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Sketch of Uncle John Williams Pioneer of Putnam
A long obituary sketches Uncle John Williams a Putnam pioneer born 1818 in Philadelphia and died April 18 1898. It recounts family lines from Ireland and Wales, consignment to his grave, church funeral details, and notes his descendants and farming life in Putnam Illinois. It includes Revolutionary War hardship and a rich family history spanning generations.
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John Williams
Putnam
Kate Wooley
Iowa
John
Irving
M. E. Church
John’ Williams
John Rodgers
M. E. Church of Plenty
Mr Williams
Philadelphia
Melinda Morgan
John Morgan
Thomas
Irving Simons
George
Alanson
Melinda Morford
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Frances Brunt
Oak
Neb
Adaline Wildman
Mountain Home
Idaho
Hamilton
Dublin
Ireland
America
John Ham
Ilton
Derry
Ellison Hamilton
Wireland
Ohio
Springfield
Ill
Fanny Hamilton
William Hunter
Belfast
Germantown
Washington
Frances
Fanny
Thomas Williams
Camden
N. J
Wales
Williams
Plymouth
England
New Jersey
Rex
Delaware
Washington Square
Wetherbee
Altho
Frances Hunter
William Hunter Williams
Putnam, III
M. A. Wooley
Henry
James Hunter Williams
Belvidere
Sheathen
Caose
Jesus Christ
Uncle John
Death Valley
Kate Wooney
Baltimore
William
Nathan
Squire Jones
Steven Morris
Oscar Bradford
Girard College
New York
New Orleans
St Louis
Hennepin
Putnam County
Reeves
Hogaland