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Biography of Hon. George H. Williams

HON. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. – Judge Williams alone among the citizens of our state, and of the Pacific coast, has had the distinction of occupying a place in the highest councils of the nation, – in the cabinet of a President. He was also regarded by President Grant as the man most fit and able to hold the position of chief justice of the United States. The bitter struggle following his nomination to this supreme position is well remembered for the sectional feeling displayed and the dissent of certain members of the senate which led the Judge to withdraw his … Read more

The Missing Man

The Missing Man: “In 1860 Mr. Jess Stevens owned a negro slave, and his wife. Jess Williams, who lived in the north end of the county, bought the old slave, but did not buy his wife. “One day one of Jess William’s boys went to Edward Stevens and an argument followed, causing Mr. Stevens to shoot him in the arm. Later Jess Williams took the old negro and went to the field where Edward Stevens and the boy were planting corn. They hid behind a tree and the negro was given the gun and was told to shoot when Stevens … Read more

Slave Narrative of “Parson” Rezin Williams

Interviewer: Stansbury Person Interviewed: Rezin (Parson) Williams Date of Interview: September 18 and 24, 1937 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Date of Birth: March 11, 1822 Age: 116 Place of Residence: 2610 Pierpont Street, Mount Winans, Baltimore, MD References: Baltimore Morning Sun, December 10, 1928. Registration Books of Board of Election Supervisors Baltimore Court House. Personal interviews with “Parson” Rezin Williams, on Thursday afternoon, September 18 and 24, 1937, at his home, 2610 Pierpont Street, Mount Winans, Baltimore, Md. Oldest living Negro Civil War veteran; now 116 years old. Oldest registered voter in Maryland and said to be the oldest “freeman” in … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Henry Williams

Williams, George Henry; wholesale grocer; born, Cleveland, Aug. 17, 1893; son of Robt. T. and Lulu H. Brooks Williams; educated, grammar school, West High, and Dykes Business College, one year; stood high in athletics; received business education in his father’s store, has spent considerable time there for the last ten or twelve years; vice pres. The Williams Bros. Co., The Victor Co.; stockholder Northern Ohio Traction Co.; Aurora, Elgin, Chicago Traction Co.; member West Side Y. M. C. A., eleven years; member Machine Club. Recreations: Boating, Fishing and Touring.

Biographical Sketch of Edward Mason Williams

Williams, Edward Mason; mnfr.; born, Cleveland, Nov. 9, 1871; son of Edward Porter and Mary Louise Mason Williams; educated, Yale, A. B., 1893; married, Cleveland, Oct. 11, 1899, Mary Raymond; issue, four children, Hilda, Madeline, Edward Porter and Mary Raymond; member City Charter Commission, 1913; began with the Sherwin-Williams Co., in September, 1893; supt. of their factory in Montreal, Can., November, 1895 to October, 1897; then returned to Cleveland; director The Sherwin-Williams Co., Laurence Paint Co., Ozark Mining & Smelting Co., Cleveland Box Co., Superior Savings & Trust Co.; member National Geographic Society; pres. Childrens’ Fresh Air Camp; vice pres. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Walter Miller Williams

Williams, Walter Miller; coal agent; born, Cleveland, Jan. 26, 1890; son of C. G. and J. Alice Hauer Williams; educated, Cleveland public schools and Lakewood High School; married, Cleveland, Jan. 17, 1913, Mildred R. Gager; since 1910, Cleveland mngr. Tomlinson Co., of Duluth; since 1909, agt. for Berwind Fuel Co.; 1910-1911, agt. for Carnegie Coal Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.; member Cleveland Athletic Club, and Lakewood Tennis Club. Recreations: Tennis and Baseball.

Biography of James G. Williams, M.D.

Dr. James G. Williams, deceased, who for a number of years was a successful practitioner of medicine in Braddyville, Page county, Iowa, was born in Ohio on the 12th of July 1830. He spent the period of his boyhood and youth in his parents’ home and attended the district schools in the acquirement of his early education. When eighteen years of age he went to Richland, Keokuk county, Iowa, where he enrolled as a student in the high school of that city. After completing his high-school course he entered the Keokuk Medical College in preparation for a professional career. He … Read more

Claude Williams

Bugler, Inf., Co. K, 30th Div., 119th Regt.; of Wilson County; son of G. F. and Mrs. E. L. Williams. Entered service March 4, 1916, at Wilson, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Merritt. Sailed for St. Nazaire May 12, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Belgium, Aug. 31, 1918, to Sept. 1, 1918; Bellicourt, France, Sept. 29, 1918; Busigny, France, Oct. 9, 1918; St. Souplet Oct. 10, 1918; Hindenburg Line Sept. 29, 1918. Did duty on Mexican border from Oct. 1, 1916, to March 20, 1917. Sailed from Brest; arrived in USA April 2, 1919, at Charleston, … Read more

Alabama Court Records

This page provides an extensive list of Alabama court records that have been transcribed and placed online.

