Harry Cortland , Sr. Williams

1883 - 1969  (86 years)

• Name	Harry Cortland , Sr. Williams  [1]
  Birth	6 May 1883	Indiana On Sumpter's Island Near Milford
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jul 1969	Ionia, MI
  Person ID	I4190	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	John Henry Williams,   b. 30 Sep 1855, Ohio d. 7 Mar 1937, Portland, MI (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Samantha Harriet Lammond,   b. 15 Jun 1857, St. Marys, OH d. 7 Sep 1936, Portland, MI (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1875	Elkhart County, Indiana
  Family ID	F1306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: According to his son Harry, Jr., written in a letter to Clela, Harry Sr. was born on Sumpter's Island which is in one of the lakes near Milford, IN in Kosciusko County. Its county seat is at Warsaw. He did live in or near Angola, Steuben Co , IN as a small boy. According to a letter written by his mother, Samantha Harriet (Mattie) Lammond Williams, post marked in Lawton, MI Aug 11, 1886 he had accompanied her there. The letter was addressed to her husband, John Henry Williams, i n Leslie, MI where he may have been working. Mattie and the three children, Addie, Guy and Harry Sr., were visiting her parents, Cortland and Nancy Jane Lammond, in Lawton, Michigan. She probably traveled by train, possibly from Hillsdale wher e they might have been living at the time. It appears that his parents moved around a lot in those early years. In her letter she mentions renting a "hack" to go to see an Ivine Coy, and that Guy and Harry hadfun driving the horses. Harry Williams, Sr. worked as a Machinist and Foreman and owned his own machine shop.

  
  

• Sources

  [S245] GEDCOM file imported on 18 Oct 2003.