His death certificate records William Washington Williams, age 93, born 16 Jan 1848 in Morgan Co., Ky, died 29 March 1940 in rural Rowan Co., Ky, married, husband of Rebecca Williams age 86, occupation farmer, father Ambus Williams, born in Morgan Co., mother’s maiden name not known, cause of death chronic myocarditis, informant A. J. Williams, Elliottsville, Ky.

I cannot find her in the Kentucky death records.

An article on the Pleasant Hadyn family and collateral relations in the 1956 Centennial Edition of the Rowan Co. News8 reads, in part,

"I will now drop back to Mrs. Adda Williams Porter, wife of C. C. Porter. She was born March 3, 1896, the youngest child of a family of nine children of William Washington and Rebecca (Caudill) Williams, who were married April 5, 1873 and set up housekeeping in a log house beautifully located about one mile from Elliottville, which he had purchased in 1871 from an Indian, Mr. Jackson. They continued to live here until their deaths in 1940 and 1941 respectively."

"Uncle Bill" was one man of whom even the vilest never said aught. He was born Jan. 16, 1848 in Morgan County, the son of Ambrose J. Williams, who was the son of one of the first settlers in Morgan County, John Williams, who came as a teen-age boy with his father, the Rev. Daniel Williams, from North Carolina aobut 1770 and settled first at Boonesboro, where he helped build the Fort there and fought with Daniel Boone against the Indians. Uncle Dan Williams is said to be the first Baptist preacher in Kentucky. He came to Morgan County about 1804."

1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Christy Creek precinct, lists as family #363:
Williams, William, 32, farmer; Rebecca, 26, wife; John H., 5, son; Amandy M, 2, dau. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1900 census of Rowan Co, Ky, Hoggtown precinct, enumerated 20 June, lists on p. 14A as family #234/241:
Williams, William, 52, b. Jan 1848; Rebecca, wife, 45, b. May 1855, married 27 years, mother of 9 children, 9 living; Lauria, dau, 16, b. Oct 1884; Jesse, son, 15, b. July 1884; Andrew J., son, 13, b. Mar 1887; Ambrose F., son, 11, b. Apr 1889; Emma E., dau, 7, b. June 1892; Lenard C., son, 5, b. Oct 1894; Adda L., dau, 4, b. Mar 1896. Rebecca born Ky Ky Va, all others Ky Ky Ky.

(Note that the ages and birthdates are inconsistent for Laura and Jesse. They cannot have been born 3 months apart.) The preceding household is headed by William and Rebecca’s son John with his wife Allie.

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Christy Creek precinct, p. 11B, enumerated April 29, lists as family #178:
Williams, William, 62, farmer, married 37 years; Rebecca, 55, wife, mother of 9 children, 9 living; Anna, 17, daughter, single, mother of 1 child, living; Clarence, 15, son; Adda, 14, dau; Jeneva, 6/12, granddaughter. All born Ky Ky Ky. (Next family is that of William & Rebecca’s son Andrew J.)

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 9 Jan, lists on p. 2B as family #29/33:
<someone whose name has been blacked out, male, but from other records must be Jesse>, 33; Minnie, wife, 29; Lula, dau, 6; Joseph, son, 3 1/12; Williams, Bill, father, 71; Rebecca, 66, mother. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 17 April, lists on p. 9B as family #161/166:
Williams, William W, 82, age at first marriage 25; Rebbecca, wife, 75, age at first marriage 19. Both born Ky Ky Ky.