BUCHANAN CEMETERY Hwy 64 East, LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE

WILLIAMS, Victoria Street, 1838 - Jun 16, 1896, age 58, w/o Henry Williams m. 16 Nov 1865; d/o John Street and Mary (Polly) Kelso Street.
 

Victoria was the daughter of John Street (1780-1840) and Mary (Polly) Kelso Street (1796-1877) of Lincoln County, TN. Victoria was only 2 years old when her father died leaving her and siblings:
Mary Street Bryant, b.1824
Madaline Street, b. 1827
Julia Street Reynolds, b. 1833
Asa Street, b. 1835
Aaron Parker and George Street, twins b. 1840.

Mrs. Street was a seamstress and the girls did weaving and sewing also. The boys farmed to further help support the family.
Victoria married Henry Williams in Lincoln County 16 Nov 1865. The census of 1870 listed the following children:
Mary J. Nancy,George, Amanda, John and Martha. At that time Henry's widowed mother, Johanna, was living with them in Mulberry where Henry farmed.
Victoria was 58 years old when she died and Henry's date of death was just months earlier.
Family info provided by Kathleen Blanton and Census data from Ancestry.com. (gw)
Information provided by Kathleen Blanton and Ancestry.com. and collected by Gloria.