Captain Isaac Williams and His Grandchildren

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Captain Isaac Williams and His Grandchildren Pioneers of Lawrence County, Indiana By Ben & Alice Dixon

1127.11 DR. ELKANAH WILLIAMS

Son of Captain Isaac Williams and Amelia Gibson

Born December 19, 1822, in Lawrence county, Indiana

Died Oct. 5, 1888, at Hazelwood, Penna.; interment at Cincinnati, Ohio (as per obituary in Cincinnati Inquirer, 10-6-1888)

Married, 1st, Dec. 23, 1847, Sarah L. Farmer, dau. of ___________ and __________ of Bedford. She was born April 28, 1826, and died August 2, 1851; burial at Old Shiloh Cemetery

Married, 2nd, Sarah B. McGrew, dau. of ____________ and ______________ She was born __________ and died ___________

ISSUE

Elkanah Williams and Sarah Farmer

1. Clara E. Williams born Oct. 28, 1848; died Nov. 25, 1853;

Buried at Old Shiloh beside her mother.

2.+Mary Belle Williams born, Bedford, Ind., about 1850

Married Henry Hill Sturges

No issue by 2nd marriage to Sarah McGrew

NOTE: In Part IV, following, you will find an obituary and biography of Dr. Elkanah Williams, together with a cabinet of personal correspondence which is both enlightening and delightful to read.

The obituary states that his remains were brought to Cincinnati for burial. The City Manager of Cincinnati states that the Department of Vital Statistics has no record of such burial.

QUERY: Where is the grave of America's First Eye Specialist?

(Reproduction note: This question is answered in the Postscript & Preface of this book.)

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DESCENDENTS

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Inasmuch as we have received no further data on the descendants Of Dr. Elkanah Wil1iams, we shall complete his record here. We hope someone in Lawrence County will be able to contact his descendants, if any survive, so that the record may be brought down to date.

1127.11.2 MARY BELLE WILLIAMS=STURGES

Daughter of Dr. Elkanah Williams and Sarah L. Farmer

Born in Bedford, Indiana, about 1850 or '51; died

Married ___________ Henry Hill Sturges

ISSUE

1. Henry Hale Sturges

2. Paul Sturges

3. Roscoe Sturges

Bedford, Elkanah Williams

One of the first eye

and ear specialists In the

United States was born near

Bedford. He was first pro

fessor of ophthalmology and

aural surgery in the United

States and one of the first

in America to use the oph

thalmoscope. He was presi

dent of the American Oph

halmological Society and

an author.

(Reproduction editor note: The original of this page appeared as a copy of a unidentified newspaper or magazine clipping regarding Dr. Elkanah Williams)

BARTIMUS WILLIAMS

"Uncle Bart"

Son of Captain Isaac Williams and Amelia Gibson

Born, Feb. 11, 1825, in Lawrence county, Indiana

Died June 1, 1882, and is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery.

Married three times:

1st, Oct. 8, 1850, to Rebecca D. Armstrong, who died without issue

2nd, 9-11-1862 to Emily Angeline Hammersley; she was born Nov. 7, l835; died August 26, 1872 and is buried at Mt. Olive with Uncle Bart.

3rd, June 17, 1875, to Rachel L. McDonald; born April 17,1847; died Nov. 2, 1895; buried at Mt. Olive.

ISSUE

Bartimus Williams and Angeline Hammersley

l.+ Isaac Williams born Jan. 2, 1870; died Jan. 1, 1936

Married Nov. 11, 1889, Lola Kern, dau. of David L. Kern and Emily Williams. She was born March 16, 1872

ISSUE

Bartimus Williams and Rachel McDonald

2.+Cornelia Williams born Sept. 22 1876. Still with us, 1963

Married Walter A. Jones, son of John L, Jones, Aug. 10, 1898.

3.+Zipporah Williams born July 15, 1878. Still with us, 1963

Married E1za Smith at Williams, Oct. 3, 1896.

4. Richard Garfield Williams, born Aug. 25, 1880; died April 12, l899.

No issue

5.+Bartimus L. Williams born Feb. 25, 1883; died 1961, burial at Mt. Olive Cemetery.

Married pearl Baker March 3, 1902; issue.

How many pillars the Mt. Olive Church had in the old days is a moot question. If there was ever only one, Uncle Bart was it. Reference to an old ledger kept by his father, Captain Isaac, tells the story:

Entry: "Deed for Mt. Olive Church property made Feb. 8, 1870 by Bartimus Williams and his wife; Emily A. Williams, William N. Hinshaw. Arthur D. Hastings, Lewis Sr. Williams, and Bartimus Williams and their successors as trustees to hold for the purposes of a church." The church was built in 1871.

1967 Edition: The Answer to

Query No. 1, below:

( Grave 138, Lot 46 )

( Spring Grove Cemetery )

( Spring Grove Ave. ) Was

( Cincinnati, Ohio. ) given

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(Mrs Donald Wade

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