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Williams Family Biographies
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| Description: Biography of Joseph Williams |
State: MO |
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| Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 820 |
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Biography: WILLIAMS, Joseph - b: 1833 Green Co, KY residence: Springfield Twp Joseph Williams was born September 6, 1833, in Green County, Kentucky, as was also his parents, William A. and Anna (Pettus) Williams. The former was born in 1788 and the latter in 1792. They were married in 1809, and to them were born fourteen children, of whom eight are living. They emigrated in an early day to Tennessee near Nashville, and in 1835 removed to Johnson County, Missouri. Mr. Williams died in 1848, and his wife in 1854. Joseph Williams commenced life for himself at the age of sixteen as a farm laborer, which occupation he has since followed. June 5, 1855, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, widow of Thomas Williams, of Johnson County. By this union there was one daughter. Mrs. Williams died March 13, 1856. February 8, 1859, he married Miss Sarah E. Perkins, of Jefferson, Johnson County. They had thirteen children, nine of whom are now living. In March of the same year Mr. Williams moved to Bates County, Missouri. In two years he enlisted in the confederate army and served until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Shreveport, Louisiana. He returned to his family in Missouri and farmed in Johnson County until 1872, when he came to Henry County. In 1875 he removed to Shelbyville, Shelby County. After one year he returned to Henry County and settled near Calhoun, and lived there five years, but owing to sickness in his family removed to Springfield Township, where he bought ninety-five acres of land on section 30. Here he has since been engaged in farming. Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic order. Himself, wife and one daughter are identified with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Bronaugh Chapel). Politically he is a Democrat.
Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 820 |
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| Description: Biography of Joseph H. Williams |
State: MO |
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| Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 552 |
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Biography: WILLIAMS, Joseph H. - b: 1849 Cooper Co, MO residence: Clinton Twp Joseph H. Williams, insurance and real estate agent and representative of the London and Lancashire Insurance Company, Fire Association of Philadelphia, Phoenix of London, National of Hartford, Boston Underwriters, and others, owes his nativity to Cooper County, Missouri, where he was born March 13, 1849. He Was reared to manhood and educated in his native county, and when eighteen years of age entered the mercantile world in the capacity of clerk in a Boonville grocery house. There he was engaged till 1876, after which he gave his attention to school teaching for one year. Subsequently he held the principalship of the school at Malta Bend, Saline County, Missouri, for two years. After this time he taught school in that neighborhood till December, 1879, when he came to Clinton. He filled a position with Brinkerhoff & Co. for some time, and in 1881 was appointed deputy circuit clerk under Mr. Quarles. He continued to discharge the duties of that office till January, 1883, and while holding it in August, 1880, with Mr. Wright, he became interested in the insurance business. Six months later he purchased Mr. Wright's interests, and from that time has been alone in the business. Since relieved of his duties as deputy circuit clerk he has devoted his entire energy to the insurance business, in which he is very successful. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and also belongs to the Presbyterian Church.
Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 552 |
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| Description: Biography of Lester J. Williams |
State: LA |
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| Source: A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 62-63, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Histori |
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Biography: Lester J. Williams, M. D., is one of the representative physicians of the City of Baton Rouge, where he is specializing in X-ray and radium, maintaining a modern and splendidly equipped X-ray laboratory, the facilities of which are of great value alike to him and to his professional confreres in the capital city.
Doctor Williams was born at Opelousas, judicial center of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, November 19, 1880, and at the same place his father, Austin D. Williams, was horn in the year 1860, a son of Josiah and Maria (Bushnell) Williams, both natives of Rapides Parish, this state, and both residents of Opelousas at the time of their deaths, though the greater part of their lives was passed in their native parish, where Mr. Williams was an extensive and successful planter. Mrs. Josiah Williams was a gracious and talented woman who gained high reputation in literary work, she having made many contributions to the Youth's Companion and other periodicals. The Williams family was founded in Virginia in the Colonial era, the original representatives having come from England.
