William Larance (W.L.) WIILLIAMS

W. L. WILLIAMS was born on a farm near Lake Village Arkansas in 1869 and died in Eros, Louisiana, in August 1946. He was a farmer and had a brother John and three sisters: Anna, Ellia, and Allie. W.L. farmed about 500 acres. Each or the children helped on the farm from the time they were about seven years old. His big cash crop was cotton, and he had a big garden and raised some cows, chickens, and hogs. An oil company drilled for oil on W.L.'S property and round a good pocket of oil. When he refused to sell at their price, the oil company capped the hole and moved On; they still have a lease on the oil rights and they renew it every five years.

W.L.’s first wife, Lizzie FULLER, was born in Missouri sometime around 1870 and died in Eros in the winter of 1917. W. L. was married to five women: Lizzie FULLER, Jessie MOBLEY, Lillian ( surname unknown), Miss (first name unknown) DOWDIE, and Mattie COOPER. He was the father of 12 children, and was a country gentleman.

W.L. and Lizzie FULLER had 11 children: twin boys Alvin and Alman, Julie Bell, Ina, Viola, Heman, Willie Jefferson, Sally Asalene, and Allie.

W.L. and Jessie MOBLEY had Evelyn, Anna Mae, and Elsie. Jessie died in 1920. She had several children by her first husband: James, Aubry, Mamie, and Serene MOBLEY, all of these children were raised by W.L. WILLIAMS.

Alman (Bud) WILLIAMS had a butcher shop in Chatham. The shop was next to the Will CARPENTER General Store in Chatham. His twin brother Alvin died while they were still very young.

Sally Asalene WILLIAMS married Will CARPENTER and they had Calvin and Lillian. Calvin is now a preacher for the RCJCLDS in California and Lillian works in a bank in Independence, MO. Will CARPENTER was a farmer who started a general store in Chatham. He got his supplies from the railroad depot in a wheel barrow and brought them to his store across the street. He had the biggest general store in Chatham for a long time. When Will died, his wife and family took it over; then his son in law, Gordon POWELL, took it over and ran it until he died in the 1960’s.

W.L. married Lillian, but they had no children and she left him. His fourth wife, DOWDIE, divorced him, and they had no children.

W. L. married Mattie COOPER, they had no children. Mattie had been married before and had a girl Katie Lou COOPER who was 4 years old when W.L. married Mattie. They lived together until he died, then Mattie moved to Missouri and took Katie Lou with her.

Note: This history of W.L. WILLIAMS family was taken from
THE CINCINNATI AND TENNESSEE JAQUISH FAMILY HISTORY
CHAPTER 6: THE WILLIAMS FAMILY IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS.
Initial Publication was July 1986 by Michael Paul JAQUISH.
The WILLIAMS History Chapter 6 was compiled by W. L.’s granddaughter Mildred Asalene WILLIAMS JAQUISH.
A copy of the book on The JAQUISH History is located at The Kenton County Public Library in Covington, Kentucky.