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During the 1880's the WILLIAMS & KNOWLES family migrated to Kaufman Co., TX from Madison Co., MO. Christian Eli Williams b. 5 Nov 1843 @ Higdon, Madison Co., MO. He is the son of Rev. John O. Williams & Martha Patsy Skaggs. He married in Bollinger Co., MO on 28 Nov 1867 to Mary Frances Knowles, daughter of Hiram Knowles & Mary Gibbes. (They too came to Kaufman Co., TX.) Christian died 20 Mar 1907 and is buried at the Wilsons Chapel Cemetery. His Spouse: Mary Frances Knowles b. 21 Feb 1841 in TN daughter of Hiram Knowles&Mary E Gibbs. She married Christian Eli Williams in Madison Co., MO. She died 20 Apr 1928 in Kaufman, Co., TX and is buried in the Wilson's Chapel Cemetery. They had 4 children (All four children were born in Madison Co., Mo. near Higdon):
Teresa, Martha & James are all buried at Wilsons Chapel Cemetery. Christian & Mary Frances, had siblings: Sarah Jane Williams & William Burr
Knowles. They also married. Both Sarah Jane&Christian Eli were born in Madison Co., MO. near the town
of Higdon. They married siblings & came to Kaufman Co., TX. when the
Knowles family left Madison/Bollinger Co.'s Also came: Micajah (brother
to Wm Burr & Mary F) Their parents: Hiram Knowles & Mary E. Gibbes.
My records show that both Hiram & Mary died and are buried in Kaufman
Co., TX. Possibly at Wilson's Chapel. William Burr Knowles b. 24 Oct 1847 in White Co. TN. son of Hiram Knowles & Mary E. Gibbs. d. 19 Nov. 1926 in Kaufman Co., TX. Sarah Jane Williams b. 30 Oct 1849 at Higdon, Madison Co., MO daughter of
Rev John O Williams & Martha Skaggs.
My sources are: ALSO BURIED IN KAUFMAN CO. : Knowles, Hiram 28 Jan 1807 @Virginia - 24 March 1879 MD: Mary E Gibbs on 28 Nov 1838 in White Co., TN. Knowles, Mary E. 20 Fen 1817 @TN. - 20 March 1891 nee Gibbs W/O Hiram.
These dates come from the Knowles family, but no one is absolutely 100% sure
where these two are buried at. There are supposed to be some unmarked graves about 5 of them in the Williams plot. Could this be them?
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