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Maston Amos Williams

Male 1881 - 1950  (68 years)


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  1. 1.  Maston Amos Williams was born on 30 Jun 1881 in Texas; died on 15 May 1950 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Larry Crockers shows him as the son of Richard WILLIAMS. However, Michelle Turner emailed, on July 7, 2009, that Maston Amos Williams was actually the son of David James Williams and Florence Geisendorff.

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    Name: Maston Amos Williams
    Death Date: 15 May 1950
    Death Place: Kirbyville, Jasper, Texas
    Gender: Male
    Race:
    Death Age: 67 years
    Estimated Birth Date: 1883
    Birth Date:
    Birthplace:
    Marital Status:
    Spouse's Name:
    Father's Name: Bud Williams
    Father's Birthplace:
    Mother's Name: Duck Williams
    Mother's Birthplace:
    Occupation:
    Place of Residence:
    Cemetery:
    Burial Place:
    Burial Date:
    Additional Relatives:
    Film Number: 2074369
    Digital Film Number: 4169861
    Image Number: 2104
    Reference Number:
    Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

    (Research):
    Census Listings:

    1910 Census
    Texas, Sabine County, Pct 2, Dist 132
    Page 113B
    HH 123-123
    Clark, Andrew Hd M 71 Wd Tx Sc Ky Farmer
    Williams, Maston Son-in-law 29 M 10 Tx Tx Tx Laborer Odd Jobs
    Williams, Sarah Dtr F 28 M 10 5/5 Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
    Williams, Ellen J G/D F 9 Tx Tx Tx
    Williams, Elbert G/S M 7 Tx Tx Tx
    Williams, James A G/S M 5 Tx Tx Tx
    Williams, Lee G/S M 2 Tx Tx Tx
    Williams, Ethel E. G/D F 5/12 Tx Tx Tx

    (Transcriptions courtesy of Larry Crocker)

    Maston married Sarah Evalineah "Eva" Clark on 18 Jan 1900 in Clarktown Community, Sabine County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Clark and Allif Jane Erwin) was born on 20 Jun 1881 in Clarktown Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Jan 1970 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ellen Jane Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Mar 1981 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas.
    2. 3. Albert Amos Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Dec 1982 in Orange County, Texas.
    3. 4. James Andrew Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Feb 1989.
    4. 5. Christopher Lee Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Nov 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jun 1987 in Polk County, Texas.
    5. 6. Ethyl Evelyn Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Nov 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Dec 1992 in Jefferson County, Texas.
    6. 7. Vinie Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    7. 8. Martha Nettie Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
    8. 9. Clarence Cledoth Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1916 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1984 in Jasper County, Texas.
    9. 10. Davada Divitha Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jun 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1990 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ellen Jane Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 2 Oct 1900 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Mar 1981 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas.

  2. 3.  Albert Amos Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 25 Nov 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Dec 1982 in Orange County, Texas.

  3. 4.  James Andrew Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 30 Jul 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Feb 1989.

  4. 5.  Christopher Lee Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 15 Nov 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jun 1987 in Polk County, Texas.

  5. 6.  Ethyl Evelyn Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 9 Nov 1909 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Dec 1992 in Jefferson County, Texas.

    Ethyl married Levi Dossy "Levy" Hopson about 1925. Levi was born on 29 Mar 1900 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Myrtle Hopson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1927 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 May 2014 in Scrappin Valley Community, Wiergate, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Smith-Mason (Deas-Mason-Smith) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
    3. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. Ben Hopson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 May 1932 in Newton County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2008 in Newton County, Texas.
    5. 15. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 16. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  Vinie Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 26 Dec 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

  7. 8.  Martha Nettie Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 15 Feb 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

  8. 9.  Clarence Cledoth Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 23 Feb 1916 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1984 in Jasper County, Texas.

    Clarence married Alma Lee Dryden on 2 Oct 1939 in Newton County, Texas. Alma was born on 11 Oct 1921 in Almadane, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; died on 23 Sep 1996 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Melba Louise Laverne Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Aug 1940 in Newton County, Texas; died on 25 Dec 2010 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.
    2. 18. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 19. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 21. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 23. Alma Lois Williams  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1958 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 1999.

