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He was then employed for two years in [[New Mexico]] as an electrician for a mining company. In 1917, he joined the officers’ training camp at Leon Springs near [[San Antonio]] and soon procured a commission as a second lieutenan] from the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, [[Virginia]]. He volunteered for duty in [[France]]. Until the end of the war, he was an instructor in military schools in Langres and Cleremont-Ferrand, France.<ref name=handbook/> In 1919, Williams was in [[Paris]], where he joined a group of veterans who formed the American Legion.<ref>''Claytie,'' pp. 30-31.</ref>

He was then employed for two years in [[New Mexico]] as an electrician for a mining company. In 1917, he joined the officers’ training camp at Leon Springs near [[San Antonio]] and soon procured a commission as a second lieutenan] from the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, [[Virginia]]. He volunteered for duty in [[France]]. Until the end of the war, he was an instructor in military schools in Langres and Cleremont-Ferrand, France.<ref name=handbook/> In 1919, Williams was in [[Paris]], where he joined a group of veterans who formed the American Legion.<ref>''Claytie,'' pp. 30-31.</ref>

==Marriage to Chicora Graham==​

==Marriage to Chicora Graham==

 

On September 10, 1928, Williams married the former Chicora Lee Graham (December 17, 1905 &ndash;  April 13, 1998)<ref name=ssdi/> of Sterling City near [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], Texas. Chicora, known as "Chic," was the daughter of Oscar H. Graham (died 1949) and Evie Lee "Mernie" Graham<ref>''Claytie'', p. 32.</ref> (1878–1972).<ref name=ssdi/> Chicora attended Trinity University, then in Waxahachie in Ellis County, but graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, , named for former Governor Sullivan Ross. She taught school in tiny Gail in Borden County on the South Plains even before she obtained her degree. Chicora was named for an [[Native American]]girl, who slipped food to Chicora’s paternal grandfather, Captain Joe Graham of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army, while he was a Union [[prisoner of war]]. Chicora’s aunt was the first to bear the name, and Chicora’s granddaughter, known as "Chim," is the third Chicora in three generations of the Williams family.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 33.</ref>​

On September 10, 1928, Williams married the former Chicora Lee Graham (December 17, 1905 &ndash;  April 13, 1998)<ref name=ssdi/> of Sterling City near [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], Texas. Chicora, known as "Chic," was the daughter of Oscar H. Graham (died 1949) and Evie Lee "Mernie" Graham<ref>''Claytie'', p. 32.</ref> (1878–1972).<ref name=ssdi/> Chicora attended Trinity University, then in Waxahachie in Ellis County, but graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, named for former Governor Sullivan Ross. She taught school in tiny Gail in Borden County on the South Plains even before she obtained her degree. Chicora was named for an [[Native American]]girl, who slipped food to Chicora’s paternal grandfather, Captain Joe Graham of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army, while he was a Union [[prisoner of war]]. Chicora’s aunt was the first to bear the name, and Chicora’s granddaughter, known as "Chim," is the third Chicora in three generations of the Williams family.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 33.</ref>​

Clayton and Chicora married immediately after her graduation from Sul Ross, and the couple honeymooned in the [[Grand Canyon]] of [[Arizona]], with Chicora’s mother, "Mernie," accompanying them. Mernie lived with the Williamses after her husband's death and later with their only son,  Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., an oilman who was the 1990 Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee; he lost narrowly to [[liberal]] [[Ann Richards]]. Clayton, Jr., is wed to the former Modesta Simpson, and he has five children from two marriages. Clayton and Chicora also had a daughter, Janet W. Pollard (born 1935), the widow of [[Midland]] oilman Robert W. “Bob” Pollard (1935–2004),<ref name=ssdi/> and the mother of four sons.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 16.</ref>​

Clayton and Chicora married immediately after her graduation from Sul Ross, and the couple honeymooned in the [[Grand Canyon]] of [[Arizona]], with Chicora’s mother, "Mernie," accompanying them. Mernie lived with the Williamses after her husband's death and later with their only son,  Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., an oilman who was the 1990 Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee; he lost narrowly to [[liberal]] [[Ann Richards]]. Clayton, Jr., is wed to the former Modesta Simpson, and he has five children from two marriages. Clayton and Chicora also had a daughter, Janet W. Pollard (born 1935), the widow of [[Midland]] oilman Robert W. “Bob” Pollard (1935–2004),<ref name=ssdi/> and the mother of four sons.<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 16.</ref>​