WILLIAMS – Monday afternoon January 31 1938 at 12:27 o’clock at the home of her son, B. H. Williams, 12 miles on Stewarts Ferry Pike, Mrs. Cordelia Williams, age 86 years. Survived b one son B. H. Williams, 5 grandchildren. Mrs. Orville Earhart of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Raymond Highers, Miss Eva and Miss Willie Lois and B H. Williams, Jr. all of Hermitage, Tenn.; three great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Addie Whitaker of Van Austin, Texas and Mrs. Cora Watson of Oklahoma City, Okla; two brothers, Cecil and Lon Gleaves of Dallas, Texas. Funeral from the home as above this (Tuesday) Feb. 1 1938 at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. Guard Green. Active pallbearers: Cleveland Cook, Ray Castleman, Aubrey Tillman, Earl Haralson, John S. Jenkins, Zora Haralson, Don Foster, Roy Flowers., Interment at Gleaves Burial Ground. Seagraves, Gill & McMillan Donelson.

The Nashville Tennessean – Tuesday Morning, Feb. 1 1938 – Page 14

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Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002

Cordelia E Gleaves married Wm H H Williams 12 Nov 1873 in Wilson CO TN
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Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958

Name: Mrs Cordelia Williams
[Mrs Cordelia Gleaves]
Martial Status: Widow
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1851
Birth Place: Davidson, Tennessee
Death Date: 31 Jan 1938
Death Place: Hermitage, Davidson, Tennessee
Father's Name: John R Gleaves
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Adeline Jackson
Mother's Birth Place: Davidson, Tennessee
Occupation: House Wife
Cemetery: Gleaves Burial Grounds
Informant: B. H. Williams (Son)
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1850 Wilson CO TN, John R Gleaves, age 24, Adelian Age 23, (Jackson) Monroe, age 4 and John(Taylor) age 2. Adelia must have died before 1858 - Other children of hers Cordelia Gleaves 1851-1938 and Nancy Felix Gleaves, 1853-1929
John R. Gleaves married Elizabeth Abigail McSpedden Jan 1858 in Wilson CO TN

John Robert Gleaves is buried in TX.
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1880 Dist 22 Wilson CO TN, W H H Williams, age 39, C, age 29, B(Burley) H(Hatton), age 5, J L, age 4.
1900 Dist 16 Davidson CO TN, William H Williams, age 59, Cordelia, age 49, Burlie H, age 25. William and Cordelia married 27 years. Cordelia mother of 2 children born, 1 child living.
1910 Dist 4 Davidson CO TN, William H Williams, age 69, Cordelia E, age 59. William and Cordelia live with their son Burley, his wife and children.
1920 Stewarts Ferry Road Davidson CO TN, Cordelia E Williams, age 68 lives with her son Burley, his wife and children.
1930 Stewarts Ferry Road D 4 Davidson CO TN, Cornelia(sp) Williams, age 79, lives with her son Burley, his wife and some of their children.