 1854 - 1941 (86 years)
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| Name |
Mary Melinda Dean |
| Birth |
13 Sep 1854 |
Dean District, Rolla, Phelps Co., MO  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
20 Mar 1941 |
Rural Rolla, Phelps Co., MO; burial: Masonic Cem., St. James, Phelps Co., MO |
| Person ID |
I8388 |
forneyclark |
| Last Modified |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
Harrison Williams, b. 3 Apr 1848, Easley, Pickens District, SC d. 17 Feb 1930, Dillon Twp., Phelps Co., MO; burial: Masonic Cem., St. James, Phelps Co., MO (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Jan 1873 |
Phelps Co., MO |
| Children |
| | 1. Myrtle Lee Williams, b. 29 Mar 1887, near Rolla, Phelps Co., MO d. 16 Oct 1946, St. Louis, St. Louis City, MO (Age 59 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3348 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
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Source:
SEE LOIS E. BRANCH'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=loisebranch&id=I01592
[ALL REFERENCES, INFO, & DOCUMENTS THAT FOLLOW ARE FROM LOIS E. BRANCH}
The Branch Ranch - A Roundup of Our Ancestors:
Lois E. Branch:
ID: I01592
Name: Mary Melinda Dean
Sex: F
Birth: 13 SEP 1854 in Dean District, Rolla, Phelps Co. MO.
Death: 20 MAR 1941 in Rural Rolla, Phelps Co. Mo.
Burial: Masonic Cemetery, St. James, MO.
Event: Photographs: In possession of Lois E. (Thomas) Branch
Event: Age at death: 86 yrs, 6 mos, 7 days
Note:
Found in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
AUNT OF DEAN BROTHERS FOLLOWS SERIES BY RADIO
(Has photograph of her setting on bed with grandson Oran Herberger setting on stool. The photo also shows photo of her Father Henry Dean in large photo hanging on wall at head of her bed. Under the photo "Although Bedfast, Mrs. Mary Williams Shows Keen Interest in Her Nephews' Exploits")
Clipping reads:
Special to the Post-Dispatch.
ROLLA, Mo., Oct. 6. -- "Dizzy" is still a winning, ain't he? I'm betting on the Cardinals!" Aunt Mary Williams, 80-year-old aunt of Dizzy and Paul Dean, smiled proudly, adjusted herself to a more comfortable position in the big old black walnut bed to which she has been confined for nearly two years, and turned closer to the radio to better follow the announcer's details of the second game of the world's series.
Hallahan was in the box, but this did not dim the interests of the Deans in the "Dean neighborhood" seven miles out in the Ozark hills from Rolla, where Dizzy and Paul's forefathers spent their lifetime, and where many of their immediate relatives still live. Their father, Albert Dean, was born there, and lived there until he was....(not readable)...migrated farther west from Tennessee.
The nineteenth century was still in swaddling clothes when old Uncle Moses Dean, the great-great- (part of article missing)...two world-famous yungsters are bringing just as much joy and pride and gladness into the Dean neighborhood as if they had been born there.
If there is such a thing as ingeriting a throwing arm Dizzy and Paul might well have had some leaning in that direction, for there is ample throwing material in the Dean neighborhood to gladden the heart of any 15-year-old boy. Stones of all sizes abound, and along the narrow old trail that leads from highway 72 into the neighborhood one frequently encounters great clusters of black walnuts strewn over the path, just right in their green skins at this time of year for young fingers to caress in a throwing grasp.
Young Oran Herberger, 16-year-old grandson of Aunt Mary, who although down...unreadable....
OBIT:
"The Rolla Herald"
Thursday, March 27, 1941
Rolla, Phelps Co. MO
MRS. MARY WILLIAMS LAID AT REST
Mrs. Mary Williams, wife of the late Harrison Williams, one of the pioneer settlers of Phelps County, passed away at her home March 20, 1941 at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 7 days.
Mr. Williams preceeded her in death 11 years ago.
She leaves to mourn her passing, two sons and five daughters; John Williams of Rolla; Henry of Purcell, Okla; Mrs. M.G. Herberger of Rolla; Mrs. C.C. Schwartz of Rolla; Mrs. H.A. Haas of St. Louis; Mrs. N.L. Bolen of St. Louis; and Mrs. H.E. Fue of Lincoln, Ill. Also a number of grand and great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at Rolla Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. W. Jeffries. Burial was made in St. James Cemetery under direction of Null & Son Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were six grandsons; Gerald Bolin, Harold Haas, Orin Herberger, Claude Williams, Roy Schwartz, and Ervin Hale.
Mrs. Williams was loved by all who knew her as was evidenced by the large assembly of friends and the beautiful floral offerings.
1930 Census, Dillon Twp., Phelps Co. MO
#30 #30
Williams, Mary M. 75 Widow b. MO Parents born TN
Gahr, George 60 Son-in-law b. IN
Next door to Son John Williams and family
Father: Henry Dean b: 11 FEB 1832 in TN
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Matlock b: 4 APR 1832 in Phelps CO. MO
Marriage 1 Harrison Williams b: 3 APR 1848 in Easley, Pickens District, S.C.
Married: 16 JAN 1873 in Phelps Co. MO.
Children
Emma Elizabeth Williams b: 1 AUG 1874 in Dry Fork Area, Phelps Co. MO
Lola Victoria Williams b: 16 MAR 1876 in On Dry Fork, East of Rolla, Phelps Co. MO
Henry Stephen "Bud" Williams b: 8 AUG 1878 in On Dry Fork, East of Rolla, Phelps Co. MO
John William "Jack" Williams b: 12 OCT 1880 in On Dry Fork, East of Rolla, Phelps Co. MO
Anna Jane Williams b: 26 NOV 1882 in On Dry Fork, East of Rolla, Phelps Co. MO
Catherine Melinda "Kate" Williams b: 14 FEB 1885 in Dillon Twp., Phelps Co. MO
Myrtle Lee Williams b: 29 MAR 1887 in Near Rolla, Phelps Co. MO. (Dillon Twp.)
Ella Marie Williams b: 16 DEC 1890 in Phelps Co. MO
Nancy Lessie "Less" Williams b: 3 JAN 1893 in Phelps Co. MO.
Lenna Belle Williams b: 8 MAR 1895 in Phelps Co. MO
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