So Many Questions:  Charles H.C. Williams

As I skip over Martha for now in telling the stories of Jason and Lucy Williams’ children, we arrive at Charles H.C. Williams, the first born son of the family. Charles was thought to be born on August 22, 1830 in Salem, Washington County, NY. Sometime by 1860, he moved to Whitingham, Windham County, VT. Perhaps he had lived with his father before Jason’s 1858 death? On March 21, 1860, Charles married Mary J. Snow (known as “Jannie”) by Baptist minister Amherst Lamb. Charles had listed his occupation as a farmer for the marriage record, but just three months later the census listed him as a railroad conductor. However, since the nearest railroad was a few towns away, perhaps that was a part-time job or maybe something he was trying out temporarily. Charles and Jannie’s wedded bliss only lasted a year and a half. On October 2, 1861, Jannie died of liver consumption and was buried in Green Cemetery in Whitingham. In June 1863, Charles was listed as someone who was “subject to military…

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