The Genealogy of one Vermonter, Darrell A. Martin

Guy was born in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, on 13 May 1880.^1,2 He was the son of Emmett Emile Williams and Harriet Alida Johnson. He was a resident in the household of Emmett Emile Williams in the 11 June 1880 census taken in Mt. Holly age 1/12, his son.³ He was a resident in the household of Emmett Emile Williams in the 2 July 1900 census taken in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, a book shop helper age 20, his son.⁴ He married Lora Bell Haskell on 2 September 1903.^5,6 Guy Emmett Williams resided with Lora Bell Haskell at the King farm in Gassetts, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, on 2 May 1908.⁷ Guy served with the Vermont National Guard prior to World War I, reaching the rank of Sergeant. He was a head of household in the 4 May 1910 census taken in Chester a general farmer on a mortgaged farm on the Gassets to North Springfield Road, age 29; Lora Bell Haskell resided in the same household, as "Lora B. Williams", mother of two children (both living), age 26, his wife; as did Ada Hattie Williams, age 5, his daughter; and Ruth Alice Williams, age 2, his daughter.⁵ Guy abandoned his two children after Lora's death in 1912 (they were raised by their Williams grandparents). By all accounts, losing his wife while both he and she were in their twenties was a great shock to him. He was detached from his children to the extent that they knew him as "Uncle Parr", a Yankeeism for "Uncle" Pa (father).⁸ He married Johanna T. (--?--) prior to 1 January 1920.⁹

A photograph was taken of him and his wife Lora Bell Haskell in September 1904. The occasion was probably their first wedding anniversary. He was a head of household in the 16 February 1920 census taken in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, a machinist living in a mortgaged home, age 39; Johanna T. (--?--) resided in the same household, as "Johanna T. Williams", age 29, his wife; as did Florence V. Heill, a student age 9, his step-daughter.⁹ Guy died on 18 June 1961 at age 81.