Desdamona A. Barfield

Desdamona A. Barfield

• Desdamona A. Barfield was born in 1844 in Alabama.
• She was known as Destie.
• She married Hezekiah Williams, son of William Williams and Eliza (?), on 1 January 1868 in Polk County, Texas.
• Hezekiah Williams and Desdamona A. Barfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880. Other members of the household included Gabriel W. Williams. Also in the household were children Mary (age 16), Zack (11), Mary Ellen (8), Lulu (3) and Susan (1), not yet recorded.
• Hezekiah Williams and Desdamona A. Barfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Livingston, Polk County, Texas. Also in the household were Williams children Sudie (age 21), Henry (15) and Gracy (13), and grandson Omar Thomas (16), granddaughter Mamie Gallaway (18) and her daughter Lillie (1), not yet recorded.
• Desdamona A. Barfield became a widow at the 12 November 1906 death of her husband Hezekiah Williams.
• On 5 July 1909, D. A Williams, widow of Hezekiah Williams, of Polk County, Texas, applied for a widow's pension based on his Confederate service.
• Desdamona A. Barfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Polk County, Texas, at Goodrich Road enumerated in the household of her son Henry (not yet recorded).
• Desdamona A. Barfield died in 1926.
• She was interred at Peebles Cemetery, Providence, Polk County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 1 Jan 2012