| Birth: | Nov. 14
Itawamba County
Mississippi, USA | | Death: | Dec. 19, 1959
Houston
Harris County
Texas, USA | 
Folk Figure. Allegedly born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, on November 14, 1842, he was claimed to be the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War, and had served in the Confederate Army during battle. Modern scholarship and research has attested that he was too young to have fought in the war. Son of George Washington Williams and Nancy Marcus. (bio by: K)
Family links:
Spouse:
Ella Missouri Holliday Williams (1874 - 1957)*
Children:
Jack Williams (1903 - 1991)*
Alma Beatrice Williams Bielamowicz (1914 - 2008)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Walter Williams | | | Burial:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Franklin
Robertson County
Texas, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 17, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7590332 |
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James Mayfield
Added: May. 7, 2013 |
My grandmother, Peachie, met you as a girl back in Mississippi. She and her father, George W. Finch, had gone to the store for supplies. She said you walked in the store and her father immediately went to you. You were hugging each other with tears stre...(Read more)
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Patricia Michel
Added: Apr. 11, 2013 |
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Sgt. Rock
Added: Dec. 19, 2012 |
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