 Birth | July 1847 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Mary Jane Hood — View this family about 1870 (Age 22 years) Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |
 Census | August 4, 1870 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Martha Belle Williams February 1871 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Alfred Williams December 8, 1872 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Sarah Emaline Williams April 8, 1876 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Richard Alfred Williams June 15, 1878 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 22, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ida Mae Williams May 1882 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Jemima Williams October 26, 1883 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Elza Arthur Williams January 25, 1885 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Jesse Thomas Williams January 10, 1888 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Laura Belle Williams November 1889 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Jane Hood May 10, 1907 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage | Cynthia Emaline Matlock — View this family January 31, 1911 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 70 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 11, 1920 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a son | Jesse Thomas Williams May 29, 1921 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | March 8, 1925 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: High Cemetery |