Obituary, Elizabeth Foster Williams, 1881, Davie County NC

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Davie Times 14 Apr 1881
Died, In Fulton township April 7, 1881, Mrs. Elizabeth wife of J.R. Williams in 
her 53nd [sic] year.  Her death was caused partially by erysipelas.  She was 
married in October '53 and lived a happy life to the end.


[John Rufus Williams married Elizabeth Foster 20 Oct 1853, Davie Co. NC.  
Elizabeth is identified in cemetery records of Fork Baptist Church, Davie 
County, as the daughter of R. and M. Foster, probably Radford and Mary Foster of 
the 1850 Davie County census:

1850 Davie County census household 560
Radford Foster 53
Mary 49
Elizabeth 20
Sarah 15
John 9
David Sears 50, black, laborer

gravestone inscription: "She was a kind and affectionate wife.  The Lord gave 
and the Lord hath taken Away, blessed be the name of the Lord, Job."]