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Sophia <I>Curry</I> Williams

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Sophia Curry Williams

Birth
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Death
7 Apr 1889 (aged 76)
Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Sophia Curry was born Tuesday, October 27, 1812 in Rockingham County, Virginia to Thomas & Eleanor (Twitchet) Curry growing up in Rockingham, Warren & Shenandoah County, Virginia. Sophia married Sanford Williams Monday, August 7, 1837 in Warren County, Virginia.

Sophia & Sanford resided in Warren County, Virginia until the spring of 1849. Sophia, Sanford & their families traveled by ox cart crossing the Shenandoah River & settling in Deerfield, Morgan County, Ohio by August of 1849. On their way to Ohio story has been told that they encountered the family of a former US President; possibly William H Harrison. In 1860 at the age of 50 Sanford is living in Jackson, Hancock County, Ohio. By 1870 Sanford & Sophia are residence of Delaware, Hancock County, Ohio & in 1880 they are residing in Union, Clinton County, Ohio.

Sanford & Sophia had 11 known children:

William Franklin Williams
James Jackson Williams
Idress Ellen Williams Cookson
Minerva Williams Cramer
Charles Wesley Williams
Sarah Ann Williams Slife
Hezekiah Taylor Williams
John Russell Williams
Ellora Josephine "Laura" Williams Slemmons Conger
Eliza Jane Williams Morehart
Mary Elizabeth Williams Sherbet

Updated 1 Nov 2019 JoAnnamae
aka MerrittSwatts on Ancestry.com
Sophia Curry was born Tuesday, October 27, 1812 in Rockingham County, Virginia to Thomas & Eleanor (Twitchet) Curry growing up in Rockingham, Warren & Shenandoah County, Virginia. Sophia married Sanford Williams Monday, August 7, 1837 in Warren County, Virginia.

Sophia & Sanford resided in Warren County, Virginia until the spring of 1849. Sophia, Sanford & their families traveled by ox cart crossing the Shenandoah River & settling in Deerfield, Morgan County, Ohio by August of 1849. On their way to Ohio story has been told that they encountered the family of a former US President; possibly William H Harrison. In 1860 at the age of 50 Sanford is living in Jackson, Hancock County, Ohio. By 1870 Sanford & Sophia are residence of Delaware, Hancock County, Ohio & in 1880 they are residing in Union, Clinton County, Ohio.

Sanford & Sophia had 11 known children:

William Franklin Williams
James Jackson Williams
Idress Ellen Williams Cookson
Minerva Williams Cramer
Charles Wesley Williams
Sarah Ann Williams Slife
Hezekiah Taylor Williams
John Russell Williams
Ellora Josephine "Laura" Williams Slemmons Conger
Eliza Jane Williams Morehart
Mary Elizabeth Williams Sherbet

Updated 1 Nov 2019 JoAnnamae
aka MerrittSwatts on Ancestry.com


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  • Created by: JoAnnamae
  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105477222/sophia-williams: accessed ), memorial page for Sophia Curry Williams (27 Oct 1812–7 Apr 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105477222, citing Elm Grove Cemetery, Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by JoAnnamae (contributor 47786580).