  9. 10.  Davada Divitha Williams Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maston1) was born on 11 Jun 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Jul 1990 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.

    Family/Spouse: I D Hyden. I (son of Marion Francis Hyden and Patsy Mattie Frisby) was born on 12 Feb 1919 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Feb 2005 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 26. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  2. 12.  Myrtle Hopson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1) was born on 29 May 1927 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 May 2014 in Scrappin Valley Community, Wiergate, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Smith-Mason (Deas-Mason-Smith) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Myrtle Hyden, 86, of Scrappin Valley, died Friday night in her home. She was born in Yellowpine, Texas, to Dossy Levi and Ethal Evelyn Williams Hopson. Mrs. Hyden has lived in Scrappin Valley all her life and was a full time mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother.

    Mrs. Hyden is survived by her sons; Jerry Hyden and his wife Lassie of Jourdanton, TX, James "Bo" Hyden of Town Bluff, TX, William Hyden and his wife Bonnie of Scrappin Valley, Roger Hyden and his wife Frankie of Scrappin Valley, her daughters; Victory Lemoine and her husband Robert of Scrappin Valley, Martha Lakey and her husband Burton of Brookeland, Lydia White and her husband Roy "Skeeter" of Scrappin Valley, Crystal Farmer and her husband Aaron of Many, LA, her brother Ellis Hopson of Jasper, her sisters; Maxine Young of Jasper, Lavon Teague of Splendora, Evelyn Bridgers of Oklahoma, thirty-two grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

    Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 9:00PM, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St, Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Monday, May 5, 2014, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Smith-Mason Cemetery, Scrappin Valley, Texas [Actually in Sabine County, on Sandy Creek near Scrappin Valley on old Sabinetown-Brookland Road.

    Copied from Starr Funeral Home website
    Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, May 7, 2014, Page 13

    Family/Spouse: R V Hyden. R (son of Marion Francis Hyden and Patsy Mattie Frisby) was born on 29 May 1903 in Texas; died on 13 Dec 1994; was buried in Smith-Mason (Deas-Mason-Smith) Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 28. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 29. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 30. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 31. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 32. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 33. Roger Levi Hyden  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1963 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

  3. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  4. 14.  Ben Hopson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1) was born on 1 May 1932 in Newton County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2008 in Newton County, Texas.

    Family/Spouse: Avil Leona Payne. Avil was born on 22 Jul 1931 in Texas; died on 28 Jun 1998 in Newton, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Richard Glen Hopson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1955 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1980 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.
    2. 35. Jimmy Mack Hopson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1958 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jun 2013 in Wiergate, Newton, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.

  5. 15.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  6. 16.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  7. 17.  Melba Louise Laverne Williams Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1) was born on 7 Aug 1940 in Newton County, Texas; died on 25 Dec 2010 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.

    Notes:

    In the 1996 obituary of her mother, Alma Lee Williams, she was listed as Melba STANGE of Brookeland.

    The Sabine County Reporter
    December 29, 2010, page 16

    Melba Laverne Medley

    Melba Laverne Medley, 70, died suddenly in her home in Brookeland Saturday night, December 25, 2010. She was born in Kirbyville to Clarence Cledoth and Alma Lee Dryden Williams and had lived in Brookeland for 32 years, moving there from Jasper.

    Mrs. Medley is survived by sons, Glenn Smith and Jerry Keith Smith, both of Brookeland, Robert Lee Medley of Bryan, and Stephen Medley of Alabama; daughter, Melba Alicia Medley of Victoria; brother, James Cledoth Williams of Jasper, sisters, Marjorie Y'Barbo of Kirbyville, Linda Whitton of Jasper, Brenda Ward of of Buna and Jo Ann Williams of Cushing. She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

    Mrs. Medley was preceded in death by sons, Clyde Cledoth Smith and Joseph Edward Medley.

    Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 28 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill. Burial followed in the Weeks Chapel Cemetery in Newton County.

    Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill. Online condolences may be posted at www.starrfuneralhome.com.

    (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2011)

    Note: A page 1 article, titled "Christmas Day Tragedy," noted that Medley, who was disabled and relied on a wheelchair for mobility, died in a house fire. Firefighters believe the fire may have begun in the living room, where numerous space heaters were located.

