Sgt. Chester Clay Williams
Chester Clay Williams, Born:8 Oct
1884, Malvern, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Died: 1 Oct 1918, Ligne(y), France,Battlefield-
First World War Soldier, Engineers,
Rainbow Divison, Of Hickory, North Carolina .
Sighted for gallantry in action in
Champagne- killed near Ligney, France, October 1, 1918, World War 1
World War I search for Chester Clay Williams
2007
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War LINK: Website
with Divisions for World War I. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/divisions.html#First
POSSIBLE:???? IS THIS THE CORRECT DIVISION? I DO NOT KNOW
FOR SURE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
- Thirtieth, 30th Division (Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
National Guard)
- Source No. 2:(SEE link below) 30th (old 9) Division -
Tennessee, North Carolina, and South
Carolina. Trained at Camp Sevier in Greenville, S. C.
- Nickname: Old Hickory Division
- 117th, 118th, 119th, 120th Infantry (Inf.)
- 113th, 114th, 115th Artillery (Art.)
- 113th, 114th, 115th Machine Gun (M. G.)
- 105th Engineers (Eng.)
- Major General Commanding: Edward M. Lewis.
- Engaged: With British in Hindenburg line smash.
- Shoulder/Sleeve Insignia:
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- Greenville, S. C.
- 30th (old 9) Division
- Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
- Camp Sevier
BOOK Source: The United States in the Great War by Willis
J. Abbot, Copyrighted in 1919 by Doubleday, Page & Company. Published
in 1919 by Leslie-Judge Co., New York, New York; page 42.
- MAP: This site also includes a map; Figure 24. -- Military Map of
the United States , which shows that North Carolina, had only 1 camp,
Camp Greene, while Camp Sevier was in South Carolina.
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OR: ??-is the 26th the possible Division?
- Source:
link: http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/
- Maps/index.html#Cantonments
- Charlotte, N. C.
- 26th (old 5) Division
- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
- Camp Greene
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If Chester Clay Williams died on
this date;
Died: 1 Oct 1918, Ligne(y), France,Battlefield,
and was a member of the Engineers, Rainbow Divison,
Of Hickory, North Carolina. The campaign fought then by the 30th Division
was the St. Souplet battle in support of the: "4th Army were
engulfed in the breach of the Hindenburg Line," I have found a site
that outline those battles in French, with photographs, maps and other material:
Website: http://perso.orange.fr/lemaire.stsouplet/bataille.htm |
- Battle possible link:
- WEB LINK:
http://perso.orange.fr/lemaire.stsouplet/bataille.htm
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- FRENCH:
- J'expliquais, dans le chapitre précédent,
comment l'attaque effectuée par les 27e et 30e Divisions Américaines
avait été suivie, le 30 septembre, par l'avance continue
des 3e et 5e Divisions Australiennes.
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- Les troupes de support de la 4e Armée
s'engouffrèrent dans la brèche de la Ligne Hindenburg, profitant
de la grande désorganisation crée dans les troupes ennemies,
résultat de la dure et constante bataille qui s'était installée.
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- Le 1er Octobre le Général
Rawlinson dirigea la bataille prévue pour le matin du 3 octobre
à 6h 05 avec le but de s'emparer des hauteurs de la colline Mannequin
et des villages de Montbrehain et de Beaurevoir ainsi que de la colline
Prospect au Nord-Est de Gouy. Dans l'ensemble, cette attaque fut un succès.
L'ennemi tenta de garder Ramicourt mais en fut chassé. À
Montbrehain, les troupes Britanniques firent environ 1000 prisonniers et
prirent une batterie d'artillerie de campagne. L'ennemi continua de reculer.
La route Beaurevoir-Gouy fut atteinte pratiquement sans opposition. Près
de la sortie Nord du tunnel (du canal), la ferme Macquincourt fut un des
derniers points de résistance à lâcher.
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- skip:
- continues;
- Le 6 Octobre, le IIe Corps Américain,
composé des 27e et 30e Divisions, était de nouveau affecté
en opération active avec la 4e Armée. Comme prévu
la 30e Division prit le tête avec la 27e Division en support.
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And with the google WHOLE PAGE TRANSLATION TOOL:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fperso.orange.fr%2
Flemaire.stsouplet%2Fbataille.htm&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=
UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
- PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU KNOW:
- either what Division Sgt. Chester Clay Williams
- was in or if you know where he is buried. Thank
- you.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION VIA GOOGLE TOOL =
- The chart of the battle I explained, in the preceding
chapter, how the attack carried out by the 27e and 30e American Divisions
had been followed, on September 30, by the continuous advance of 3rd and
the 5th Australian Divisions.
