Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Floyd R. Williams, 7 South 51 West



Floyd claimed a quarter in section 22, 7S 51W in 1908.

The only adjoining claimants in 1908 were Clarence Murphy in section 21- to his west.
Arthur Gaudreault claimed a quarter in section 27 to his south in 1909.

IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THE KIT CARSON COUNTY LAND CLAIMANT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

1921 Akron, Colorado "Mrs. Wilson Buckmaster and brother Floyd Williams were called to their old home in Iowa Saturday on account of their father's serious illness."
This is Floyd H. Williams born about 1896, so he's too young to be the Kit Carson County claimant.


1922 Cheyenne Wells, Colorado "Floyd Williams who has been living in the west phrt of the city moved his family to the little residence property of Mrs Hamilton? on east Fenner avenue. This will put Floyd closer to his work."
This might be the Floyd Williams born Oct 24, 1884 in Glen Elder, Kansas.

Amos S. Williams was born on April 19, 1857, in Pulaski County, Indiana. He appears to have been named for his paternal uncle, Amos Strange Williams. He moved as a teenager to Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas. He married Frances, a native of Iowa, in 1881 in Kansas and started their family of three sons there. Later they adopted a daughter: Best Williams Mar 1883
Floyd Williams Oct 1884
Leroy Williams June 1892
Delsie Williams (1904)

In 1874 a plague of grasshoppers devastated Mitchell County. Amos' parents and all of his siblings, except Emily and Arthur, moved west to California, while he, Emily, and Arthur either rode out the plague or retreated east. His parents and youngest brother Guy returned to Glen Elder in 1877.
The Williams family stayed in Kansas into the 1890s but moved south to Coldwater Township, Grant County, Oklahoma Territory, by 1900.[Cen 1900] In the 1910s they moved south of Oklahoma City to Dent Township, Pottawatomie County. It was also during this time that they adopted Delsie, who was between 5 and 10 years old and born in Kentucky.[Cen 1920]
Amos S. Williams died in 1924 while living at the Masonic Home for the Aged on 324 East Harrison Avenue in Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma. He was about 66 years old. Amos is buried at Garden Grove Cemetery in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Frances Williams died 30 years later at the age of about 91. She is buried along side Amos at Garden Grove Cemetery.

Floyd is in Prowers County in 1940, 55, with Lillie 53, Carl 17, and Carroll 15, all born in Kansas.
He's farming in Granada, Colorado when registering for WWII. He's buried in Lamar 1885-1968 # 63881454, with Lillie 1886-1961.


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