    Melba married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Clyde Cledoth Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1956 in Jasper County, Texas; and died.
    2. 37. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 38. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Melba married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Joseph Edward Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1964; died on 17 Jan 2008 in Corrigan, Polk County, Texas.
    2. 40. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 41. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 18.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 44. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 45. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 19.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  10. 20.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 47. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 49. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 50. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 51. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 21.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 22.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  13. 23.  Alma Lois Williams Descendancy chart to this point (9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1) was born on 5 Mar 1958 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 1999.

    Notes:

    In the 1996 obituary of her mother, she was listed as "Alma Louise MARTIN of Evadale."


  14. 24.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

  15. 25.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 52. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 53. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  16. 26.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 55. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 56. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 27.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 57. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 58. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 59. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 60. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 28.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  3. 29.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  4. 30.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  5. 31.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 61. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 62. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 63. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 64. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 65. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 32.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1)

  7. 33.  Roger Levi Hyden Descendancy chart to this point (12.Myrtle3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1) was born on 16 Sep 1963 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

    Notes:

    He married Frankie Dale LAKEY.


  8. 34.  Richard Glen Hopson Descendancy chart to this point (14.Ben3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1) was born on 19 Aug 1955 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1980 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.

    Richard married Frankie Jeannie Dickerson on 16 Nov 1973 in Sabine County, Texas. Frankie (daughter of Robert Franklin Dickerson and Wilma Jean Latham) was born on 1 Oct 1958 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina; died on 10 Apr 2022 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 13 Apr 2022 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 35.  Jimmy Mack Hopson Descendancy chart to this point (14.Ben3, 6.Ethyl2, 1.Maston1) was born on 28 Feb 1958 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jun 2013 in Wiergate, Newton, Texas; was buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Honorable Jimmy Mack Hopson, age 55 of Wiergate, Texas died on June 1, 2013 at his residence.

    He was born on February 28, 1958 in Hemphill, Texas and was a lifelong resident of Newton County.

    He had been employed by Newton County for over 20 years, the past 11 years as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 and the previous 8 years as a deputy for the sheriff's department.

    He is survived by his wife, Dawn Hopson of Wiergate, his daughters, Amanda Blank and husband, Glenn of Jasper, Texas and Jessica Hopson of Wiergate, his grandchildren, Ravyn, Allison, Mackinzi and expecting Hadlee in August, his sister, Sheila Hopson and Joey of Lumberton, Texas, his brothers, Charles Ben Hopson and wife, Sue of Roganville, Texas, Wayne Hopson and wife, Betty of Wiergate and James Hopson and wife, Gayle of Scrappin Valley, his step-mother, Velma Hopson of Rayburn, his sister-in-law, Gena Freeman of Woodville, Texas, his lifelong best friend, James Campbell Jr. of Hemphill, Texas and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

    He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Avil Hopson, his brother, Richard Hopson, his sister, Jean Shelton and his nephew, Dustin Moore (FAG mem 92324361).

    Funeral services will be on Wednesday, June 4, 2013 at 10am at the First Baptist Church in Newton, Texas.

    Burial to follow at Week's Chapel Cemetery.


  10. 36.  Clyde Cledoth Smith Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1) was born on 12 May 1956 in Jasper County, Texas; and died.

  11. 37.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  12. 38.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  13. 39.  Joseph Edward Medley Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1) was born on 10 Jan 1964; died on 17 Jan 2008 in Corrigan, Polk County, Texas.

  14. 40.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  15. 41.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (17.Melba3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  16. 42.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  17. 43.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  18. 44.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  19. 45.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (18.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  20. 46.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  21. 47.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  22. 48.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  23. 49.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  24. 50.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  25. 51.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (20.Living3, 9.Clarence2, 1.Maston1)

  26. 52.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (25.Living3, 10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

  27. 53.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (25.Living3, 10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

  28. 54.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (26.Living3, 10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

  29. 55.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (26.Living3, 10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)

  30. 56.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (26.Living3, 10.Davada2, 1.Maston1)


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