Clarinda SLAWSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1870, Living with father in Prec. 3, Robertson Co., Texas
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Prec. 3, Palo Pinto Co., Texas
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Cleveland, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; Lists having 9 children with 9 living
• Census: 1910, Living with husband in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma
• Census: 1920, Living with son, Jeff D. Williams, in Clark, Dewey Co., Oklahoma

Clarinda married James Henry WILLIAMS on 30 Dec 1877. James was born on 20 Dec 1851 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; died on 20 Apr 1920 in Leedey, Dewey Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Steve WILLIAMS was born on 13 Feb 1879 in Patillo, Erath Co., Texas; died on 21 Jun 1950 in Elk City, Bedham Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
2. Rev. Johnnie Franklin WILLIAMS was born on 13 Feb 1881 in Palpinto Co., Texas; died on 8 Jun 1953 in Oklahoma; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
3. Beulah Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born on 13 Dec 1883 in Palo Pinto Co., Texas; died on 24 Jul 1956 in Perrytown, Ochiltree Co., Texas; was buried in Ochiltree Cemetery, Perrytown, Ochiltree Co., Texas.
4. Jessie Robert WILLIAMS was born on 3 Feb 1886 in Texas; died on 6 Apr 1971 in Dewey Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
5. Elmer Lou WILLIAMS was born in Mar 1888 in Texas; died in 1949; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
6. Vera Myrtle WILLIAMS was born on 28 May 1891 in Texas; died on 25 Feb 1959 in Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas.
7. Willie May WILLIAMS was born on 4 Aug 1893 in Texas; died on 26 Jan 1987; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
8. Joseph Azer WILLIAMS was born on 4 Aug 1893 in Texas; died on 11 Jun 1966; was buried in Center Point Cemetery, Aledo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
9. Jeff Davis WILLIAMS was born on 8 Dec 1896 in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto Co., Texas; died on 24 Mar 1974 in Eastland County, Texas; was buried in Roby Cemetery, Roby, Fisher County, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with brother Albert, in Township 24, Ward 1, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1860, Living in Union Parish, Louisiana
• Military Service: 6 May 1865, Enlisted at Monroe, Louisiana
• Census: 1870, Living in Prec. 3, Robertson Co., Texas

Azor married Mary WARD in Jul 1853 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Mary was born about 1825 in Louisiana; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Union Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Union Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Name:
Mary Ward was the eldest child of David Ward and his wife, Cynthia Seale. She moved with her parents into what became southern Lowndes County Alabama about 1829 or 1830, and in January 1837, they moved west, settling in the Bayou d'Loutre region of what later became Union Parish Louisiana, about seven miles east of Farmerville. Mary married Derril B. Carter on 28 August 1845. He died in 1852, and she remarried in July 1853 to Eleazor Slawson, known as "Azor."

In 1860, Mary and Azor lived with her aunt and uncle, Clarenda Seale and William Ham, with Azor working as Ham's overseer. Azor joined Company G, 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiment in the spring of 1862 and served for the duration of the war.

Mary died between 1860 and 7 December 1867 in Union Parish Louisiana.