August 1944
MRS. JAMES T. WILLIAMS
Sarah Ellen Wilson Williams, pioneer Oklahoma woman, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. P. McClure, July 30, 1944, at the age of 91 years and 18 days.
She was born in Lawrence Co., Missouri, July 12, 1853, was married October 23, 1879, to James T. Williams, who preceded her in death a few years ago. To this union five children were born, one son and four daughters.
They came to Oklahoma in 1893 at the opening of the Cherokee Strip. They settled on a claim 11 miles south of Pawnee, later moving to Cleveland in 1897. Here she has made her home continuously since. She has watched the growth of Cleveland from a few hundred to its present size and has always been an active member of the Presbyterian Church since its founding and until her illness kept her at home.
Direct descendants of Mrs. Williams are a son, Elbert Williams, who died in 1926; four daughters, Alma Perry and Ruby McClure of Cleveland, Bessie Criner of Tulsa, and June Warwick of Gladewater, Tex., one step-daughter, ZeIIa Swope, and a step-son, James C. Williams of Sapulpa; 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren; and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church at 10:30a.m.,Monday, July 31, 1944. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. F. F. Dobson, Rev. Lawrence C. Carty, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated. Interment was made in Woodland Cemetery. (tribe hunter)
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Parent links Suggested By: Kathleen Peterson, 5 Apr 2023
MRS. JAMES T. WILLIAMS
Sarah Ellen Wilson Williams, pioneer Oklahoma woman, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. P. McClure, July 30, 1944, at the age of 91 years and 18 days.
She was born in Lawrence Co., Missouri, July 12, 1853, was married October 23, 1879, to James T. Williams, who preceded her in death a few years ago. To this union five children were born, one son and four daughters.
They came to Oklahoma in 1893 at the opening of the Cherokee Strip. They settled on a claim 11 miles south of Pawnee, later moving to Cleveland in 1897. Here she has made her home continuously since. She has watched the growth of Cleveland from a few hundred to its present size and has always been an active member of the Presbyterian Church since its founding and until her illness kept her at home.
Direct descendants of Mrs. Williams are a son, Elbert Williams, who died in 1926; four daughters, Alma Perry and Ruby McClure of Cleveland, Bessie Criner of Tulsa, and June Warwick of Gladewater, Tex., one step-daughter, ZeIIa Swope, and a step-son, James C. Williams of Sapulpa; 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren; and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church at 10:30a.m.,Monday, July 31, 1944. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. F. F. Dobson, Rev. Lawrence C. Carty, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated. Interment was made in Woodland Cemetery. (tribe hunter)
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Parent links Suggested By: Kathleen Peterson, 5 Apr 2023
August 1944
MRS. JAMES T. WILLIAMS
Sarah Ellen Wilson Williams, pioneer Oklahoma woman, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. P. McClure, July 30, 1944, at the age of 91 years and 18 days.
She was born in Lawrence Co., Missouri, July 12, 1853, was married October 23, 1879, to James T. Williams, who preceded her in death a few years ago. To this union five children were born, one son and four daughters.
They came to Oklahoma in 1893 at the opening of the Cherokee Strip. They settled on a claim 11 miles south of Pawnee, later moving to Cleveland in 1897. Here she has made her home continuously since. She has watched the growth of Cleveland from a few hundred to its present size and has always been an active member of the Presbyterian Church since its founding and until her illness kept her at home.
Direct descendants of Mrs. Williams are a son, Elbert Williams, who died in 1926; four daughters, Alma Perry and Ruby McClure of Cleveland, Bessie Criner of Tulsa, and June Warwick of Gladewater, Tex., one step-daughter, ZeIIa Swope, and a step-son, James C. Williams of Sapulpa; 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren; and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church at 10:30a.m.,Monday, July 31, 1944. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. F. F. Dobson, Rev. Lawrence C. Carty, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated. Interment was made in Woodland Cemetery. (tribe hunter)
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Parent links Suggested By: Kathleen Peterson, 5 Apr 2023
MRS. JAMES T. WILLIAMS
Sarah Ellen Wilson Williams, pioneer Oklahoma woman, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. P. McClure, July 30, 1944, at the age of 91 years and 18 days.
She was born in Lawrence Co., Missouri, July 12, 1853, was married October 23, 1879, to James T. Williams, who preceded her in death a few years ago. To this union five children were born, one son and four daughters.
They came to Oklahoma in 1893 at the opening of the Cherokee Strip. They settled on a claim 11 miles south of Pawnee, later moving to Cleveland in 1897. Here she has made her home continuously since. She has watched the growth of Cleveland from a few hundred to its present size and has always been an active member of the Presbyterian Church since its founding and until her illness kept her at home.
Direct descendants of Mrs. Williams are a son, Elbert Williams, who died in 1926; four daughters, Alma Perry and Ruby McClure of Cleveland, Bessie Criner of Tulsa, and June Warwick of Gladewater, Tex., one step-daughter, ZeIIa Swope, and a step-son, James C. Williams of Sapulpa; 19 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren; and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian Church at 10:30a.m.,Monday, July 31, 1944. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. F. F. Dobson, Rev. Lawrence C. Carty, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated. Interment was made in Woodland Cemetery. (tribe hunter)
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Parent links Suggested By: Kathleen Peterson, 5 Apr 2023
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