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| spouse=Chicora Lee Graham Williams,<br/> known as "Chic" Williams<br/> (married 1928-1983, his death)​<br>

| spouse=Chicora Lee Graham Williams,<br/> known as "Chic" Williams<br/> (married 1928-1983, his death)​<br>

'''Children''':<br>

'''Children''':<br>

Clayton "Claytie" Wheat Williams, Jr.<br>

Clayton "Claytie"<br> Wheat Williams, Jr.<br>

Janet Williams Pollard<br>​

Janet Williams Pollard<br>​

Seven grandchildren​<br>

Seven grandchildren​<br>

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>​

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==Business ventures==

==Business ventures==

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Outside Fort Stocktown, where the family had an in-town residence, Williams maintained a ranch of thirty-five sections and an [[irrigation|irrigated]] farm of about three hundred to four hundred acres.<ref>''Claytie'', pp. 14-15</ref>​

Outside Fort Stocktown, where the family had an in-town residence, Williams maintained a ranch of thirty-five sections and an [[irrigation|irrigated]] farm of about three hundred to four hundred acres.<ref>''Claytie'', pp. 14-15</ref>​

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==Civic contributions==

==Civic contributions==

Active in community affairs, Williams served for eighteen years as an elected Pecos county commissioner,<ref name=c31/> having been elected in 1936. He was defeated in the 1954 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] primary in a contest that focused on declining water resources in the Trans-Pecos country.<ref>''Claytie'', p. 332.</ref> For several years, Williams served on the Fort Stockton School Board.<ref name=handbook/> He was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church and the Masonic lodge in Fort Stockton.<ref name=handbook/>

Active in community affairs, Williams served for eighteen years as an elected Pecos county commissioner,<ref name=c31/> having been elected in 1936. He was defeated in the 1954 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] primary in a contest that focused on declining water resources in the Trans-Pecos country.<ref>''Claytie'', p. 332.</ref> For several years, Williams served on the Fort Stockton School Board.<ref name=handbook/> He was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church and the Masonic lodge in Fort Stockton.<ref name=handbook/>