1852 - 1939

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• Birth	22 Sep 1852	West Sparta, Livingston County, New York
  Gender	Female
  Died	1939	Wisconsin
  Buried	1939	Wisconsin
  Person ID	I59457	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Nathaniel SMITH, b. 28 May 1815, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York
  Mother	Angeline SPICER, b. 21 Nov 1821, West Sparta, Livingston County, New York
  Family ID	F25284	Group Sheet
  Family	Robert Morris WILLIAMS
  Married	27 Oct 1868	Marcellon, Columbia County, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Russell Clarke WILLIAMS, b. 18 Jan 1866, Glidden, Ashland County, Wisconsin   2. Angeline WILLIAMS, b. 1 Jan 1870, Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin   3. Morris Leonard King WILLIAMS, b. 12 May 1872, Pardeeville, Columbia County, Wisconsin   4. Daisy Leona WILLIAMS, b. 8 Jul 1877   5. Robert Asa WILLIAMS, b. 16 Sep 1880, Glidden, Ashland County, Wisconsin   6. Leroy Nathaniel WILLIAMS, b. 17 Oct 1883, Glidden, Ashland County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F25724	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Angeline and Robert lived in may states. He had many occupations including newspaper editor and photographer. From "The Philanthropic Works Of Angie Williams Cox" by Thomas Reineck. This is found at the Wisconsin State Historical Society. Robert Morris Williams was born 1856 and died 1931. He Married America Angeline Smith.(date?) They spent the first year of their marriage on his fathers farm in Marcellon, Wis. In 1869 they moved to Pardeeville, Wisconsin where Robert worked as a Blacksmith. Between 1869 and 1898. Robert worked at 10 different jobs and moved to 13 different towns. The jobs he held were: Blacksmith, Carpenter, Telegrapher, Lumberjack, Hunter, Farmer, Practical Hypnotist, Newspaper Editor, Photographer, and Boater. The towns in which he resided were: Pardeeville, Wis.; Portage Wis.; Medford Wis., Chippewa Crossing, Wis.; Bayfield, Wis.; Glidden, Wis.; Norwich, New York; Fairport, Iowa; Decatur, Ala.; Huntsville, Ala.; Florence, Ala.; and Nashville, Tennessee. One person said of him, "he was intellectually well-equipped but financially bankrupt." He said of himself, " The world do move, the cranks do move it" Thus, he named his newspaper in Pardeeville, Wis. "The Crank". Wanda Kidd