Bryan
You do not have williams last letter to molly. He was farming the Deputy farm near Helena Ark
he was part of a federal farming project. He was also a Mason, you missed his reference to the oath in one of his letters. I also have a picture of him. I was asked by his cousin Dorthy Day to find out what he was. He was a soldier, sutler, captured land farmer. His second cousin was sent by the family to get the body. Thesis is interesting but ya missed a llot of the story. He was also a mason. Took his three degrees while recperating from the measles. He then went in the second inlistment. This oath of a mason saves his life during the hunt for cotton seed in the south, Let me know if you care to add any info.
sincerely
carol scott simard M.A.