Family: Simeon "Sim" Rufus Williams / Madora "Dora" Esther Watson (F6564)

• Father | Male Simeon "Sim" Rufus Williams

  
  

  Born	25 Jun 1873	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	20 Feb 1961	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	1897  [1]
  Father	William Archer Williams | F6566 Group Sheet
  Mother	Susan Culver Bickley | F6566 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Madora "Dora" Esther Watson

  
  

  Born	15 Apr 1873	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	11 Jan 1943	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Buried		Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Jacob Moore Watson | F5634 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy Curren Rowan Day | F5634 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Susan Esther Williams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1898	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Nannie "Nan" Roberta Williams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1902	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Vance Parker | F6569
  Married	Abt 1928

  
  

  Child 3 | Male William Earl Williams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1904	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Imogene Mildred Greer | F6570
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Thelma Harriett Williams

  
  

  Born	1 Feb 1906	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Chester Dennis Murray | F6571
  Married	3 May 1944

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Catherine Pauline Williams

  
  

  Born	Abt 1908	Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Wendel Ward Smith | F6572
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: They operated the Williams Hotel for many years, the first one built from the court-room of the last frame Court House in Hemphill. It was completely destroyed by a fire during the night of Feb 26, 1918, which also destroyed other business buildings on the side of the Square, including the Hemphill Drug. Dr. D.G. Mann and Pat Murphy (partner of Jim Fuller) escaped the burning hotel from a window upstairs by tying sheets together and climbing down. At that time the hotel was being managed by County Sheriff Bosco Bright and his wife, Nettie, who was a sister of Sim Williams. They were the parents of Sid Bright. (White and Toole, p 68).

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 68 (Reliability: 3).