- The troops of support of the 4th Army were engulfed in
the breach of the Hindenburg Line, benefitting from the great disorganization
creates in the enemy troops, result of hard and constant battle which had
settled.
- On October 1 the Rawlinson General directed the battle
planned for the morning of October 3 to 6h 05 with the goal to seize the
heights of the Mannequin hill and the villages Montbrehain and Beaurevoir
as well as Prospect hill in the North-East Gouy. As a whole, this attack
was a success. The enemy tried to keep Ramicourt but was driven out by
it. In Montbrehain, the Britanniques troops made approximately 1000 prisoners
and took a field artillery battery. The enemy continued to move back. The
Beaurevoir-Gouy road was practically reached without opposition. Close
to the Northern exit of the tunnel (of the channel), the Macquincourt farm
was one of the last points of resistance to be released.
- continues;
- On October 6, IIe American Body, composed of the 27e
and 30e Divisions, was again affected in active operation with the 4th
Army. As envisaged the 30e Division took the head with the 27e Division
in support. This day there, the 53e brigade advanced until the surroundings
of Tincourt and the next day, to the surroundings of Hervilly, the 54e
brigade occupying the ground left by the 53e brigade.
- John F. O'Ryan, Général de Division, 16
Octobre 1918.
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http://perso.orange.fr/lemaire.stsouplet/bataille.htm
PHOTO OF CEMETERY
AT ST SOUPLET:
http://perso.orange.fr/lemaire.stsouplet/bataille.htm
IS Sargent Chester Clay Williams buried in the St. Souplet Battlefield?? |
Mr. L.?, an unknown friend of Chester Clay Williams ( on
right)
amd Chester Williams (on left) as a young man prior to the
First World War.
GENEALOGY
Chester Clay Williams's - PARENTS:
FATHER: William
Wright Williams [Born:16 December1867,
in Malvern, Hot Springs County, Arkansas-and Died: 19 June 1938; Pulaski
County, Arkansas?] {Known by nickname: "Blizzard
Bill" Bronc Buster", information of nickname from xerox copy of
photograph given me by my sister Nancy Nowlan , according to our uncle,
George Allen Sustare } His parents
were : Father: David Andrew Williams [before 1825-? ] and mother was: Delilah
or Delila Gibbs Clem [1825-1917]
MOTHER:........................+ Lula Estelle Boatwright
-------------------------------------- [Born: 7 February 1872, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, and died-14 September 1954, in Reidsville, Rockingham,
North Carolina; Burial: Greensboro, Guilford County, NC] Her parents were:
Father:Thomas Jefferson BOATRIGHT.Mother: Nancy Jane Williams.
Their seven children:
i. "Grandma" Nannie Clara Williams, Born: 29 Nov 1891, Died:
21 Jul 1940. [Married: Beverly Townsend Sustare.]
ii. Chester Clay Williams, Born:8
Oct 1894, Malvern, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Died: 1 Oct 1918, Ligney,
France,Battlefield-(Ww1)-Soldier, Engineers, Rainbow Divison, Of Hickory,
North Carolina ;, who was killed two years prior to her birth date. Sighted
for gallantry in action in Champagne- killed near Ligney, France, October
1, 1918, World War
Religion: Baptist
Namesake: [his niece] Chester Nancy Sustare named after her uncle {this
Chester}
iii. Blanche Williams , Born: 5 June 1897, Died: 20 Aug 1900, died as
a young child, age of three.
iv. Harold Thomas Williams, Born: 10 Sep 1901, Died: 5 Sep 1969 [Married:
?]
v. Dennie Carl Williams, Born: 10 Apr 1904, Died: 27 Oct 1968, age 64.
[Married: ?]
vi. William Wright Williams. Born: 15 Apr 1907, Died: 2 Nov 1943 [Married:
Milred ?]
vii. Ward Allison Williams: Born: 14 Dec 1909, Hickory, Catawba, NC,
Died: 4 Apr 1968, in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, Buried:
6 April 1968.
CHESTER CLAY WILLIAMS AS A BOY
- Sepia tone photograph on card stamped on verso: "VERNA
HERTTMANN ?