Austin D. Williams became a successful newspaper publisher at Opelousas, where he continued his residence until 1881, when he removed with his family to Baton Rouge, where he became editor and publisher of the old Baton Rouge Advocate and also owner and publisher of the Baton Rouge Bulletin. He served one term as a member of the City Council of Baton Rouge, and both in individual activities and through the medium of his newspapers he gave yeoman service in behalf of the democratic party. He was one of the honored and influential citizens of the capital city at the time of his death, which here occurred June 24. 1902. His widow passed away in December, 1906. Both were earnest communicants of St. James Church, Protestant Episcopal. Mr. Williams was affiliated with Live Oak Camp No. 14, Woodmen of the World, of which he was counsel commander many years; Baton Rouge Lodge No. 490, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Capital Lodge No. 29, Knights of Pythias, of which he was a past chancellor and in which he held at the time of his death the office of keeper of records and seals, he having been a member also of the Knights of Honor. Mrs. Williams, whose death occurred in 1906, as previously noted, was born at Opelousas, in 1862, her maiden name having been Margary Porter and she having been a daughter of the late Judge James H. Porter who was a leading member of the bar of St. Landry Parish and who served many years on the bench of the District Court at Opelousas. He received in the Masonic fraternity the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Taylor, was born at Opelousas, and was a resident of Hammond, this state, at the time of her death. Doctor Williams of this review is the elder of the two surviving children, and his sister, Laura, is the wife of Fred M. Teusch, a commercial traveling salesman, their home being in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Doctor Williams was an infant at the time of the family removal to Baton Rouge, and after here completing the curriculum of the public schools he entered the Louisiana State University. In this institution he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in preparation for his chosen profession he then entered the medical department of Tulane University, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1904 and with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In connection with his undergraduate activities the Doctor became affiliated with the Sigma Nu college fraternity and the Phi Chi medical fraternity.
After receiving his professional degree Doctor Williams was engaged in the practice of medicine at Melville, St. Landry Parish, until he responded to a higher duty, in 1917, when the nation became involved in the World war. He promptly volunteered, and in May of that year received his commission, as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for intensive preliminary training and one month later was transferred to Camp Lee, Virginia, where he remained eleven months. As captain of Ambulance Company No. 318 he then went overseas with the Eightieth Division and he was in active service in France during a climateric period of thirteen months, within which he lived up to the full tension of the great conflict. He participated in the St. Mihiel major offensive, as well as that of the Meuse-Argonne, and after the latter offensive he received his commission as major. After the armistice brought the war to a close the Doctor finally returned to his native land, and at Camp Lee, Virginia, he received his honorable discharge in June, 1919. He has since been engaged in the successful practice of his profession in the capital city of his native state, and in addition to operating his own modern X-ray laboratory at his offices he also owns and operates the X-ray laboratories of the Baton Rouge Sanitarium and Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium. He is an expert and authority in the field of electrical application, and keeps his laboratories at the highest modern standard.
The democratic party receives the unqualified allegiance of Doctor Williams, and while a resident of Melville he served six years as its mayor. He and his wife are active communicants of St. James Church, Protestant Episcopal, in which their marriage was solemnized. He is a past master of Melville Lodge No. 268, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, from which he transferred his affiliation to Capital Lodge at Baton Rouge; at Opelousas is a member of Gordy Chapter No. 32, Royal Arch Masons and in Baton Rouge he is affiliated with Plain's Commandery No. 11, Knight Templars, he being a past commander of St. Landry Commandery No. 13, at Opelousas. His Masonic affiliations are further extended to El Karubah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Shreveport. He is a member of Baton Rouge Lodge No. 490, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the local Chamber of Commerce and Baton Rouge Golf and Country Club, as well as the local Rotary Club. The Doctor is a popular and appreciative member of the East Baton gouge Parish Medical Society, of which he has served as president, and he is a member of the Sixth District Medical Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society (of which he is president in 1924), and the American Medical Association. In his home city the Doctor k a director of the Security Building & Loan Association and the Louisiana Fire Insurance Company.
He is the owner of his attractive home property at 739 Convention Street.
October 10, 1906, recorded the marriage of Doctor Williams and Miss Mayme Steele, daughter of the late Capt. Ollie Brice Steele and Juliet (Parks) Steele, Mr. Steele having served as state treasurer of Louisiana and having been at the time of his death the vice president of the Bank of Baton Rouge. Mrs. Williams received excellent educational advantages, including those of the Kate P. Nelson Institute at Shreveport, and she is a popular figure in the social activities of the capital city of her native state.
A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 62-63, by Henry E. Chambers.
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.
