Mr. F. C. Williams
"Uncle Cad"
Hamilton, Texas
Talks With
(From conversations. These are not verbatim but written from
memory right after an interview, so there may be some inaccuracies. Mr.
Williams was a neighbor, born in 1961* in Falls County, and came to
Hamilton County when a small boy, his father, Doctor Williams, from
Georgia, lived in the county a short time before his death, was descended
on his Mother’s side from J. G. W. Pierson, Captain Pierson, who was in
the ill-fated expedition into Mexico, and fortunately, drew a white bean.
He was at one time surveyor for Austin’s Colony, and Travis mentions him
in his diary several times as coming to his office. His son was also an
engineer, and established his range on the Leon River, after his death,
his wife, Mrs. Nancy Pierson, ran the ranch, then moved to Hamilton, and
lived in the log house across from the present Baptist Church. Then on January 1, 1876, she began the operation of the old
Pierson Hotel, which was also a stage stop, on the southwest corner of the
public square. I can remember the old two story frame building with the
front veranda and upper porch and the lattice work, and
"Grandma" in her old age sitting on the porch. Once she told us
children Indian Stories.
*Felix Cadmus "Cad" Williams was born 17 February, 1861, and
died in 1951.
|
