Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Henry Williams 24919,24920,19074,24921,24922,24923,24924,24925,24926,24927
Birth1822, MD24921,24922,24923,24926
Memobet 1825-1830?
Census1840, St Mary’s County, MD24922
Memo5th District
Census1860, St Mary’s County, MD24923,24921
Memo5th District
ResidenceSt Mary’s County, MD19074
Deathca 186524928,24926
MemoBef 1880
OccupationOverseer24921,24923
FatherJames Williams (1796-1844)
MotherElizabeth Spalding (>1790-1843)
Research
1860MDStM5D110710523
Dwg 1618 Fam 1538 Alfred Willilams 35 M, Farm Hand (Enum w/Henry Copsey, next Dwelling to Wm H.-Relationship? Possibly brother? put in Reunion - not linked)

2. William Williams Buried: Salem Methodist United Church, Cedar Grove, MD, USA24929 (Same William?)

Anc Plus I have hard copy - 1880 DC Washington, ED 36, 914 22 Street NW, Dwg 54 Fam 90 Williams, William H., W M 58, Father, Shoemaker, b: MD Father b: VA, Mother b: VA (Enum w/William, John E. 28 and family) (Him?)
Spouses
Birthabt 181624932
Death21 Apr 1854, St Mary’s County, MD24933,24934
Memomurdered, strangled
FatherHenry Scott (ca1790-)
MotherDorothy Thompson (ca1790-)
Misc. Notes
A Journey Through Time24935
On Apr 27, 1854 an inquest was held over the body of Mary Ann Williams near Mt Zion Church in Laurel Grove, 6 days after her death. Death Suspicious. Mary Ann Williams b: abt 1816 d/o Henry Scott & Dorothy Thompson, Marr1: William Washington Wood d: 1849, Marr2: abt 1853 William Henry Williams
Marriageaft 22 Dec 1852, St Mary’s County, MD24919,24920,24924
Marr MemoLicense 22 Dec 1852
Birth1820, MD24937,24952,24941,24953,24954
Memo1826? 1827?
Birth1825, St Mary’s County, MD24939,24955,24956
Census1850, St Mary’s County, MD24957
Memo4th District
Census1860, St Mary’s County, MD24937,24941
Memo5th District
Census1870, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24939,24958
Census1880, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24928
Deathaft 188024959,24954
Memoaft 1840? son Emanuel b: Feb 1860; listed in 1860 Census
Alias/AKAMary “Polly” Russell24936,24960,24961,24962
FatherJohn Copsey (ca1795-<1850)
MotherMary Elizabeth Hill (1798-)
Research
Marriages and Deaths St Mary’s Co MD435 (Jas E. Kilgour - Relationship? Ign. Russell - Relationship?)
Pg 280 Williams, William Henry m. Polly Russell, 20 May 1856. w/Jas. E. Kilgour, Ign. Russell (8)

1880MDStM4D84 Dwg 95 Fam 9514242 (Her and children? Where are the other children?)
Mary Williams, W F 53, Single, Widow, Keeping House, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
Somerset Williams, W M 22, Single, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
Ross Williams, W M 20, Single, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
John T. Williams, W M 18, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
Research
1870MDStMChaptico17/593 Dwg 116 Fam 116 (Unsure of relationships? Surnames Russell and Williams?)10496,315
Rufsell, James T. 30 M W (Enum w/Williams,Mary 45 F W)
Rufsell, Sarah Ann 25 F W
Rufsell, Jane M. 23 F W
Rufsell, James W. 18 M W
Williams, John T. 9 M W (note John T. Williams and Mary Rufsell both 9 years? probably not Russell by first marriage and Williams 2nd?)
Rufsell, Mary 9 F W
Nannie 4 F W (no last name given)

A Journey Through Time “Williams & Quade Families24963 (Her?)
William Henry Williams and his second wife Mary “Polly” Copsey, widow of Jeremiah Jerome Russell
Marriage20 May 1856, St Mary’s County, MD24964,24965
Marr Memowitnesses: Jas. E. Kilgour, Ign. Russell
ChildrenRose M. E. (1856->1920)
 Gordon Norman (ca1857-)
 Peter Somerset (1859-1914)
 Emanuel Ross (1860-)
 John Thomas (1861-1914)
 Nannie (1866-)
Last Modified 16 Apr 2021Created 15 Oct 2025 using Reunion 14 by Chris Dunmore
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