Joshua S. Williams was born about 1825 in Illinois (Pope Co. I think). He died sometime after 1880 probably in Lake Co., Tennessee. He married on December 30, 1848 in Obion Co., Tennessee to Martha Jane Griffin born January 11, 1829 in Alabama and died about 1867 in Obion Co., Tennessee. They had the following children: (1) Miriam Williams born about 1850 in Obion Co., Tennessee; (2) F. Johnson Williams born about 1852 in Obion Co., Tennessee; (3) Margaret Williams born about 1856 in Obion Co., Tennessee; (4) Hester Williams born about 1859 in Obion Co., Tennessee; (5) Caroline S. Williams born about 1862 in Obion Co., Tennessee, married Gus Eagle; (6) Nancy J. Williams born about 1865 in Obion Co., Tennessee.

After Martha died, Joshua married before 1870 to Susan J. (Scott) Davenport born August 12, 1830 in Weakley Co., Tennessee and died February 22, 1891 in Kennett, Missouri. Joshua and Susan had the following children: (1) Ruth Scott Williams born June 29, 1870 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died December 18, 1939; she married an Ashmore then she married John E. Jackson; (2) Joshua Shelby Williams born August 14, 1873 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died May 31, 1931 in Lake Co., Tennessee; he married on January 2, 1898 to Lillie Margaret Thompson born January 20, 1880 and died January 2, 1969 in Weakley Co., Tennessee.

Joshua Shelby Williams and Lillie Margaret Thompson had the following children: (1) Helen Sadie Williams born June 1, 1902 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died December 31, 1968 in Weakley Co., Tennessee; (2) Alton Brooks Williams born August 26, 1904 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died January 1, 1960 in Lake Co., Tennessee; he married on March 14, 1925 in Lake Co., Tennessee to Dorothy Lynn Richardson; (3) Pauline Elsie Williams born November 16, 1906 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died September 12, 1968 in Lake Co., Tennessee; (4) J.W. Williams born June 19, 1910 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died June 19, 1910 in Lake Co., Tennessee; (5) Joshua Shelby Williams born June 19, 1910 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died April 13, 1911 in Lake Co., Tennessee; (6) Melvin Lee Williams born August 9, 1911 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died January 28, 1982; (7) Ruth Elizabeth Williams born December 5, 1914 in Lake Co., Tennessee; (8) Joshua Shelby Williams born September 19, 1916 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died August 20, 1988 in Benton Co., Tennessee; he married on February 14, 1947 to Altie Lois Lynn; (9) Richard Lewis Williams born July 19, 1919 in Lake Co., Tennessee and died July 31, 1995.

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