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| Description: Biography of Nancy A. Lane Williams |
State: MO |
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| Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 602 |
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Biography: WILLIAMS, Nancy A. LANE - b: 1805 near Jonesboro, Washington Co, TN residence: Windsor Twp Mrs. Nancy A. Williams, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Lane, and widow of the late lamented Major John W. Williams, was born January 4, 1805, near Jonesboro, in Washington County, Tennessee. A sketch of her husband will be found in another part of this volume. They were married January 13, 1822, and by this union had twelve children. Samuel K. was born October 30, 1822. He married Miss Almira Jane Mars, of Johnson County, Missouri, December 13, 1848. Warren W. was born December 2, 1824, and died May 23, 1845. Sophronia C. was born December 8, 1826, and married William L. Avery of Henry County, Missouri, January 17, 1843. Mr. Avery died March 2, 1875, and at the time of his death was probate judge of the county of Henry, and had served also as county judge, and had filled other offices of honor and trust faithfully and with acceptance to the people. Elizabeth Jane was born January 30, 1829, and died August 5, 1831. Henrietta L. was born December 31, 1830, and married Dr. William Huff, of Johnson County, Missouri, October 31, 1853. She was left a widow, and November 21, 1865. she married Thomas G. Cock, of Henry County, Missouri, whose sketch appears in the history of the county. Susan J. was born March 8, 1833, and married William H. Hammons, of Pettis County, Missouri, August 13, 1854. Mr. Hammons died in the hospital during the year of 1862 at Little Rock, Arkansas. His widow married Rev. Benjamin F. Lawler, of this county, November 21, 1865. Maria M. was born January 29, 1835, and married John S. Pigg, of Henry County, Missouri, September 6, 1855. John M. was born January 13, 1837. He enlisted as private under General S. Price, and was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge March 7, 1862. Nancy L., who was born December 24, 1838, married Thomas J. Creil, of Pettis County, Missouri, January 18, 1883. Mary F., born October 12, 1840, married Leslie L. Hurlbut, of Homer, Courtland County, New York, November 27, 1865. Henry A. was born November 2, 1843, and died December 23, 1861, at Springfield, Missouri, as private in the army, from the effects of poison, morphine, being administered instead of the medicine intended. Virginia was born October 23, 1846, and is living with her aged mother. Mrs. Williams left Tennessee, her native state, in company with her parents, at the age of nine years, and settled in Warren County, Kentucky, in the year 1814, where they remained until death. Major John W. Williams emigrated from Kentucky to Henry County, Missouri, in 1836. He first bought a tract of 400 acres at the head of Tebo, but in 1850 sold this land and went to California. During his absence of three years Mrs. W. bought 160 acres. He returned in 1852, and in 1854 he was elected representative, and was one of the leading men of Henry County during the remainder of his life. Mrs. Williams still owns a choice farm of several hundred acres in Windsor Township, about midway between Windsor and Calhoun. Besides her eight children living, she has twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-one great-great-grandchildren. She has for forty-seven years been a member of the Sardis-Bethlehem Baptist Church, of which she was one of the constituent members. In writing the history of that church, it has been found that she is the only surviving member of the original number. Her husband was for many years connected with the same church. Her children are all identified with some religious denomination.
Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 602 |
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| Description: Biography of Theodore O. Williams |
State: MO |
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| Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 658 |
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Biography: WILLIAMS, Theodore O. - b: 1847 Marion Co, MO residence: Tebo Twp Theodore O. Williams, attorney-at law, was born in Marion County, Missouri, April 17th, 1847, his parents being Lemuel and Nancy M. (Hammond) Williams, natives of Worcester County, Maryland. They were both born in February, 1808, and were married in 1835, emigrating to Hannibal, Missouri, in 1836. Lemuel Williams died in Windsor, Missouri, April 23, 1879, and his widow departed this life in Monroe County, March 9, 1883, aged 75 years. Theodore passed his youthful days in Monroe and Macon Counties, this state, and in 1869 he took up his location near Tipton, where he taught school for four years. In January, 1870, he married Miss Sally J. Jones. They had four daughters, Rosa Lee,. Cora V., Jessie M. and Shelly, of whom Rosa and Shelly died, while small. In 1873 Mr. Williams began the study of law with H. F. Rothwell, late congressman from the Tenth District of Missouri, and subsequently with his brother, T. N. Williams, in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1878 he returned to Henry County, at first engaging in the practice of his profession at Windsor. He is now located in Calhoun, where he has built up an enviable reputation as an attorney, and he is especially successful in his career as a criminal lawyer. Though comparatively a young man, he has become recognized as a prominent counselor among his brother practioners. Politically he is a Democrat.
Source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 658 |
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