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Joseph Williams

Birth	:	10 Mar 1810 St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	1 Mar 1894 Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Versailles, Morgan County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.5830900, -92.8837900
Plot	:	Block 2 Lot M-8
Description	:	Family History: Joseph Williams, 84, of Morgan County, died March 1, 1894, in Syracuse, Missouri. Joseph was born March 10, 1810, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Macajeh and Mary (Sullins) Williams. He married Rachel Larimore on May 15, 1832 in Franklin County. They were married by Joseph's uncle, Reverend Lewis Williams. Rachel was born May 15, 1832 in Franklin County, daughter of Richard and Rachel (McDaniel) Laremore. Joseph's family came to St. Louis area about 1800. His father owned a farm in St. Louis County. This was before Missouri became a state and... Read More	Family History: Joseph Williams, 84, of Morgan County, died March 1, 1894, in Syracuse, Missouri. Joseph was born March 10, 1810, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Macajeh and Mary (Sullins) Williams. He married Rachel Larimore on May 15, 1832 in Franklin County. They were married by Joseph's uncle, Reverend Lewis Williams. Rachel was born May 15, 1832 in Franklin County, daughter of Richard and Rachel (McDaniel) Laremore. Joseph's family came to St. Louis area about 1800. His father owned a farm in St. Louis County. This was before Missouri became a state and was under Spains rule. They were required to renounce their religion and to practice the Catholic religion. The family lived in St. Louis for several years, then moved to Gasconade County. They resumed the Christian Faith. After Joseph married, he moved to Franklin County, Missouri and then to Morgan County, Missouri in about 1840. They settled on a forty acre farm on Little Richard Creek South of Syracuse. He owned a team of mules, farmed, hunted, fished and "gophered" which is digging for lead. He was reported to have saved up $80.00 in gold and buried it for safekeeping. Joseph is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetary in Versailles. Rachel is buried in a different cemetary, no reason found. All of his sons, except for "Little Joe" fought in the Civil War in the Union Army. Joseph McClure "Joe" was to young to go to war. Joseph and Rachel's children survive, Andrew Jackson (Elizabeth Morrison) Williams, John Lewis (Levina Adair) Williams, Alvin Peter (Margaret Elliott) Williams, Richard (Louisa Cox) Williams, William Francis (Nancy Christine Lamon) Williams, Thomas Benton (Martha Ellen Fisher) Williams, James Williams, Joseph McCure (Rebecca Ann Smith) Williams and the only daughter, Joan Elizabeth (Elisha) Owsley. Burial was in Mt. Carmel Cemetary behind the Mt. Carmel Church in Versailles, Missouri, on March 3, 1894 at 1:00pm, in Block 2 Lot MB. His grandfather, Joseph, (Sarah Musick) fought in the Revolutionary War. In the spring of 1777, in Richmond County, North Carolina, served in Captain William Neville's company and in Colonel James Miller's North Carolina Regiment until the fall of 1877 when he volunteered in the rangeing service in Rutherford County. Joseph served under the same officers the same officers, Captain McClanis McLeans and Captain Major Parson, North Carolina companies until 1783. He served a number of years in the Continental Line in various campaigns. He was wounded in the leg during an engagement with the Indians. Joseph and Sarah were married in July 1, 1772 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Williams and Musick families were some of the first settlers to settle in St. Louis Territory when it was under the rule of Spain. One of Joseph and Sarah's son's, Lewis, was the first white child born in the territory. Joseph and Sarah's children: Micajeh, Lewis, William Shirley "Old Bill the Mountain Man", John W, Benjamin Franklin, Mary, Olivia, Arabella Williams Vaughn. Joseph's great-grandfather was John Williams born in Llangollen, Wales. H)e was marrried to Mary Keeling, daughter of Captain George and Ursula (Flemming) Williams. IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH WILLIAMS: On the morning of March 1, 1894 the Spirit of Uncle Joseph Williams passed over that mastic gulf between God and man. Born near St. Louis of good parentage in 1812. "Fate seemed to wind him up for three score years and ten Yet ran he on twelve winters more Till like a clock worn out with eating time The wheels of weary life at last stood still" He came to Morgan County over fifty years ago, approximately 1840,. Here he married and raised a family of eight children. Seven boys and one girl, all of whom survive him but one boy. Six of his sons enlisted in the Union Army and served their country with credit from three to five years. But so sudden was the fathers demise only four of his children were present when his robe was withdrawn that concealed his wings. "We watched him breathing through the night as in his breast the wave of life kept heaving to and fro" Uncle Joe, though industrious and sober-minded, never made a success in a financial way as the world looks at it. Yet he bore his own expenses though life and to the grave. He enlisted in his makers work fifty years ago, to which work he has been daily scrupulously . This is a good man gone. His soul's defense, not before Osiris but before God in Heaven, can well be made in these words "I have not been idle", I have not been intoxicated, I have not told secrets, I have not defrauded, I have not slandered, I have not caused tears, I have given food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty and clothes to the naked. His soul was fully ripe for the spirit world and passed with joy to the abodes of the blest. The body is laid away in its narrow home to dissolve into dust.Death is but a passage to a fuller life. The function of the fleshy vesture is fulfilled. The Soul was prepared to live without it and put it off most gladly. Death is but a passage to a fuller life. The body is not the person nor the grave his dwelling. Down into the cold, cold grave grave at Mt. Carmel we lowered his aged body. Over this new made grave the joysome birds will pipe their tuneful lay. The early thrush will warble forth his sweet notes and the wild flowers, jubilant with the breath of Spring, will come forth profusely rank. The smiles and scowles of the great firmament will pass and repass. God's flat oasis will yield generations after generations, to that ceaseless Dun and stubborn glebe. Spring with her floral venture will beautify the earth planet year after year. These all have their endings, but the influence of one good and righteous man goes on forever. UPDATE TO JOSEPH WILLIAMS SR: A deed has been located that indicates that the following siblings sold land they inherited from their father. This land was part of the original land grant to Joseph and Sarah Musick Williams. Part of this land was given to Joseph and Sarah's older sons. Micajah died c1825. The land was sold by Richard S. Williams, Joseph Williams, R.S.D. Caldwell and Johanna Williams Caldwell, his wife, Horatio Jamison and Jane Williams Jamison, his wife and Griffith Stoner and Jemima Williams, his wife. Micajah was the father of these siblings. Joanna, Jemina and Joseph were all married by Reverend Lewis Williams, brother of Micajah. Joseph married Rachel Laramore on May 15, 1832, Jemima married Griffith Stoner on July 12, 1835 and Johanna married "Short" Caldwell on February 25, 1830. Micajah was married to Mary Ann Sullens in 1808. Mary Ann was born in Halifax, Virginia in 1892. She was the daughter of John C. Sullens and Mary Doggett. John C. Sullens was the son of John Sullins born 1740 in England and Virginia Jane Gill. John Sullens was the son of Richard Sullens.

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Where is Joseph Williams's memorial?
Joseph Williams's memorial is located at: Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Versailles, Morgan County, USA.
When did Joseph Williams death?
Joseph Williams death on 1 Mar 1894 in Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Joseph Williams's memorial?
Latitude: 38.5830900
Longitude: -92.8837900

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Rachel Laramore Williams

(1813 - 1880)

Children

Andrew Jackson Williams

(1833 - 1909)

John Lewis Williams

(1835 - 1905)

Alvin Peter Williams

(1840 - 1921)

Richard F Williams

(1841 - 1916)

Joseph McClure Williams

(1855 - 1921)

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