Thomas Elrige Williams^{[1, 2]}

1852 - 1913  (61 years)

• Name	Thomas Elrige Williams
  Birth	20 Sep 1852	Florida, , ,   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Dec 1913	Athens, , Henderson County, Texas.   [3]
  Burial	Post Oak Cemetery, , Henderson County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	came to Tx from Dothan,Houston,Al. Moved to Guadalupe, maybe Bell Co., Falls Co. & then Henderson Co., Tx. It was said the ancestors of Thomas Elrige Williams originally came from England. They were carpenters, ship-builders and musicians. Supposedly they came to the U.S., aboard a ship built by them. He owned a store in Luverne, Crenshaw Co., Al. He was a Methodist minister. (The previous statements were made to Alfred Williams by Martha E. DeLoach Williams. She lived with the family of Lonnie J. (Pat) Williams. Thomas Elrige was born in Fl., then moved to Al. In Crenshaw Co. In 1872 a marriage was performed by him, or his father, for Mary Olive DeLoach and John Highsmith. This Williams family came to Guadalupe Co. in 1895, according to Boonie Williams Estes. Willie Sims said they came to Bell County in Texas in 1894. Lonnie J. always said they came to Texas when he was 4, that would have been 1893 or 1894. They were there in 1900 census. In 1902 they bought a farm in the Willow Springs Community from the Sheltons. I have been told Thomas Elrige ran a grocery store there until buying the farm at Willow Springs in 1902 from the Shelton's. Also have been told he was pastor of a Methodist church in the vicinity of Don Norman's Welding Shop & First Nat'l drive-in Bank. On 1910 census Thomas E., Martha, Lonnie J & Leona, along with Mellie Willis, Allie, Alma, & Earl Byron, were living on W. Corsicana St. in Athens, Texas. I do wonder if this isn't the time he owned the store. I have a book for 1910 that has charge accounts in it for such things as seed, mules, wagons, etc. LaVerne (Mutt) Williams Rodgers
  Person ID	I22238	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2007

  
  

  Family	Martha Ellen (Babe) DeLoach,   b. 28 May 1853, Probably Talbot, , , Georgia d. 30 Jul 1945, Malakoff, , Henderson County, Texas. (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1872	Crenshaw County, , , Alabama   [4]
  	COMM Name in Marriage Book is William E. Williams, but is Thomas E. Williams on license.
  Children	1. Orah Ellen Williams,   b. 1873, Probably Crenshaw County, , , Alabama d. Abt 1887 (Age 14 years)   2. William Arthur (Choff) Williams,   b. 3 Mar 1876, Luverne, , Crenshaw County, Alabama d. 12 Feb 1960, Athens, , Henderson County, Texas. (Age 83 years)   3. Sarah Melvina (Mellie) Williams,   b. 21 Mar 1878, Crenshaw County, , , Alabama d. 3 Feb 1962, Cross Roads Community, Malakoff, Henderson County, Texas. (Age 83 years)   4. Omar Dell (Red) Williams,   b. Aug 1879, Crenshaw County, , , Alabama d. Abt 1893, South of Waco, , Texas. Maybe Chilton. Now Comes the Question If He Did Not Die In Guadelupe County, Texas. (Age ~ 13 years)   5. Boonie Christia Williams,   b. 25 Dec 1882, Leon Springs, , Crenshaw County, Alabama d. 17 Sep 1971, New Braunfels, , Comal County, Texas (Age 88 years)   6. Carrie Olive Williams,   b. 16 Aug 1885, Alabama, , , d. 16 Aug 1921, Malakoff, , Henderson County, Texas. (Age 36 years)   7. Aquilla Williams,   b. Abt Apr 1888, Crenshaw County, , , Alabama d. 2 Oct 1888, Crenshaw County, , , Alabama (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Lonnie J. (Initial Only) (Pat) Williams,   b. 11 Dec 1889, Luverne, , Crenshaw County, Alabama d. 21 Jun 1969, Malakoff, , Henderson County, Texas (Age 79 years)   9. Mattie Leona (Lee) Williams,   b. 22 Sep 1892, Alabama, , , d. 7 Jul 1935, Corsicana, , Navarro County, Texas (Age 42 years)   10. Wilsel Williams,   b. 1895, Texas, , , d. Jun 1895, Texas, , , (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F8372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Post Oak Cemetery Association, Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas. [S120] William DeLoach GEDCOM. [S38] Post Oak Cemetery Association, Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas (Reliability: 3). Have picture of tombstone. [S22] County Clerk, Crenshaw Co., Alabama, Book B, pg 82 (Reliability: 3). I have copy of marriage license.