Luther Meredith Williams

  General Notes:

Birth and death dates are contained in the Williams family Bible, held by Roger Williams.

22 Oct. 1850 Census for District 6, Baltimore County, MD: Luther Williams, 32, farmer; Mary, 22 [sic]; Jackson, 23, laborer; James, 10; Deonard, 6; Sarena, 4; Benton, 2. All b. MD.

7 June 1860 Census for District 6, Baltimore County, MD: Luther Williams, 39, clerk, owning $4000 real estate and $500 personal estate; Mary, 37, b. PA; Denard, 15; Cerena, 13; Henry, 11; Mary, 8, b. MD. Also in household are Elizabeth Alison, 26, and Jacob Alison, 18.

23 June 1870 Census for District 6, Baltimore County, MD: L. Williams, 50, farmer, b. MD; M. A., 45, b. MD, keeping house; Henry B., 21; M. E., 18; Susanna, 7; Luther M., 5 -- all b. MD.

5 June 1880 Census for District 6, Baltimore County, MD: Luther M. Williams, 57, head, b. MD as were parents, works on railroad; Mary, 28, dtr, b. MD; Annie, 17, dtr, b. MD; Luther, 14, son, b. MD, farm laborer.

21 June 1900 Census for 1st Precinct, District 7, Baltimore City, MD: Luther M. Williams, 80, b. Nov. 1819 in MD as were parents, widower, retired, home is owned & mortgaged; Mary E., dtr, 47, b. June 1852 in MD (father b. MD and mother b. PA), single; Annie L., dtr, 37, b. Aug. 1862 in MD (father b. MD and mother b. PA), single; Rebecca, grand-dtr [in-law], 20, b. July 1879 in WV as were parents, married 3 yrs; Roger, [great]grandson, 2, b. Sept. 1897 in WV (father b. MD and mother b. WV); Mary, [great]grand-dtr, 1, b. Dec. 1898 in WV (father b. MD and mother b. WV). On same census sheet, next line and next door, appears Luther B. Williams, 34, b. June 1865 in MD (father b. MD and mother b. PA), farmer, married 0 yrs; Fanny E., wife, 29, b. Dec. 1870 in MD as were parents, having borne no children.

Luther married Mary Ann Allison on May 22, 1842 in West Shrewsbury, York, PA. (Mary Ann Allison was born on Aug 21, 1824 in Logansville, York, PA and died on Dec 2, 1873.)