The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-10-12
A LARGE FAMILY REUNION.
Descendants of Cuthbert Williamson
Meet in st. Louis, Mo.

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st Louis Republic: About 100 of
the descendautso of CuthL ert William
s no Charlotte County, Virginia,
held their third annual family re-.
union at the home of Mr.. Joseph w.
North, near Gray's summit, Mo-, on
last Thursday.
The two previ ilus reunions were
held, the fl st in Charlotte County,
Virginia, aud the second in Coffey
County, Teuness ee, whore IA NUMBER
of the descendants of this family re-
side.
The Missouri branch Of the family
is descended from Charles William
son, who brought his family from
Virginia on horseback in 1919 and
settled in Franklin County, on a
portion of the farm where the pres
ent reunion was held.
Very few OF Charl.s williamson
descendants retain the original name, /,
but the collateral branches embrace
many of the most prominent 'amilies
in Franklin County, as well as
several in st. Louis. Among the
former are the Norths, Browns,
Jtffries, Woods, Nurns, Bakers.
Reynnldses, Beasleys, Blrneses and
others. Among the prominent St.
Louis meuoers of the family are:
Mrs. L,uis 3. White, Mrs. w. G..
Moore, Mrs. j. B Newby, Mrs. w.
s. Br! al, Mrs. John Thompson aud
Mr.. w ii Bryan. The Williamsons
are a Southern family, having
branches in nearly every one of the
Southern States, but mainly in Vir-
ginia, the TWO Carolinas, Tennessee e,
Louisiana and reXls. There Is also
branch in Ohio and one in Illinois,
but these are not numerous.
The family is descended from Sir
Charles Williamson of e ElgIand, one
of whose sons, Cuthbert Williamson
came to America in the seventeenth
century, ani acq Ilred an estate on
the banks of tho james River, in
Virgtaia, opposite Jamestown. This
became one OF the old Colonial es
tates aud was known as Gotham.
| Some of the DESCENDANTS of this
pioneer Williamson still reside there.
A full and very accurate history OF
the family has been preserved, and
it is rem irkaole fact that MT Que
scendantS, VINO are numbered by
thousands, have ever been accused oil
a criminal act or been an object oi
charity. On the other hand, none o!
them have ever acquired any con
siderable amount OF wealth, but they
steadily maintained the position
among the great middle class of sub.
stautial and influential citizens.
Among the prominent members o1
the family from distance, VINO at
tended the reunion, were Henry
Williamson of Memphis, Maj. John
| L. Williamson and his daughter
Miss Lucy, of Columbia, Tenn; Miss
Florence williamson OF Roanoke
Va; Calvin s. Brown, Sr., Of Obior
/ County, Tennessee, ana his tive
daughters, Miss Ruth Wililamsor
and Mrs. Anderson Dean; Professor
Calvin 3. Brown, Jr., of the Colorado
Universi y, William o. Rogers anC
daughter of Illinois, Mrs Primm o.
st. Joseph, Mo-, and ID. s. Gage O
Fulton, Mo.
The three principal officers of tht
family association were reelected
to the same position for the curren
| edf-E16uTJ w NIllldulSOD, pr6Siu0uC
Miss Florence Williamson, secre
tary, and Major John L. William
son, historian. The vice presidents
elected were: j. P. Williamson
Petersburg, Va; Gideon Crews, ST
Louis; Mrs w. s. Bryan, st. Louis
Miss Nettie Rogers, Illinois. Mrs
w. g. Moore OF st. Louis, was chosel
treasurer.
The next reunion will be held a
the old mansion house of Cuthber
Williamson, in Charlotte County
Virginia, in the summer Of 1901, ant
this promises to be more jmportan
than any of the others, as severa
members of the family have prom
lsed to attend. These reunions ar,
purely social in character. Tn
local members entertain those from
a distance, the historian reads tn
annals of the family, the secretar.
reports the deaths and births ant
other matters of interest to the mem
bers, and any errors that may be dis
covered in the records are corrected
After this comes an old-fashlone,
basket dinner and music, dancing
and romancing for the young people