Today, we’ll look at the family of Mary Elizabeth Williams, the eighth child born to William and Hepsabeth Williams.
We’ve already mentioned that Child #4, Christopher C.F. Williams, the twin of Sally Anderson Williams, died when he was three years old.
Child #7, born just before Mary Elizabeth Williams, was John Alexander Williams, born 10 January 1844 and died on 1 March 1847.
Therefore, Mary Elizabeth, born 23 February 1847 in Lafayette County, Arkansas, was the sixth surviving child of William and Hepsabeth and her parents had already been settled in Lafayette County for about four years when she was born.
Mary Elizabeth married Robert Cosby McClellan, who often went by Cosby, c1868. They had a large family of ten children, but only four married and had children of their own.
All events took place in Hempstead County unless otherwise noted.
Children: (McClellan)
- Frances A., born November 1869; died after 1900; apparently never married or had children
- Martha Jane, born about January 1874; died 10 June 1963, Hempstead County, Arkansas; married Tap A. Adams, 20 January 1895, Lafayette County, Arkansas. However, Tap died between 1900-1910 and they had only one surviving child, Izora Mae, born 3 February 1904, Lafayette County, Arkansas; died 3 January 1975 and married Henry Calvin Townsend, 18 December 1895.
- Margaret Parilee, born c1875; died after 1940; unmarried
- James Thomas, born about 8 January 1876; died 15 July 1942; married Melissa A. Archer, 30 September 1896. However, Melissa died before 1900 and they apparently had no surviving children. James never remarried.
- Julia Esther, born 22 August 1876; died 8 August 1964, Caddo parish, Louisiana; married Francis Edgar Gilley, 20 January 1895, Lafayette County, Arkansas
- Burton, born September 1879; died before 1900; unmarried
- Leona Roberta, born 14 August 1880; died 12 April 1962; married Thomas Newton Turnipseed, 10 July 1927, Lafayette County, Arkansas when she was 46 years old. She had no children of her own.
- George Felix, born August 1882; died 12 July 1967; married Cornelia Odessa Barham, about 29 April 1905, Lafayette County, Arkansas
- William Lee, born 20 September 1884; died 25 February 1954, Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas; married Cornelia McClellan, 31 December 1902, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas
- Walter G., born July 1886; died between 1900-1910
Robert Cosby McClellan died on 15 May 1909, Lafayette County, Arkansas. Mary survived him by many years, dying on 23 July 1932 in Patmos, Hempstead, Arkansas.