MORRIS are:

2.	i.		JOHN FRANKLIN² WILLIAMS, b. April 03, 1851, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia.
	ii.		SUFFRONEY WILLIAMS¹, b. January 02, 1853, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia; d. April 05, 1937, West Virginia.

More About SUFFRONEY WILLIAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JF3

iii.

JOSEPHUS WILLIAMS¹, b. December 08, 1854, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia; d. December 06, 1876, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia.

More About JOSEPHUS WILLIAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JG9

iv.

MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS¹, b. February 10, 1857, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia; d. June 15, 1939, Pennsboro, Ritchie, West Virginia.

More About MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JHH

THEODICIA WILLIAMS¹, b. December 04, 1859, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia; d. October 14, 1875, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia.

More About THEODICIA WILLIAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 22X4-JJP

vi.

GEORGE SAMUEL WASHINGTON WILLIAMS, b. August 28, 1863, Hebron, Tyler, West Virginia; d. February 10, 1927, Akron, Summit, Ohio.

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