Williams, Jacob Calhoun 'Steve'

1887 - 1971  (83 years)

• Name	Williams, Jacob Calhoun 'Steve'
  Birth	30 Aug 1887	Zif Township, Wayne County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WILL.J047
  _FGRAVE	20583307
  Death	28 Aug 1971	Wayne County, Illinois
  	HERALD and REVIEW (Decatur, Illinois) - Mon - 30 Aug 1971 Jacob C. "Steve" Williams, 83, of Olney, died Saturday, Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney; born in Wayne County; member of Shiloh Methodist Church, near Olney; married Grace Padgett, Sept. 1906, who preceded him in death; leaves sons, Lavear, Salem; Joseph, Olney; George, Clay City; daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Tennis, Robinson; services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Summers-Marshall Funeral Home, Olney; burial Wells Cemetery; call after 4 p.m. Monday. SOURCE for given name & birth information: WWII registration card for 'Jacob Calhoun Williams' Contributor: Nina (49595383) ~ Jacob C. (Steve) Williams, 83, a former resident of 320 West Main Street and for the past several months a resident of the Golden Acres Nursing Center at West Salem, passed away Saturday night at the Richland Memorial Hospital. Mr. Williams was a native of Wayne County and lived there several years before moving to Olney. He had been employed at the Prairie Farms Dairy in Olney, and was a long time member of the Shiloh Methodist Church. He was married to Grace Padgett in September of 1906 nd she passed away March 12, 1958. A daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Gill also has preceded him in death. He leaves four children: Lavear Williams of Salem, Joseph (Teen) Williams of Olney, George Williams of Clay City and Mrs. Elizabeth Tennis of Robinson. There are 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He also leaves a brother, Francis Williams of Olney. Funeral services will be held in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Marshall Funeral Home with the Rev. L. B. Howard officiating. Interment will be in the Wells Cemetery, southeast of Clay City. Friends may call at the funeral home. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Aug, 1971.
  Burial	Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois
  Person ID	I60027	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Padgett, Grace,   b. 23 Oct 1886, Wayne County, Illinois d. 12 Mar 1958, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F21049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 30 Aug 1887 - Zif Township, Wayne County, Illinois Death - 28 Aug 1971 - Wayne County, Illinois Burial - - Wells Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth