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Lena Ophelia <I>Watson</I> Williamson

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Lena Ophelia Watson Williamson

Birth
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Death
12 Feb 1932 (aged 32)
Mississippi, USA
Burial
Raleigh, Smith County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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I have not seen Lena's death certificate, but her stepsister Margie Cooley told me she died of poisoning after drinking bad milk from a metal container or something like that. Caretaker

1930 US Census shows the following living children:

Dau Josie age 7 b 1922
Son Shade age 5 (Shede Hayden Williamson) b 1924
Dau Martha age 4 b 1926 Shade and Martha appeared as orphans boarding with Iney Davis in Franklin, Holmes County, MS age 16 & 14 on 1940 US Census
Dau Estelle age 2 (Adopted by Ellison Lee and Girtis Williamson Hopkins of Jones County, MS). Girtis is the niece of Estelle's father Erasmus Williamson and 1st cousin of Estelle.
Dau Elsie age 1

Son Erasmus, Jr. died prior to census in 1921 and daughter Elsie died in 1932 after census.
I have not seen Lena's death certificate, but her stepsister Margie Cooley told me she died of poisoning after drinking bad milk from a metal container or something like that. Caretaker

1930 US Census shows the following living children:

Dau Josie age 7 b 1922
Son Shade age 5 (Shede Hayden Williamson) b 1924
Dau Martha age 4 b 1926 Shade and Martha appeared as orphans boarding with Iney Davis in Franklin, Holmes County, MS age 16 & 14 on 1940 US Census
Dau Estelle age 2 (Adopted by Ellison Lee and Girtis Williamson Hopkins of Jones County, MS). Girtis is the niece of Estelle's father Erasmus Williamson and 1st cousin of Estelle.
Dau Elsie age 1

Son Erasmus, Jr. died prior to census in 1921 and daughter Elsie died in 1932 after census.

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