CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - Henry Barnes Williams

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Henry Barnes Williams – 1835 – March 28, 1891

Henry Barnes Williams was born in 1835, in North Carolina. He served with 
the 7th Iowa Calvary during the civil war. His commanding officer was Moses 
Winterringer, and that is how he met Sarah, his future wife. He married Sarah 
Jane Winterringer, born Jan 8th, 1848, in Ohio. The couple were married May 
21, 1863, in Sioux City, Iowa. The couple had nine children, David, Sarah 
(Charles Harnett), Nellie, (Cullins and Wagenius), Nettie (W.F. Young), Eldora, 
Martha, Bessie (W.H. Gordon), Daniel, and Jessie (male).

Henry died March 28, 1891, in St. Helena, NE, when he fell off a cliff and died 
from his injuries. He was found lying at the base. His funeral was held from the 
Public Schoolhouse in St. Helena and he was buried in the public cemetery on April 
1, 1891. Family members said they thought he had stopped to check his wagon and 
had gotten off on the wrong side, closest to the bluff and slipped and fell. His 
body was found by Theodore Heckt and others on the morning of March 30th. 

While serving during the Civil war he was severely hurt and became disabled. He 
served from Nov. 18, 1861, for a three year hitch, and was mustered out November 
23, 1863.

The family moved to St. Helena for a new start after living in Sioux City, Ia, near 
her family for several years. Being unable to work full time life was hard for the 
large family.  Sarah Jane’s father was Henry’s commanding officer, and her brothers 
served in the same unit with them.

After Henry died, his family stayed in the St. Helena area until a flood between 
1895 and 1910 flooded the cemetery washing stones and caskets away. At that point Sarah 
couldn’t bear to live in the area any longer and moved to Hartington to be closer to 
her family.

Oddly enough a military stone was ordered for his grave in 2007 for the civil war 
recognition in the public cemetery and it was lost and never arrived. July 2008, it has 
been reordered and will be set when it arrives.