Nancy Katherine/Cathern Reader Yaws Born: April 29, 1855, Covington County, Alabama Died: October 18, 1927, Spur, Dickens County, Texas Parents: William Reeder/Reader and Elizabeth Helms Husband: William Michael Yaws, born Dec. 1838 in Louisiana; died at/near Lloyd, Quay County, New Mexico. He married Nancy Cathern Reader on Sept. 25, 1872, Bastrop County, Texas. Census timeline, likely Year Location Notes 1860 Covington County, Alabama Likely in the household of her father William Reader/Reeder; later family profiles cite the 1860 entry for William Reader. 1870 Covington County, Alabama Likely still in the Reader/Reeder family area before her 1872 marriage; related Reader siblings are documented there in 1870. 1880 Texas, likely Bastrop/nearby Married to William M. Yaws; children beginning with William Thomas, Elvira, Minnie, Cicero, Eva. FamilySearch entries place early children in Texas with William and Nancy as parents. 1890 No federal census survives The 1890 census was mostly destroyed. 1900 Quay County, New Mexico area Daughter Laura is indexed in the household of William Yaws in the 1900 census. 1910 Probably widowed, likely Texas/New Mexico family circuit William died by 1908/1909; I did not find a firm indexed 1910 household for Nancy. 1920 Likely with/near children in Dickens County or family area I did not find a firm indexed 1920 household for Nancy, but her death is consistently placed at Spur, Dickens County, Texas. Known children of William Michael Yaws and Nancy Reader Indexed family records point to 12 children. Names found: William Thomas Yaws Elvira Yaws Minnie Civil Yaws Stratton Cicero A. Yaws Eva Yaws Georgia Ann Yaws Decker Laura A. Yaws Tina Agnes Yaws Alford Letha May Yaws 10-12. Three additional children are indicated in FamilySearch sibling counts, but I would want direct record confirmation before naming them. Burial site The strongest burial clue is Fairmount Cemetery, Hollis, Oklahoma, where WikiTree categorizes Nancy Reader Yaws. This may mean she is buried there or connected to that cemetery page, but I would verify with a cemetery photo or Find a Grave memorial before treating it as final. Alabama Reader/Reeder line ai generated information on May 17, 2027 by Loyd LUGINBUEL of the LUGINBUEL Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Nancy appears to be the daughter of: William Reeder/Reader Born March 18, 1818; died 1866 married Elizabeth Helms, born about 1821; died about 1887. Known siblings include Nathan Lafayette Reader, Allen Jesse Reader, Rebecca Elizabeth Reader Holloway, Mary M. Reader Yaws, Thomas Jefferson Reader, John W. Reader, and Tempa L. Reeder Culpepper. Obituary-style biography Nancy Katherine “Cathern” Reader Yaws was born April 29, 1855, in Covington County, Alabama, a daughter of William Reader/Reeder and Elizabeth Helms. She came from a large Reader family rooted in southern Alabama before members of the family moved west into Texas. On September 25, 1872, in Bastrop County, Texas, she married William Michael Yaws, a Louisiana-born member of the Yaws family. Together they raised a large family, with children born across Texas and later connected to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and West Texas. After years of frontier family life in Texas and New Mexico, Nancy spent her later years near her children. She died October 18, 1927, at Spur, Dickens County, Texas. Her family connections place her among the early Yaws descendants who helped carry the family line from Alabama and Louisiana into Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.