Ann Clarke Williams

Ann Clarke Williams

• Father: William Howell Williams b. 10 September 1833, d. 17 January 1914
• Mother: Edwin Eliza Campbell b. circa 1839, d. 15 July 1883

• Ann Clarke Williams was born in December 1861 in .-, Montgomery County, Texas, at Killie Crankee plantation near Danville.
• William Howell Williams and Edwin Eliza Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Galveston, Texas, enumerated next to Eddie's brother Clark Campbell.. Other members of the household included Ann Clarke Williams, Campbell Williams, Sarah Scott Williams and Ethel Williams.
• William Howell Williams and Edwin Eliza Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Galveston, Texas, at 31st Avenue. Other members of the household included Ann Clarke Williams, League Williams, Katherine Williams, St. John Williams, Caroline Louise Williams, Campbell Williams and Ethel Williams.
• She married John Edward Kauffman, son of Charles Andrew Kauffman and Ann Rowena Howe, on 1 February 1883.
• John Edward Kauffman and Ann Clarke Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 2717 Rio Grande. Other members of the household included Ann C. Kauffman.
• John Edward Kauffman and Ann Clarke Williams appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Galveston, Texas, at 3005 Avenue O. Other members of the household included Ann C. Kauffman.
• Ann Clarke Williams became a widow at the 22 July 1913 death of her husband John Edward Kauffman.
• Martha Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Galveston, Texas, at 242 Avenue I. Other members of the household included Ann Clarke Williams, Julia Lee Wren. Also in the household were six boarders.
• Ann Clarke Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 210 West 27th Street.
• She was director of a girls' dormitory, according to the 1930 census.
• Ann Clarke Williams died on 29 June 1946 at age 84 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• The following appeared on 30 June 1946 in the Boston Sunday Herald: (Amesbury, June 29) Mrs. Ann Clark (Williams) Kauffman, 84, widow of Senator John Edward Kauffman, died today at Hillside rest home. She came here three years ago to live with relatives.
       She was born in Killie Crankee plantation, Danville, Tex., and was a granddaughter of Col. William [sic] May Williams, former secretary for the State of Texas. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Ann (Kauffman) McDuff and a son-in-law, Homer McDuff, of Shrevesport [sic], La., two sisters, Miss Ethel Williams of Amesbury and Mrs. Caroline W. Carter of Cleveland, and two brothers, Campbell and St. John Williams, both of Amesbury.
       Funeral will be held from the Pillsbury and Gale funeral home, 2 Hillside avenue, Monday afternoon at 2.

• Last Edited: 18 Feb 2013

• Charts: Descendants of CAMPBELL Archibald & Rebecca Kirk