Elmer Owen Bair of Carbondale CO stated in the Bear Family Newsletter (16-45) that Franklin died as infant on May 30 1854. Franklin is the only child not listed in Henry's household (from Sarah on down to Ellen) in the 1860 Twin Twp census (dwelling 281-household 275).
Gene Pool Individual Records has him dying in 1896.
Aaron and Emily were pioneers, moving from Ohio through Iowa and settling in Pawnee Rock, KS. Their children played with the Indians there, and the chief's wife babysat after Emily died. -- jlauter@ev1.net, whose source was a great-aunt, granddaughter to the Millers.
A John Williams household is listed in the 1840 Columbia Twp Fayette Co Census, age 30-40, with a boy under 5, a boy and 2 girls 5-10, 1 girl 10-15, and a woman 30-40.
On the page preceding is the George Williams household, age 60-70, with a woman also 60-70 and a boy 15-20. And on the page preceding that is Thomas Williams, age 50-60, with 1 boy 5-10, 1 boy 10-15, 1 man 30-40, 1 girl 5-10, 1 girl 10-15, and 1 woman 50-60.History of Wabash County Indiana, 1914, pp 807-808: "John Williams was born in Kentucky and his wife in Virginia. They were married in Fayette County, Indiana, and there spent some years. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and he plied his trade in Fayette County for some time before he began to turn his attention to farming. In the early forties he moved from Vienna, in Fayette County, to Lagro Township, this county, and here he bought 136 acres and combined farming with cabinet making for a good many years before death claimed him. He was a resident there at the time of his passing, and his widow later passed away in Huntington County. She was twice married. Her first husband was a Mr. Jonas, and she bore him two children, William and Margaret, the latter now deceased. Of her marriage with Mr. Williams there were four children. Clay, the eldest, is deceased. Josie married James Reed; Winfield Scott, of this review, and John. The father, too was twice married, and his first brood numbered seven, and were named Silas, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mattie, Amanda, Harriet, and Mary. The five last named are now deceased." -- copied by Linda Thompson for Pam Boyer.
cemetery record shows death at age 66 yrs, 6 months, 20 days. Birthdate calculated from DoD and AoD.
Matilda Jonas is listed in the Fayette Co In Census of 1840 at Columbia Twp, with one boy and one girl both aged 5-10, and in the Wabash Co Census (as Matilda Williams) in 1860 at LaGro Twp.
Nearby are John Messersmith and Jacob Jonas.
1840 census, Columbia Twp, Fayette Co, IN:
Matilda Jonas age 20-30, with boy 5-10 and girl 5-10
Lewis Blake
Matilda Hardin
William *ilden
John Messersmith age 40-50, wife age 40-50, boys aged <5, 5-10, 15-20, 20-30; girls aged 5-10, 10-15.
Jacob Jonas age 60-70, boy age 15-20, 2 girls aged 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 50-60, 1 60-70.
James Hall
Isaac Cox
George Craig
etc.In the Lagro 1850 census, under John Williams household. Daughter Margaret J. Jonas, age 17.
Last name Seaver from message posted Feb 2003 by Pam Boyer on Seaver message board (ancestry.com). She sent a scan of an email from Linda Thompson who found a
bio of their son Winfield Scott Williams from the 1914 History of Wabash County, Indiana, and it indicated his parents were John Williams and Matilda Seaver. Excerpt copied in notes for John Williams.Age at death 81 yrs 7 mo 20 da.
Bio in 1914 History of Wabash County Indiana