Sgt. Chester Clay Williams

Chester Clay Williams, Born: 8 Oct 1894, Malvern, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Died: 1 Oct 1918, Ligne or Ligny, France, Battlefield- alternate death date; Sep. 30, 1918

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

Gravestone: Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA (Find A Grave by Lily; added June 2, 2011)

 

World War I search for Chester Clay Williams

insignia 42nd-Rainbow-Division-WWI.jpg in folder: Williams	War LINK: Website with Divisions for World War I. http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/divisions.html#First Found thanks goes to Lily of Find a grave for the image of the gravestones and other infomation: Sgt Chester Clay Williams http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70748859 Co C 117 ENG 42 DIV USA	Company C 177 Eng /(Engrs / or Engineers)   42 Division   Rainbow Divison,   United States of America
	Forty-second, 42nd Division ( National Guard) Source No. 2: 42nd Division - Most of the Middle and far Western States. Trained at Camp Mills in Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. Nickname: Rainbow Division 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th Infantry (Inf.) 149th, 150th, 151st Artillery (Art.) 149th, 150th, 151st Machine Gun (M. G.) 117th Engineers (Eng.) Major Generals Commanding: W. A. Mann, C. T. Menoher, C. D. Rhodes, C. A. F. Flagler. Engaged: Red Cross Farm, St. Mihiel, Argonne, Rhine. Shoulder/Sleeve Insignia: SOURCE: Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War 1, WWI, The Great War web- http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/divisions.html
If Chester Clay Williams died on this date of October 1, 1918 or September 30, 1918, he may have participated in preparation for the St. Souplet battle. Died: 1 Oct 1918, Ligne, France Battlefield, -Ligny, France. Alternate death date: and that on the Oakwood Cemetery stone is :Death:  Sep. 30, 1918 Oakwood Cemetery Hickory Catawba County North Carolina, USA _________________ Chester Clay Williams 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   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.   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.   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.   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.
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: more information on Sgt. Chester Clay Williams	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.	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??

 

Chester Clay Williams Gravestone in Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina

The nearest major town is Bethlehem, NC.

GRAVESTONE in Find A Grave Gravestone: Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA CREDIT and THANKS TO: Lily - Shirley Mills; Find A Grave by added June 2, 2011 _________________ Oakwood Cemetery Hickory Catawba County North Carolina, USA, 28601 United States bounded by 4th Avenue SW, 4th St. NW, Oakwood Cemetery Street google map link to Oakwood Cemetery, NC _________________ Address: Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory NC address   _________________   GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.73920, Longitude: -81.34310

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, or ALT: died: October 18, 1984, Ligney, France,Battlefield-(Ww1)-Soldier, Engineers, Rainbow Divison, Of Hickory, North Carolina ;, Sighted for gallantry in action in Champagne- killed near Ligney, France, October 1, 1918, World War. Religion: Baptist

(NOTE NAMESAKE: MY MOTHER, Chester Nancy Sustare, WAS NAMED AFTER HER UNCLE: Chester Clay Williams. ( See the link below for more on Chester Nancy Sustare Sutton, by her daughter Carol Lorraine Sutton. ) Obituaries of Nancy Chester Sustare Sutton, wedding article and photos -____

Children contunued:

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:

....................................+ Clara Nannie "Nancy" Williams, Born:11-29-1891,Malvern, Arkansas Or Little Rock, Arkansas; daughter of William Wright Williams [16 December 1867, 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 Cemetery, 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).

