Emily A. Williams
Emily A. Williams (maiden name: Herring) was born on November 16, 1829, in Dedham, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Herring and Hannah Kingsbury. Her father died sometime before 1850. She married Henry W. Williams, a shoemaker, around 1852, and they had at least three children together: Frank, born around 1854; Edwin, born around 1856; and Emma, born around 1858. The family lived in Lynn, Massachusetts, and by 1860, they owned $100 of personal property. Her husband enlisted in the Union army in 1861 and died during the winter of 1861-1862. Emily spent the rest of her life in Peabody, Massachusetts, raising her children on her own. Her son Frank lived with her until 1910, working as a farm laborer to help support the family. She died in Peabody on June 20, 1910, of “blood poisoning from ulcers on [her] legs.”
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| (444) | Williams, Emily A. ~ Herring, Emily A. | 1829-11-16 | 1910-06-20 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (933) [recipient] ~ John L. G. Williams to Emily A. Williams, 6 March 1862
People - Records: 1
- (443) Williams, John L. G. is the [sibling-in-law of] (444) Williams, Emily A.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 Massachusetts State Census, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com.
