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America Pinckney Peter Williams died on April 25, 1842. She was the Great Granddaughter of Martha Washington. America married Capt. William Williams, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Capt. Williams was ordered to Buffalo, New York to examine the harbor and to also study a route around Niagara Falls on the American side. They came to Buffalo in 1840, with five children and took up residence on the Darrow Block of the city. For some unknown cause, America Pinckney Williams passed on April 25, 1842. She was first buried in the North Street Cemetery. Capt. Williams would later be killed on September 21, 1846 while leading a charge at the battle of Monterey, Mexico. When his body was returned to Buffalo, in 1847, he was buried alongside America’s in North Street Cemetery. They both were removed from North Street Cemetery in 1901 and interred in section A in Forest Lawn.