When Jacob Richard Williamson Jr was born on 1 March 1860, in Sabine, Texas, United States, his father, Jacob Richard Williamson Sr, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Harris, was 24. He married Sarah Eugenia Anderson in 1879, in Bosque, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Comanche, Texas, United States in 1900 and Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 19 April 1920, in Gustine, Comanche, Texas, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Board Church, Comanche, Texas, United States.
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On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
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