Robert Williams Sr.
Robert Williams, Sr., was born around 1812 in Maryland. He married a woman named Elizabeth, and they had at least nine children: John, born around 1833; Mary, born around 1835; Margaret, born around 1838; Robert, born on January 24, 1841; Sarah, born around 1844; Henry, born around 1845; Charles, born around 1848; Thomas, born around 1850; and James, born around 1853.
 
They lived in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, and Williams worked as a cooper. By 1850, he owned $500 of real estate. They moved to Camden, Ohio, in the 1850s, and by 1860, Williams owned $1,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property. By 1870, he owned $600 of real estate and $800 of personal property. He died around 1893.
1940
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(1940)Williams, Robert Sr.18121893
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3632) [recipient] ~ Robert Williams Jr. to Robert Williams Sr., 12 October 1862

People - Records: 1

  • (1940) Williams, Robert Sr. is the [parent of] (1939) Williams, Robert Jr.

Places - Records: 2

  • (99) [birth] ~ Maryland
  • (274) [death] ~ Ohio

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998, available from Ancestry.com.