Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Williams, James Edward 
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Cemetery:           Colonel John Williams Cemetery
Name:               James Edward Williams
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The youngest son of Col. John Williams and Ann Nancy Ballard Humphrey, John 
was born August 1840. He married Susan Caroline Noble and they had 8 children. 
James as not a businessman. They lived in the Woodington community until James 
lost the homestead by failing to pay a $500.00 debt. His father, Colonel John 
Williams, deeded the new land to Susan Caroline Noble Williams and children, 
bypassing James, so the family would have a place to live (Frog Level Farm 
where Paul Clayton Williams lived.) Per conversations with Milton Roscoe 
Williams and per the ""Heritage of Lenoir County 1981," page 428.
 
tombstone reads:
"father"         on top edge
James Williams
Born August 1840
Died Nov. 18, 1924
A amiable father here lies at rest,
AS God with his image
Bless the friend of man, the
Friend of truth, the Friend 
of Age, the Guide of Youth
 
obit reads:   
Funeral of Jas. Williams Held at Woodington;
Well-known Farmer dies Tues.
The funeral of James Williams, prominent retired farmer of this section, was 
held in a family cemetery at Woodington this afternoon. Mr. Williams was 85 
years of age. He was a Confederate veteran. His wife died eight years ago. 
Death occurred at at the home of a son, P.C. Williams, in the Tuckahoe section 
of Jones County. A heart attack was responsible, rather than other infirmities 
incident to old age. Other surviving sons are Benjamin F. Williams, of Lenoir 
County and John Williams of Greensboro. A daughter, Mrs. J. S. Fordham, 
resides in Jones County. Mr. Williams was a native of Lenoir. He was related 
or well known in several other Eastern Carolina counties. His death occurred 
at 8:30am Tuesday. Rev. Dwight A. Bell, pastor of the Universalist Church of 
the Eternal Hope, in this city, conducted the funeral and burial services, 
which were largely attended by persons from Lenoir and Jones counties and 
elsewhere.    
 
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("Edward" from marriage announcement in New Bernian paper) January 18, 1898
In book of NC Troops 1861-1865, listed as "James E. Williams, Private. 
Enlisted in Lenoir County at age 22, March 1, 1862 for the war. Present or 
accounted for through December 1861.")

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