James R. Williams
1827 - 1906 (79 years)
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Name James R. Williams Born 22 Jan 1827 Plainfield, Coshocton Co., OH. 
Gender Male Died 15 Dec 1906 Colfax, IL Buried WILEY CEM. Colfax, IL Person ID I39 Williams Genealogy Last Modified 14 Dec 2014
Father Richard Williams, Jr., b. 4 Mar 1800, Wheatfield Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA. , d. 12 Jan 1855, Lexington, IL. (Age 54 years) Mother Margaret Ballentine, b. 9 Sep 1808, Coshocton CO., OH , d. 4 May 1901, Lexington, IL. (Age 92 years) Married 23 Dec 1824 Muskingum Co., Ohio Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mariah Bradford, b. 18 Dec 1830, Adams Twp, Guernsey Co, OH , d. 4 Apr 1925, Colfax, McLean Co.,IL (Age 94 years) Married 9 Mar 1848 Coshocton CO., OH Children + 1. Richard Williams, b. 25 Feb 1848, Coshocton CO., OH , d. 22 Apr 1927, Gainesville,FL (Age 79 years)+ 2. James Mitchell Williams, b. 14 Feb 1851, Linton Twp. Coshocton Co. OH , d. 18 May 1912, Colfax, IL (Age 61 years)+ 3. Margaret Seville Williams, b. 25 May 1853, Selma, McLean Co., IL , d. 12 Nov 1902 (Age 49 years)+ 4. Mary Jane Williams, b. 3 Aug 1856, Colfax, IL , d. 25 Oct 1912, Colfax, IL (Age 56 years)+ 5. Ellen A. Williams, b. 29 Apr 1858, McLean Co.,IL , d. 25 Oct 1906, OK (Age 48 years)6. William (Willie) Williams, b. 23 Nov 1860, Lexington, IL. , d. 20 Jan 1861, Lexington, IL. (Age 0 years)+ 7. John R. Williams, b. 14 Jun 1862, Colfax, IL , d. 17 May 1954, Bloomington, Il (Age 91 years)Last Modified 10 Aug 2014 Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 22 Jan 1827 - Plainfield, Coshocton Co., OH. 
Married - 9 Mar 1848 - Coshocton CO., OH 
Died - 15 Dec 1906 - Colfax, IL Buried - WILEY CEM. - Colfax, IL = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Five Generation picture of the Williams Family
Five Generations of the Williams family spanning from 1808 to 1899.
Margaret Ballentine is a pioneer of McLean County with husband Richard Jr. Williams of Coshocton County, OH.
James R. Williams of Colfax, Il James R. Williams Of Colfax, IL
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Notes - James R. son of Richard Jr. appears to be the only one of his siblings to be born in Ohio. The 1850 U.S. Census shows everyone else born in PA. In 1852 James and Mariah move in covered wagon to Bloomington, Il and 1854 moved to Lawndale Twp McLean County. 1860 Census showed Ellen and (Aunt)Jane Bradford living with the family. By 1870 Census the family was in Martin Twp.
When James and Maria Bradford Williams came to Martin Township, government land could be bought for $1.25 per acre. The railroad was built from Cairo to Freeport the year they settled here. He hauled grain to Lexington and Fairbury. After Colfax was founded, he quit farming the 205 acres he owned southeast of the new village, moved into town, and went into the hardware business. Many of this family grew up at Colfax, while many moved to neighboring communities.
- James R. son of Richard Jr. appears to be the only one of his siblings to be born in Ohio. The 1850 U.S. Census shows everyone else born in PA. In 1852 James and Mariah move in covered wagon to Bloomington, Il and 1854 moved to Lawndale Twp McLean County. 1860 Census showed Ellen and (Aunt)Jane Bradford living with the family. By 1870 Census the family was in Martin Twp.