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Sarah Williams

Birth
Death
23 Oct 1856
Burial
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of William Barns of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA (1800 census) and Greensburg, PA (1810 census). Lived in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA in 1850 census, then moved to Iowa.

Wife of Robert Williams d. 1821 Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA (no grave extent)

Mother of:

William Williams b. 1796 Greensburg, PA - d. 1874 Fort Dodge, IA
Joseph D. Williams b. 1801 Greensburg, PA - d. 1870 Fort Scott, KS
Mary "Polly" C. Williams b. 1803 Greensburg, PA - d. 1871 Muscatine, IA
Robert D. Williams b. Abt. 1809 Greensburg, PA - d. 1883 Muscatine, IA
Sarah Williams (Mrs. Michael Murphy) b. Abt. 1813 Greensburg - d. 1896 Fayette Co., PA
Ann "Nancy" D. Williams - b. Abt. 1816 Greensburg, PA - d. 1890 Muscatine, IA

After her husband Robert Williams (a Justice of the Peace) died in Greensburg in 1821, Sally Williams took in boarders who were attending The Greensburg Academy. One of these (about 1828) was the noted Thomas Mellon, later Judge and scion of the wealthy Pittsburgh banking family. He made references to the Williams family as being a sort of "frontier nobility" in their gentle manner and high level of education in his memoirs.

Contributor: Arthur Humphrey - [email protected]
Daughter of William Barns of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA (1800 census) and Greensburg, PA (1810 census). Lived in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA in 1850 census, then moved to Iowa.

Wife of Robert Williams d. 1821 Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA (no grave extent)

Mother of:

William Williams b. 1796 Greensburg, PA - d. 1874 Fort Dodge, IA
Joseph D. Williams b. 1801 Greensburg, PA - d. 1870 Fort Scott, KS
Mary "Polly" C. Williams b. 1803 Greensburg, PA - d. 1871 Muscatine, IA
Robert D. Williams b. Abt. 1809 Greensburg, PA - d. 1883 Muscatine, IA
Sarah Williams (Mrs. Michael Murphy) b. Abt. 1813 Greensburg - d. 1896 Fayette Co., PA
Ann "Nancy" D. Williams - b. Abt. 1816 Greensburg, PA - d. 1890 Muscatine, IA

After her husband Robert Williams (a Justice of the Peace) died in Greensburg in 1821, Sally Williams took in boarders who were attending The Greensburg Academy. One of these (about 1828) was the noted Thomas Mellon, later Judge and scion of the wealthy Pittsburgh banking family. He made references to the Williams family as being a sort of "frontier nobility" in their gentle manner and high level of education in his memoirs.

Contributor: Arthur Humphrey - [email protected]


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