Don S. Williams

Notes:

1900 Johnson County, TN Census
District 4
Household 176
Moses W. Dison25TN NC TN
Sarah A. 25NC NC NC
Don Starnes(?) 7NC NC NCStepson
Matilda Dyson 28TN NC TNSister

On the census record, the surname for Don was very hard to read, and could be some name other than Starnes.

1910 Johnson County, TN Census
District 4
Household 102
Moses Dyson 35 TN TN TN
Sarah Ann 36 NC NC NC
Don 17 NC NC NC
Belle Hodge 26 TN TN TN Servant
Charlie 3 TN TN TN Boarder

From Johnson County, TN Marriage Records
Don S. Williams to Mattie L.V. Shull 12 April 1914

1920 Johnson County, TN Census
District 4
Household 39
Nathaniel C. Shull 57 NC NC NC
Laura 57 TN TN TN
Oscar 19 TN NC TN
Rose 17 TN NC TN
Charlie 15 TN NC TN
Vinie Williams 24 TN NC TN Daughter
Katie 4 TN TN TN Granddaughter
Claude 2 TN TN TN Grandson


In a letter dated 8 Jul 1930 from Sarah Dyson to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Nora Williams, she writes from New York City that she is on her way to France to visit her son Don's grave.

The Tennessee State Library and Archives lists:
WW I Veterans
Williams, Don S.
25
Butler, TN
Dead


American Battle Monuments Commision

Don S. Williams

Private, U.S. Army

167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division

Entered the Service from: Tennessee
Died: October 16, 1918
Buried at: Plot H Row 33 Grave 01
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Romagne, France

Don married Martha Lou Vinnie "Mattie" Shull on 13 Apr 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Nathaniel Canada Shull and Laura C. (Shull)) was born on 15 Jul 1894 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Apr 1978 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]