A native of Platte County, Missouri, Mary Ellen Laverty Williams was the daughter of John Laverty & Mary Carron. Christened Mary Ellen by her parents, she went by her middle name Ellen.
She came to California with her family in 1853 as a toddler, just a little over a year old by ox team and wagon, her father driving a herd of cattle along with them.
The family settled in Yuba County, California where her father built a stone house & where Mary grew to young adulthood. She married Samuel Husten Williams in 1870 in Marysville, Yuba County, California. They settled in Marysville township, Yuba County, California, where Samuel owned a farm. They had 8 children: Carrie, Josephine, Kathryn "Kate", Henry Gray, Frank, Frederick, Mary Ellen & Sarah who died in infancy. By 1900, Mary & family had moved to New York township, Yuba County, California, where her husband, Samuel & son, Henry Gray were engaged in gold mining. After the death of her husband Samuel she resided with her son, Henry near Hammonton where she passed away in 1916.
Death Summons Well Known Woman
Funeral Services of Late Mrs. Mary E. Williams Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams, one of the most esteemed women of Hammonton, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night following an attack from heart failure. She had not been in the best of health for some time, having for several months been under the care of a doctor, though the ailment was not considered serious. A short time before being stricken she had eaten a hearty meal and was supposed by relatives to be enjoying better health than she had for weeks. She was sitting in a chair when the attack came on her and succumbed before a physician could be summoned.
Mrs. Williams was a native of Missouri and was 64 years old at the time of her death. She had made her home in Hammonton for the past several years and was held in the most affectionate regard by the people of the community.
The following children survive her: Gray Williams and Mrs. Mary Wiltse of Hammonton, Mrs. Charles Leyval of Forbestown, Butte County, and Frank Williams of Keddie.
Funeral services will be held at Hammonton this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Sylvester J. Buck of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city officiating. Interment will be made Monday in the cemetery at Bangor under the direction of Kelly Brothers of this city.
Source: The Semi-Weekly Appeal, Marysville, California, Monday, February 7, 1916, page 1
The Williams family plot is a large concrete slab surrounded by a concrete curb. There are several stones laid out around the outer edge and a larger (possibly newer) center stone with Samuel & Ellen's names inscribed on it. This center stone is broken and has fallen off it's base. The smaller stones have a significant amount lichen growing on them. Ellen has 2 headstones. One is a small white marble stone with MOTHER written on the top. The other the larger center monument.
She came to California with her family in 1853 as a toddler, just a little over a year old by ox team and wagon, her father driving a herd of cattle along with them.
The family settled in Yuba County, California where her father built a stone house & where Mary grew to young adulthood. She married Samuel Husten Williams in 1870 in Marysville, Yuba County, California. They settled in Marysville township, Yuba County, California, where Samuel owned a farm. They had 8 children: Carrie, Josephine, Kathryn "Kate", Henry Gray, Frank, Frederick, Mary Ellen & Sarah who died in infancy. By 1900, Mary & family had moved to New York township, Yuba County, California, where her husband, Samuel & son, Henry Gray were engaged in gold mining. After the death of her husband Samuel she resided with her son, Henry near Hammonton where she passed away in 1916.
Death Summons Well Known Woman
Funeral Services of Late Mrs. Mary E. Williams Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams, one of the most esteemed women of Hammonton, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night following an attack from heart failure. She had not been in the best of health for some time, having for several months been under the care of a doctor, though the ailment was not considered serious. A short time before being stricken she had eaten a hearty meal and was supposed by relatives to be enjoying better health than she had for weeks. She was sitting in a chair when the attack came on her and succumbed before a physician could be summoned.
Mrs. Williams was a native of Missouri and was 64 years old at the time of her death. She had made her home in Hammonton for the past several years and was held in the most affectionate regard by the people of the community.
The following children survive her: Gray Williams and Mrs. Mary Wiltse of Hammonton, Mrs. Charles Leyval of Forbestown, Butte County, and Frank Williams of Keddie.
Funeral services will be held at Hammonton this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Sylvester J. Buck of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city officiating. Interment will be made Monday in the cemetery at Bangor under the direction of Kelly Brothers of this city.
Source: The Semi-Weekly Appeal, Marysville, California, Monday, February 7, 1916, page 1
The Williams family plot is a large concrete slab surrounded by a concrete curb. There are several stones laid out around the outer edge and a larger (possibly newer) center stone with Samuel & Ellen's names inscribed on it. This center stone is broken and has fallen off it's base. The smaller stones have a significant amount lichen growing on them. Ellen has 2 headstones. One is a small white marble stone with MOTHER written on the top. The other the larger center monument.
