Roderick D & Penelope C Powell Williams Bible
Contributed by Martha Marble
Copy of original Bible found in the William Forrest folder at the NSDAR
Library, Washington, DC
The Holy Bible Containing Old and New Testaments
A. E. Pratt & Co 27 Park Place, New York
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
To certify Roderick D. Williams and Penelope C. Powell were united by me in
Holy Matrimony in Vanceboro, NC on the 15th Day of December 1880
In presence of Jno. A. Jackson, J. J. Willis and E. A. Cherry
Signed Wm. H. Ellison, J.P.
MARRIAGES
Myrtle Lenora Williams to John Romulus Hollis, December 7, 1898
Thomas Guy Williams to Lena Ella Hood, August 5, 1907
Eva May Williams to Arthur Lewis Brown, Jan. 31, 1912 New Bern NC by Dr. J. N.
H. Summerell
Mable Dove Williams to Samuel Hartsfield Coward, April 2, 1918, Beaufort, NC by
Rev. Arthur L. Brown
Ethel Jane Williams to John Wesley Morton, May 3, 1921, New Bern, NC by Rev.
Jno. Warren
BIRTHS
Myrtle Lenora daughter of R. D. Williams and Penelope C. his wife was born
April the 14th 1882
Thomas Guy Son of R. D. Williams and Penelope C. his wife was born May 20 1884
Eva May daughter of R. D. Williams and Penelope C. his wife was born June the
13th 1887
Mabel D. daughter of R. D. Williams and Penelope C. his wife was born Jan the
30th 1892
Ethel Jane daughter of R. D. Williams and Penelope his wife was born Aug, 23,
1894
(Note: entry is at the bottom of the page and smudged so this date might not be
completely correct)
DEATHS
Rhoderick D. William aged 37 years 5 months and nineteen days Died January 7th
or lst eighteen hundred and ninetyfour (1894)
Penelope P. Williams Ipock died June 25, 1911
Thomas Guy Williams died March 4, 1932, Charleston, W. Va.
Myrtle Lenora Williams Hollis died 8/3/50, Portsmouth, Va.
Eva May Williams Brown, died September 30, 1966, Smithfield, North Carolina
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