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Judge Lafayette Williams 1850–1928 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Aug 1850

Birth Location: Georgia, United States

Death Date: 22 Mar 1928

Death Location: Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA

Father: Charles Williams

Mother: Mary SAMPLES

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Judge Lafayette Williams was born in 1850 in Georgia, United States, the child of Charles Williams And Mary Ann Polly Samples. Judge Lafayette Williams passed away in 1928 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Judge Lafayette Williams was born in 1850 in Georgia, United States, the child of Charles Williams And Mary Ann Polly Samples.
  • Judge Lafayette Williams passed away in 1928 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA.

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Judge Williams's Ancestors

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Judge Williams
1850–1928
Birth Place: Georgia, United States
Parents
Charles Williams
1815–1861
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Mary (Ann "Polly") SAMPLES
1827–1896
Troup, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
Jesse (B) Samples
1808–1867
Blount, Tennessee
Phoebe Fincher
1810–1901
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Samples
1780–1870
Frances Couch
1775–1860
Jesse Fincher
1775–1861
Nancy Fowler
1751–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Samples
1762–1860
Fanny Lowery
1764–1860
Richard Fincher
1735–1810
Ann Forbes
1752–1831

Judge Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1850
11 Aug 1850
Birth of Judge Lafayette Williams in Georgia, United States
Georgia, United States
1928
22 Mar 1928
Age 78
Death of Judge Lafayette Williams in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA
Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1850
    Event Place: Georgia, United States
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1928
    Event Place: Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982

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