Williams, Andrew Ezekial
- Pennsylvania, United States
Military Information:
- Deceased
- QR Code
- Civil War Union Army
- 1-Alpha List
- Cemetery: Western Heights, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Dates of Service 1:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Dates of Service 2:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Bio:
**Marker missing**
(near Sadie Ruth Lytle Walker)
Born 1847 in Philadelphia
Died 1914 in Hutchins, Texas (aged 66)
9/10. Andrew Ezekiel Williams was born in Philadelphia in 1847 to German immigrants and had two brothers. He worked as a button maker before serving in Company A of the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. He was living in Galveston according to the 1870 census and in Lampasas County according to the 1880 census. He married America Sidney Dial in 1873, and they had 10 children in 20 years before divorcing in 1893. He died in 1914 at 66 years.
His daughter Andrew Mable "May" Williams English and her daughter Dorothy English are also buried here as well as another of his daughters, Margaret E “Maggie” Williams Lytle and her daughter Sadie Ruth Lytle Walker and Sadie's son "Baby Ruth" Walker.
Bio from Western Heights website:
Williams was born in Philadelphia in 1847 to German immigrants and was one of three brothers. He worked as a button maker before serving the Union Army in the Civil War as a member of Company A, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, the largest regiment to serve in the Union Army.
In 1873 he married America Sidney Dial, and they had nine children in 20 years before divorcing in 1893. He died in 1914 at the age of 66. His daughter Margaret E “Maggie” Williams Lytle; granddaughters Dorothy Maybelle English and Sadie Ruth Lytle Walker; and a stillborn great-grandchild are also buried here.