Biographical Sketch of James H. Williams

James H. Williams, farmer; P. O. Etna; is the son of William and Elizabeth Williams, of Culpeper Co., Va.; was born June 12, 1826, in Culpeper Co., Va.; moved with his folks to Coles Co., Paradise Tp., Ill., on Dec. 20, 1836; is the owner of 171 acres of land, valued at $4,500. Is Commissioner of Highways, and has been for seven years, also School Director for eight years, and is at the, present time. Never was married. His father, William Williams, was born in Culpeper Co., Va., Aug. 3, 1789, died Jan. 7, 1855, in the 67th year of … Read more

Biography of Rev. William Williams

William Williams, pastor of the Norfolk Street Methodist Church, Guelph, dates his birth, in Stonehouse, Devonshire, England, January 23, 1836, his parents being William and Margaret Williams. His mother was a daughter of Robert Pearse, of Cornwall, member of a numerous Methodist family in that place. Mr. Mark Guy Pearse, author of “Daniel Quorn,” and other works, is a member of the family, and Rev. William Burgess, deceased, was connected with it by marriage. In 1842, William Williams, senior, brought his family to Canada, settled in Toronto, and was there engaged in mercantile pursuits, being still alive, and residing near … Read more

Early Incidents in the Mississippi Territory

History of Alabama and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the earliest period

Napoleon Bonaparte had turned his eagle eye to the rich province of Louisiana, and it was ceded by Spain to France. He contemplated its occupation, with a large army, and probably entertained designs of conquest against portions of the United States; but, becoming deeply involved in wars with the whole of Europe, he reluctantly relinquished these intentions, and ceded Louisiana to the United States for sixty millions of francs. Governor Claiborne, with a large number of emigrants, who had already flocked to Natchez from all parts of the Union for the purpose of occupying Louisiana, sailed down the Mississippi, with … Read more

Clements family record: with notes on allied families

The concern in this self published manuscript is with the descendents of William Clements, who came to Philadelphia from Ireland, about 1760, and with the ancestors and descendents of those families connected with them by marriage.

Thelus Todd of Northford CT

Thelus Todd6, (Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3 Samuel2, Christopher1) born May 12, 1763, died Feb. 1, 1846, in Northford, Conn., married Oct. 15, 1794, Irene Rogers, who was born Nov. 28, 1766, died April 21, 1860. They lived in Northford, Conn. Children: *643. Wyllis, b. Aug. 7, 1798. 644. Rebecca, b. July 29, 1800, m. Dec. 24, 1820, Henry Williams, of Wallingford, Conn. *645. Thelus, b. Sept. 19, 1802. *646. Mary, b. Feb. 18, 1805. 647. Esther, b. Nov. 4, 1808, d. May 13, 1818.

Williams, George – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon George Willliams George Williams, the man who was scalded to death by the boiler explosion on the Knapp thresher outfit near Wallowa, resided in Enterprise several months. He ran the boot black stand in Hamblen’s barber shop and was generally known as “Shorty”. Enterprise Record Chieftain, August 31, 1911 Contributed by Charlotte Carper

Disbursements to Cherokees under the Treaty of May 6, 1828

Abstract of disbursements and expenditures made by George Vashon, Indian Agent for the Cherokees west of the Mississippi, under the stipulations of the Treaty with said tribe of 6th May, 1828, between the 16th September, 1830, and the 31st December, 1833. In total this list represents 390 Cherokee families and 1835 individuals who each received 25.75 as part of their payment under the 5th article of the treaty of 6th May, 1828.

Rough Riders

Compiled military service records for 1,235 Rough Riders, including Teddy Roosevelt have been digitized. The records include individual jackets which give the name, organization, and rank of each soldier. They contain cards on which information from original records relating to the military service of the individual has been copied. Included in the main jacket are carded medical records, other documents which give personal information, and the description of the record from which the information was obtained.

Slave Narrative of Charley Williams

Person Interviewed: Charley Williams Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Date of Birth: Jan. 11, 1843 Age: 94 Iffen I could see better out’n my old eyes, and I had me something to work with and de feebleness in my back and head would let me ‘lone, I would have me plenty to eat in de kitchen all de time, and plenty tobaccy in my pipe, too, bless God! And dey wouldn’t be no rain trickling through de holes in de roof, and no planks all fell out’n de flo’ on de gallery neither, ’cause dis one old nigger knows everything about making … Read more

Thomas Wayne Williams

Corpl., Ord. Co., A. O. D. 303; of Robeson County; son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williams. Entered service May 6, 1918, at Maxton, N.C. Sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., transferred to Camp Merritt. Sailed for France Sept. 31, 1918. Returned to USA July 27, 1919. Seven months with Army of Occupation in Germany. Mustered out at Mitchell Field July 31, 1919.

Genealogical and Family History of Vermont

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont vol 1

Hiram Charlton took on the publication of the Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont for Lewis Publishing. In it, he enlisted the assistance of living residents of the state in providing biographical and genealogical details about their family, and then he published all 1104 family histories in two distinct volumes.