- {COULD BE HERTHMANN?}, Photographic, MALVERN, ARK "
{Arkansas}
- Handwritten on verso by my mom, Nancy Chester Sustare
Sutton is:
- "left to right:
- Chester Clay Williams {boy}
- Nancy Clara Williams {girl in rear in ponytails}
- Blanche Williams {the baby}
DETAILS OF SIBLINGS of Chester Clay Williams, his sister:
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+ Clara
Nannie "Nancy" Williams, Born:11-29-1891,Malvern,
Arkansas Or Little Rock, Arkansas; daughter of William Wright Williams [16
December1867, in Malvern, Hot Springs County, Arkansas- 19 June 1938; Pulaski
County, Arkansas?] {Known by nickname: "Blizzard Bill"
Bronc Buster", information of nickname from xerox copy of photograph
given me by my sister Nancy Nowlan , according to our uncle, George Allen
Sustare } and Lula Estelle Boatwright [7 February 1872-14
September 1954] :
Died: 7-21-1940, in Norfolk, Virginia, of cancer (cervix, (maybe ovarian)
and colon cancer) at age 49.
Granddaughter [maternal] of Thomas Jefferson Boatwright
and Nancy Jane Williams.
And Granddaughter [paternal] of David Andrew Williams and
Delilah Gibbs Clem.
Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetary, family plot, Sustare/Sutton
shared headstone.
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Married: ? exact date: before
1914 to 
Clara Nannie WILLIAMS. Beverly Townsend Sustare at age 23,
married Clara Nannie "Nancy" Williams, (her age was 22), I do
not have the exact marriage date of Beverly and Clara Nannie, but it would
be before 1914. Their first born son, Beverly Alexander Sustare was in 1914
(January 8, 1914, in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina and died
Nov. 8, 1990 in Texas.)
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..... Beverly Townsend
Sustare, son of Sarah Amanda Ferguson and Barnum
Alexander Sustare: Born: 3-March-1890, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NORTH
CAROLINA
d: 8-1-1965, Indian Trail, Union, NC, 28105, Lawyer, Wake
Forest College, L.L. B. Degree; He was the first born child of 8
children of Barnum Alexander Sustare (1862 to 1951), (who was the identical
twin of James Ervin Sustare) and Sarah Amanda Ferguson (1867 to 1962).
........................
For other siblings, see the list above of children of
William Wright Williams and Lula Estelle
Boatwright
CHILDHOOD PHOTOGRAPHS:
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Page & site design & scans by Carol Sutton
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SUSTARE Maternal Line and other links:
LEAD
PAGE
Sustare side, family tree of Carol L.,descendent of Captain Gabriel
Sistare of Barcelona, Spain_
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare-sistare_nc_va.html |
Obituaries
of Nancy Chester Sustare Sutton, wedding article and photos - http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/nancy_c_sustare_sutton.html |
Beverly
Townsend Sustare Memorial Obituary, my maternal grandfather, August 3, 1965
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/beverly_t_sustare.html |
Sustare
Uncles and First Cousins and Contact Information- http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare_uncles_cousins.html |
George
Allen, Nancy Chester, John W., Beverly Sustare- http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/3guys_gal_sustare.html |
1937-Reunion
Of Sustare Family Held Sunday, Meckelenburg Times http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare_reunion1937.html |
James and Barnum Sustare Twins, (James on left, Barnum on right)-
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare_twins_j_b.html |
History of New London, Connecticut concerning Sistare and Sustare
and Geneology Chart + Holt + Outen -http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/history_newlondon_conn.html |
Sustare
(Sistare)genealogy, mini descedant charts for Sustare family, Outen family,
Beebe family http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare_descent_charts.html |
Ferguson
family mini descendant charts for my Sustare family side genealogy-
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/ferguson_descent_chart.html |
Clan
Ferguson Family History/2 lines, Alexander Ferguson,born 1789 and Joseph
Ferguson,born about 1730
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/clan_ferguson_history.html |
Public Records of Connecticut concerning Sistaire or Sistare, May
1773, http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/records_sistare_conn.html |
Barnum
Alexander Sustare+wife Sarah Amanda Ferguson,his twin James Ervin Sistar+Mary
Jane Fergerson
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sistare_ferguson_photo.html |
Delilah
Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/delilah_gibbs_clem.html |
Chrestonian
Literary Society, Lenoir College, Hickory N.C.{B.T. SUSTARE was a member}
http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/chrestonian_lenoir_sustare.html |
B.
T. Sustare,HACAWA 1910,LENOIR COLLEGE,HICKORY,North Carolina- http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/sustare_lenoir_hacawa1910.html |
Holly
Elizabeth Hemby - http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/holly_elizabeth_hemby.html |
2004My
Civil War Family, both on the Union side and on the CSA side: both
Yankees and Confederates:
http://www.carolsutton.net/civil_war/civil_war_sutton-sustare.html |
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