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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

Williams Family from Hot Springs, Arkansas and North Carolina

Nannie Clair Williams as young woman (right) & unknown lady (left) http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_clara_unknown.html

Sgt. Chester Clay Williams, died World War I in France http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/chester_clay_williams.html

Nannie Clair Williams Sustare & daughter Chester Sustare http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_clara_nannie.html

WILLIAMS & SUSTARE family of North Carolina, group family portrait http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_NC.html

Nannie Clara Williams Sustare oval portrait ARK http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_ark_oval.html

Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line -Delilah Gibbs -married twice: first to: James G3 Mason CLEM Sr.,-second to: David Andrew Williams; mother of ten children Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/delilah_gibbs_clem.html

Sustare Maternal Line:

Main Sustare LEAD Nancy Chester Sustare Sutton

LEAD PAGE SUSTARE - SISTARE Sustare side, family tree of Carol L.,descendent of Captain Gabriel Sistare of Barcelona, Spain_ http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare-sistare_nc_va.html

Nancy Chester Sustare Obituaries of Nancy Chester Sustare Sutton, wedding article and photos - http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/nancy_c_sustare_sutton.html

Father of Nancy Chester Sustare is Beverly Townsend Sustare, who married Clara Nannie "Nancy" Williams, born in Arkansas Beverly Townsend Sustare Memorial Obituary, my maternal grandfather, August 3, 1965 http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/beverly_t_sustare.html + Chrestonian Literary Society, Lenoir College, Hickory N.C.{B.T. SUSTARE was a member} http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/chrestonian_lenoir_sustare.html + B. T. Sustare,HACAWA 1910,LENOIR COLLEGE,HICKORY,North Carolina- http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare_lenoir_hacawa1910.html + Nannie Williams line includes; Clem family from Arkansas Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/delilah_gibbs_clem.html

Children of Beverly Townsend Sustare George Allen, Nancy Chester, John W., Beverly Sustare http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/3guys_gal_sustare.html + Sustare Uncles and First Cousins and Contact Information http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare_uncles_cousins.html

Parents of Beverly Townsend Sustare are Barnum Alexander Sustare & Sarah Amanda Ferguson. Barnum and James were twins. Barnum Alexander Sustare+wife Sarah Amanda Ferguson,his twin James Ervin Sistar+Mary Jane Fergerson http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sistare_ferguson_photo.html + Ferguson family mini descendant charts for my Sustare family side genealogy- http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/ferguson_descent_chart.html + James and Barnum Sustare Twins, (James on left, Barnum on right)- http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare_twins_j_b.html

Barnum Sustare and James Sustar, twins were sons of Holly Hmeby & James Hiram Richardson Sistare; who was killed in the American Civil War. My relatives fought on both Union and Confederate sides. Holly Elizabeth Hemby http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/holly_elizabeth_hemby.html + My 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

Early Connecticut Sistare Information + Holt & Outen family  Public Records of Connecticut concerning Sistaire or Sistare, May 1773, http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/records_sistare_conn.html + History of New London, Connecticut concerning Sistare and Sustare and Geneology Chart + Holt + Outen http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/history_newlondon_conn.html

Early Sustare - Sistare Reunions 1937 + Decent Charts 1937-Reunion Of Sustare Family Held Sunday, Meckelenburg Times http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare_reunion1937.html + Sustare (Sistare)genealogy, mini descedant charts for Sustare family, Outen family, Beebe family http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/sustare_descent_charts.html

Fauteux Side Ferguson's: Clan Ferguson Family History/2 lines, Alexander Ferguson,born 1789 and Joseph Ferguson,born about 1730 http://www.carolsutton.net/sustare/clan_ferguson_history.html + Fauteux genealogy,Andre,Hervey,Edmond,Camille, connects to FERGUSON'S 11 Generation LINE of Andre Joseph Lucien Fauteux: CANADA - SCOTLAND http://www.carolsutton.net/andre/fauteux_genealogy_andre.html

Sutton LEAD PAGE Robert William Sutton   http://www.carolsutton.net/sutton-geno/sutton-north_dakota_wv_va.html Sutton side,my Father's side - family tree of Carol Lorraine Sutton ,descendent of Cornelius Sutton; also Thaddeus S. Sutton and Martha J. Norman

December 10, 2001 to February 8, 2007, Thursday. August 23, 2009, February 25, 2010, new Williams links chart,

June 3, 2011, change birth date at top etc. and World War 1 Division to Company C 177 Eng, 42 Division, Rainbow Divison,, United States of America

June 4, 2011, add in grave photo by 'Lily" from Find A Grave.

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