Cornelius Samuel Williams

Cornelius Samuel Williams

• Father: George Williams
• Mother: Mary Franklin b. circa 1863, d. 19 February 1919

• Cornelius Samuel Williams was born circa 22 February 1887 in Mission Valley, Victoria County, Texas.
• He was known as Cornelius Samuel Parks.
• Mary Franklin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Mission Valley, Viictoria County, Texas. Other members of the household included Cornelius Samuel Williams, Minnie Mathis, Joseph Edwin Parks, Versa Parks, Percy Parks, Jasper Parks, Elmer Parks and Clara E. Parks.
• Cornelius Parks, farmer, age 23, of Cuero, DeWitt County, was convicted of theft on 17 Jan 1910 to serve two years, received 15 Feb 1910 at Huntsville Penitentiary, discharged 20 Nov 1911.
• Cornelius Samuel Williams appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fort Bend County, Texas, serving as a convict laborer at the E. H. Cunningham Farm Camp No. 5 of the State Penitentiary.
• Cornelius Parks, laborer, age 26, of Cuero, DeWitt County, was convicted on 21 Jan 1913 of passing a forged instrument, to serve five years, received 28 Feb 1913 at Huntsville Penitentiary, pardoned 18 Oct 1915.
• Cornelius Samuel Williams registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in DeWitt County, Texas, while living at 122 Center Street in Cuero, and employed there by Texas Gas & Electric Company.
• He officially witnessed the death of Loyd Mathis on 13 October 1917 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas; by accidental discharge of gun by his own hand.
• He married Olive Verra Wyatt, daughter of Minnie Wyatt.
• Cornelius Samuel Williams and Olive Verra Wyatt appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 210 Vargas.
• He was employed by the WPA Stadium Project, according to the 1940 census.
• Cornelius Samuel Williams registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Bexar County, Texas, while living at 210 Vargas Street in San Antonio, and employed by WPA (B. B. Bryant), Wittman & Peck, San Antonio. Contact: Mrs. Minnie Lawson, 214 Gonzales Street, Cuero.
• The following appeared on 30 January 1951 in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Funeral services for Percy Parks, 57, of 1823 Winebago, will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cuero. Burial will be in the Woodman Cemetery there.
       Parks, who was the city's second traffic accident fataility this year, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday in a local hospital. He was struck by an auto at Brownlee and Morris early last week.
       He had been a resident of Corpus Christi 11 years.
       Parks is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Forest Davis and Mrs. Susie Mae Jenkins, both of Corpus Christi; three sons, Floyd of Houston and Charlie and Percy Parks, Jr. of Corpus Christi; and two brothers, Cornelius Parks of San Antonio and Albert Mathis of Cuero.
       Jackson-Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
• Cornelius Samuel Williams died on 19 May 1958 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 906 South Cherry Street at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Olive Verra Wyatt.
• Olive Verra Wyatt became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at San Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, according to his death certificate.
• Research Note: According to Mary Parks' death certificate (informant her daughter Minnie Mathis), her father was Frank Franklin.
       According to Joseph Parks' death certificate (informant his wife Dora), his parents were Mary Franklin and Ed Parks.
       On his death certificate, Cornelius' name was recorded as Cornelious Samuel Williams Parks (informant his wife Ollie), and his parents were Mary Franklin and George Williams.
       According to Versa Parks' death certificate (informant his wife Tennessee), his parents were Mary Franklin and Ed Parks, and his Social Security application Mary Franklin and Edward Parks.
       According to Percy Parks' death certificate (informant his daughter Forest Davis), his parents were Joe Parks and Mary.

• Last Edited: 4 Apr 2017