A native of Platte County, Missouri, Mary Ellen Laverty Williams was the daughter of John Laverty & Mary Carron. Christened Mary Ellen by her parents, she went by her middle name Ellen.
She came to California with her family in 1853 as a toddler, just a little over a year old by ox team and wagon, her father driving a herd of cattle along with them.
The family settled in Yuba County, California where her father built a stone house & where Mary grew to young adulthood. She married Samuel Husten Williams in 1870 in Marysville, Yuba County, California. They settled in Marysville township, Yuba County, California, where Samuel owned a farm. They had 8 children: Carrie, Josephine, Kathryn "Kate", Henry Gray, Frank, Frederick, Mary Ellen & Sarah who died in infancy. By 1900, Mary & family had moved to New York township, Yuba County, California, where her husband, Samuel & son, Henry Gray were engaged in gold mining. After the death of her husband Samuel she resided with her son, Henry near Hammonton where she passed away in 1916.
Death Summons Well Known Woman
Funeral Services of Late Mrs. Mary E. Williams Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams, one of the most esteemed women of Hammonton, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night following an attack from heart failure. She had not been in the best of health for some time, having for several months been under the care of a doctor, though the ailment was not considered serious. A short time before being stricken she had eaten a hearty meal and was supposed by relatives to be enjoying better health than she had for weeks. She was sitting in a chair when the attack came on her and succumbed before a physician could be summoned.
Mrs. Williams was a native of Missouri and was 64 years old at the time of her death. She had made her home in Hammonton for the past several years and was held in the most affectionate regard by the people of the community.
The following children survive her: Gray Williams and Mrs. Mary Wiltse of Hammonton, Mrs. Charles Leyval of Forbestown, Butte County, and Frank Williams of Keddie.
Funeral services will be held at Hammonton this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Sylvester J. Buck of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city officiating. Interment will be made Monday in the cemetery at Bangor under the direction of Kelly Brothers of this city.
Source: The Semi-Weekly Appeal, Marysville, California, Monday, February 7, 1916, page 1
The Williams family plot is a large concrete slab surrounded by a concrete curb. There are several stones laid out around the outer edge and a larger (possibly newer) center stone with Samuel & Ellen's names inscribed on it. This center stone is broken and has fallen off it's base. The smaller stones have a significant amount lichen growing on them. Ellen has 2 headstones. One is a small white marble stone with MOTHER written on the top. The other the larger center monument.
She came to California with her family in 1853 as a toddler, just a little over a year old by ox team and wagon, her father driving a herd of cattle along with them.
The family settled in Yuba County, California where her father built a stone house & where Mary grew to young adulthood. She married Samuel Husten Williams in 1870 in Marysville, Yuba County, California. They settled in Marysville township, Yuba County, California, where Samuel owned a farm. They had 8 children: Carrie, Josephine, Kathryn "Kate", Henry Gray, Frank, Frederick, Mary Ellen & Sarah who died in infancy. By 1900, Mary & family had moved to New York township, Yuba County, California, where her husband, Samuel & son, Henry Gray were engaged in gold mining. After the death of her husband Samuel she resided with her son, Henry near Hammonton where she passed away in 1916.
Death Summons Well Known Woman
Funeral Services of Late Mrs. Mary E. Williams Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Ellen Williams, one of the most esteemed women of Hammonton, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night following an attack from heart failure. She had not been in the best of health for some time, having for several months been under the care of a doctor, though the ailment was not considered serious. A short time before being stricken she had eaten a hearty meal and was supposed by relatives to be enjoying better health than she had for weeks. She was sitting in a chair when the attack came on her and succumbed before a physician could be summoned.
Mrs. Williams was a native of Missouri and was 64 years old at the time of her death. She had made her home in Hammonton for the past several years and was held in the most affectionate regard by the people of the community.
The following children survive her: Gray Williams and Mrs. Mary Wiltse of Hammonton, Mrs. Charles Leyval of Forbestown, Butte County, and Frank Williams of Keddie.
Funeral services will be held at Hammonton this afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Sylvester J. Buck of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city officiating. Interment will be made Monday in the cemetery at Bangor under the direction of Kelly Brothers of this city.
Source: The Semi-Weekly Appeal, Marysville, California, Monday, February 7, 1916, page 1
The Williams family plot is a large concrete slab surrounded by a concrete curb. There are several stones laid out around the outer edge and a larger (possibly newer) center stone with Samuel & Ellen's names inscribed on it. This center stone is broken and has fallen off it's base. The smaller stones have a significant amount lichen growing on them. Ellen has 2 headstones. One is a small white marble stone with MOTHER written on the top. The other the larger center monument.
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"Ellen" has 2 stones. The smaller marble stone is covered in lichen. The larger stone is broken & fallen off it's base
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