Elvis F. Williams Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Elvis F. Williams, a farmer of German
Township, Bollinger Co., Mo., is
a son of William A. and Elizabeth (Watson) Williams.
William A.
Williams was born in East Tennessee in 1810, and in 1820 came
with his
parents to Southeast Missouri and located on a farm in Cape
Girardeau
County.
He was married in that county and reared ten
children, of whom
Elvis F. is the eldest.
William A. Williams died in
1877.
The subject
of this sketch was born in Bollinger County, Mo., in 1830.
He was
reared in the home of his parents, and in 1853 was united in
marriage
with Miss Surrilda J. Mayfield, who was born in Bollinger
County, Mo.,
in 1829.
She is a daughter of Elisha and Susan (Houk)
Mayfield, the
latter of whom died when Sarah E. was but two years of
age.
After his
marriage Mr. Williams settled on a farm in his native county,
and has
since been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
In 1875 he
was broken down
with disease, and has not been able to do a day's work
since.
During
1864 and 1865 he served his country in the Union army with Capt.
Cochran's company, in the Seventy-ninth Regiment Missouri
Volunteers.
He has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for years.
[p. 855]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 855]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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