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Gussie Alma <I>Chappell</I> Williams

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Gussie Alma Chappell Williams

Birth
Turkeytown, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
13 Mar 1973 (aged 83)
Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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The 1900 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 40 Y/O Maxey Thomas Chappell, a farmer, and his 34 Y/O wife, Susie Viola (Livingston) Chappell. Also living in the household were their four children: 17 Y/O Mary Virginia Chappell, 15 Y/O John Mathis Chappell, 12 Y/O Esther E. Chappell and 11 Y/O Gussie Alma Chappell.

The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Maxie Thomas Chappell, farmer, and his 45 Y/O wife, Susie Viola (Livingston) Chappell. Also living in the household were their daughters: 23 Y/O Esther E. Chappell and 20 Y/O Gussie Alma Chappell.

Gussie Alma Chappell (23 Y/O) married Amos Oliver Williams (41 Y/O) on 09 Oct 1913 at Etowah Co., AL. (See attached copy of marriage record)

The 1920 US Census of Hollis, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 47 Y/O Amos O. Williams, a farmer, and his 28 Y/O wife, Gussie. Also living in the household were their children: 2 years 3 months old Mary Elizabeth Williams and 4 months old Myra Almedia Williams.

The 1927/28 City Directory of Gadsden. Etowah Co., AL recorded Amos O. Williams, a grocer, and his wife, Gussie Williams, living and working in Bellevue Highlands.

The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O A. O. Williams, a farmer born in AL, and his 39 Y/O wife, Gussie Alma Williams. Also living in the household were their children: 12 Y/O Mary Elizabeth Williams, 10 Y/O Myra Almedia Williams and 5 Y/O Alice Ruth Williams.

Amos Oliver Williams was living in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL in 1935 but the 1940 US Census of Coloma, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 60 Y/O R. D. Connell and his 68 Y/O wife, Edda Connell. Also living in the household was 68 Y/O Amos Oliver Williams, married, living there as a lodger. There is no explanation why he is living separately from his wife, Gussie.

The 1940 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 50 Y/O Gussie Williams. Also living in the house was her 15 Y/O daughter Alice Ruth Williams. Her 22 Y/O married daughter, Mary Elizabeth Young, and her 25 Y/O husband, Ernest Young, a cotton mill employee, were also residents of the household.

Gussie Alma (Chappell) Williams was the 2nd cousin 5 times removed through her father, Maxie Thomas Chappell, of POTUS Thomas Jefferson. (See Find A Grave Memorial #544).

Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 1900 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 40 Y/O Maxey Thomas Chappell, a farmer, and his 34 Y/O wife, Susie Viola (Livingston) Chappell. Also living in the household were their four children: 17 Y/O Mary Virginia Chappell, 15 Y/O John Mathis Chappell, 12 Y/O Esther E. Chappell and 11 Y/O Gussie Alma Chappell.

The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 53 Y/O Maxie Thomas Chappell, farmer, and his 45 Y/O wife, Susie Viola (Livingston) Chappell. Also living in the household were their daughters: 23 Y/O Esther E. Chappell and 20 Y/O Gussie Alma Chappell.

Gussie Alma Chappell (23 Y/O) married Amos Oliver Williams (41 Y/O) on 09 Oct 1913 at Etowah Co., AL. (See attached copy of marriage record)

The 1920 US Census of Hollis, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 47 Y/O Amos O. Williams, a farmer, and his 28 Y/O wife, Gussie. Also living in the household were their children: 2 years 3 months old Mary Elizabeth Williams and 4 months old Myra Almedia Williams.

The 1927/28 City Directory of Gadsden. Etowah Co., AL recorded Amos O. Williams, a grocer, and his wife, Gussie Williams, living and working in Bellevue Highlands.

The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O A. O. Williams, a farmer born in AL, and his 39 Y/O wife, Gussie Alma Williams. Also living in the household were their children: 12 Y/O Mary Elizabeth Williams, 10 Y/O Myra Almedia Williams and 5 Y/O Alice Ruth Williams.

Amos Oliver Williams was living in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL in 1935 but the 1940 US Census of Coloma, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 60 Y/O R. D. Connell and his 68 Y/O wife, Edda Connell. Also living in the household was 68 Y/O Amos Oliver Williams, married, living there as a lodger. There is no explanation why he is living separately from his wife, Gussie.

The 1940 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 50 Y/O Gussie Williams. Also living in the house was her 15 Y/O daughter Alice Ruth Williams. Her 22 Y/O married daughter, Mary Elizabeth Young, and her 25 Y/O husband, Ernest Young, a cotton mill employee, were also residents of the household.

Gussie Alma (Chappell) Williams was the 2nd cousin 5 times removed through her father, Maxie Thomas Chappell, of POTUS Thomas Jefferson. (See Find A Grave Memorial #544).

Bio by Gresham Farrar.

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