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Madora "Dora" Esther Watson

Madora "Dora" Esther Watson

Female 1873 - 1943  (69 years)

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  • Name Madora "Dora" Esther Watson  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Nickname Dora 
    Birth 15 Apr 1873  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Jan 1943  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • She and her husband operated the Williams Hotel, and she also taught school.
    • (Medical):See attached sources. [2]
    Person ID I17737  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 28 May 2016 

    Father Jacob Moore Watson,   b. 11 Feb 1835, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1872, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Nancy Curren Rowan Day,   b. 17 Jul 1835, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1909, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1857  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F5634  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simeon "Sim" Rufus Williams,   b. 25 Jun 1873, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1961, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 1897  [1
    • 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).
    Children 
     1. Susan Esther Williams,   b. Abt 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Nannie "Nan" Roberta Williams,   b. Abt 1902, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Earl Williams,   b. Abt 1904, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Thelma Harriett Williams,   b. 1 Feb 1906, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Catherine Pauline Williams,   b. Abt 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Apr 1873 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jan 1943 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Williams, Madora 'Dora' (Watson)
    Williams, Madora "Dora" (Watson)
    B. 1873 D. 1943 Texas
    Wife of Simon Rufus Williams

    She and her husband owned and operated the Williams Hotel, the first one built from the court-room of the last frame Court House in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas

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

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Sub Distr. 84 Page 12, SD 1, ED 84, Stamped 14 Enumerated 26 Jun 1880 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill, J.P. 1 Enumerated April 11, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-1 Sheet 81A (Reliability: 3).