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Hiram Squire WILLIAMS

Hiram Squire WILLIAMS

Male 1885 - 1954  (69 years)

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  • Name Hiram Squire WILLIAMS 
    Born 15 Feb 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1906  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1920  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5
    coal miner 
    Census 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation male nurse (practical)  [1
    Residence Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 9 Oct 1954  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I70369  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2018 

    Father Squire WILLIAMS,   b. 3 May 1839, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1916  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" ASH,   b. 20 Dec 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha O. "Mattie" SWIGER,   b. Aug 1884, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1906  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in April 1910:
      Hiram Williams, 24, farm worker, married 4 yrs (1st marriage); wife Mattie, 25, married 4 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Hubert E, 3; son Howard, 11 months.
    Children 
     1. Hubert E. WILLIAMS,   b. 7 Dec 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Howard WILLIAMS,   b. 22 Apr 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F31772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Tabitha "Bitha" SWIGER,   b. 23 Jul 1866, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1944, Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 15 May 1918  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Mar 24 1920:
      Harm S. Williams, 36, coal miner; wife Tabitha, 46; son Hubert, 14; son Howard, 11; dau Betsey, 10; stepdau Lora Price, 13; stepson Charlie Price, 10; boarder James Price, 22, single, coal miner.

      Hiram and Tabitha apparently divorced or at least separated, as reflected in their separate homes in the 1930 Census.

      1930 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      James D. Price, 33, farm laborer; wife Myrtle, 26; dau Pearl, 5y 9m; son Wilbert, 4y 3m; son Archie, 3y 2m; dau Anna M, 1y 9m; dau Katherine, under 1 month; mother Bitha, 63, widowed.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on May 12 1930:
      Martha Ash, 50, widowed, farmer; son Carl, 19; son Claud, 18; son Glenn, 16; dau Eva, 10; mother Betsy Williams, 85, widowed; brother Hiram Williams, 44, married, farm laborer.
    Family ID F31773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    70369_HiramSquireWilliams_BithaSwigerPrice_MarriageRecord_15May1918.jpg
    70369_HiramSquireWilliams_BithaSwigerPrice_MarriageRecord_15May1918.jpg
    70369_HiramWilliams_MattieSwiger_MarriageRecord_Feb1906.jpg
    70369_HiramWilliams_MattieSwiger_MarriageRecord_Feb1906.jpg
    70369_WILLIAMS_HiramSquire_1885-1954_DeathCertificate.jpg
    70369_WILLIAMS_HiramSquire_1885-1954_DeathCertificate.jpg
    70369_WILLIAMS_Hiram_1910Census_DoddridgeCoWV_GrantDist_Apr1910.jpg
    70369_WILLIAMS_Hiram_1910Census_DoddridgeCoWV_GrantDist_Apr1910.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, MR p. 436.
      Identified as Hiram Williams, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Wetzel Co; and Mattie Swiger, 20 (consent), b. & res. in Wetzel Co. The marriage license was issued on Feb 20 1906, but there was no minister's return or endorsement to indicate that the marriage ever took place. However, the 1910 Census showed them as a married couple residing in Doddridge County, with length of marriage four years.

    7. [S2042] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 491.
      Identified as Hiram Squire Williams, single, 33, b. Doddridge Co, res. Lumberport WV, son of Squire & Betsy Williams; and Bitha Price, widow, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of W. E. & Ann A. Swiger. Married May 15 1918 in Clarksburg.