Williams, Charles Langdon – Williams, Gershom Mott
Williams, Charles Langdon
lawyer, author, was born in 1821 in Rutland, Vt. He practiced law in Brandon, Vt., in 1844-48, and afterward in Rutland.
He published Statistics of the Rutland County Bar, with biographical sketches; Statutes of Vermont; and vols. xxvii.xxix. of Vermont Supreme Court Reports. He died Feb. 10, 1861, in Rutland, Vt.
Williams, Charles Miller
lawyer, was born April 30, 1851, in Rochester, N. Y. He received his education at the Rochester Collegiate institute, the Rochester Free academy; in 1871 graduated from the university of Rochester, and subsequently from the Albany Law school. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, and has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of the east at Rochester, N. Y. In 1879-81 he was a member of the board of education; and since 1891 has been secretary and treasurer of the university of Rochester. He is a prominent Mason, and takes an active part in public affairs.
Williams, Christopher H
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1837 to 1843, and again from 1849 to 1853.
Williams, Daniel Overtan
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1856, in Alexandria, Tenn. He has attained success in the profession of law in his native city; has been justice of the peace, county judge, special chancellor, circuit judge, and special attorney-general.
Williams, David
soldier, was born Oct. 21, 1754, in Tarrytown, N. Y. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war; with John Paulding and Isaac Van Wart he was one of the captors of Major John André in 1780. He received a silver medal from congress and a pension of two hundred dollars a year for that service. A monument has been erected to his memory by the state at the Stone Fort near Schoharie Court House. He died Aug. 2, 1831, near Livingstonville, N. Y.
Williams, David Rogerson
congressman, governor, was born March 10, 1776, in Robbins Neck, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1805 to 1809, and again from 1811 to 1813, in which year he was appointed a brigadier-general. He governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816. He died Nov. 15, 1830, in Lynch's Creek, S. C. was
Williams, Dwight
clergyman, poet, was born April 26, 1824, in Rippleton, N.
Y. Most of his life was spent in pastoral work in the state of New York. For some years Rev.
Williams devoted himself to editorial work; he has contributed to the current literature of the day; and many of his productions have been extensively copied by the press of this and other countries. He is the author of three small volumes of poems, the last and best of which perhaps is The Beautiful City. His verses always contain much delicate sentiment and purity of thought and feeling.
Williams, Edward H
manufacturer, philanthropist, was born June 1, 1824, in Woodstock, Vt. He has traveled extensively for the Baldwin Locomotive works, of which he is a partner, and has introduced the Baldwin locomotives to Europe, South America, Australia and Japan. Williams Hall at Carleton college, Minnesota, was built by him and a sixteen inch telescope given to the institution in 1891. He has also presented the Norman Williams library to Woodstock, Vt., and, in memory of his wife, a building to the university of Vermont.
Williams, Edwin
author, was born March 7, 1797, in Norwich, Conn. He was a writer of New York city; and the author of The Politician's Manual; New Universal Gazetteer; Book of the Constitution; New York as It Is; Arctic Voyages; The Fortunate Puzzler; The Statesman's Manual; and The Twelve Stars of the Republic. He died Oct. 21, 1854, in New York city.
Williams, Eleazer
clergyman, author, was born in 1787 in Caughnawaga, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman at Green Bay, Wis., supposed by some persons to have been Louis XVII, of France. He published A Spelling-Book in the Language of the Seven Iroquois Nations, and other works in Iroquois. He died Aug. 28, 1858, in Hoganstown, N. Y.
Williams, Elihu S
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 24, 1835, in Bethel township, Ohio. He enlisted as a private in the seventy-first Ohio volunteer infantry; and was commissioned firstlieutenant in 1862. He was promoted to captain in 1863. He was attorney-general of the sixth judicial district of Tennessee from 1865 till 1867; and was elected to the Tennessee house of representatives in 1867. He removed to Troy, Ohio, in 1875; and was elected to the fiftieth congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Williams, Elisha
clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 24, 1694, in Hatfield, Mass. He was ordained to the ministry in 1721, and served the church at Wethersfield till 1726, when he became president of Yale, holding office till 1739.
He died July 24, 1755, in Wethersfield, Conn.
Williams, Elizabeth Finck Minuse
writer, poet, was born May 23, 1843, in Fort Avery, Ohio. For many years she was engaged in educational work, and is well known as a contributor of prose and verse to current literature. Her poems have appeared in the leading magazines and have been highly eulogized.
Williams, Elkanah
physician, educator, was born Dec. 19, 1822, in Lawrence county, Ind. He was ophthalmic surgeon to the Commercial hospital in Cincinnati in 1862-72, and early in the civil war was appointed assistant surgeon to the United States marine hospital, which post he held till the close of the war. He died Oct. 5, 1888, in Hazlewood, war.
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Williams, Ephraim
soldier, philanthropist, was born Feb. 24, 1715, in Newton, Mass. Possessing a grant of land in the present township of Williamstown, Mass., he bequeathed his property to found a free school there, which afterward became Williams college. He was killed while leading a regiment to the invasion of Canada, Sept. 8, 1755, near George Lake, N. Y.
Williams, Espy William Hend- Ricks
merchant, poet, was born Jan. 30, 1852, in Carrollton, La. Since 1869 he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Orleans, La., where he is also a prominent banker. He is the author of a volume of poems entitled The Dream of Art and Other Poems; and as a dramatist he is best known.
Williams, Francis S
educator, author, was born Feb. 17, 1822, in West Mendon, N. Y. For thirty-five years he has been actively engaged in educational work; and for twenty-five years was connected with the schools of Wheeling, W. Va. He is now engaged in his profession in Minneapolis, Minn.; and takes an active part in various educational societies.
Williams, Francis Howard
journalist, author, was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania. He is a writer of Philadelphia. His plays include The Princess Elizabeth, a Lyric Drama; The Higher Education; A Reformer in Ruffles; Master and Man; Theodora, a Christmas Pastoral.
Other works are, Atman, a Story; The Flute Player, and Other Poems; and Pennsylvania Poets of the Provincial Period.
Williams, George Fred
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born July 10, 1852, in Dedham, Mass. In 1878 he edited Williams' Citations of Massachusetts Cases; and from 1880 to 1887 edited volumes ten to seventeen of the Annual Digest of the United States. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1889; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Williams, George Henderson
educator, was born June 9, 1861, in Fayetteville, N. C. He has attained success in educational work; and is now principal of the Fayetteville State Normal school, N. C.
Williams, George Henry
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 26, 1823, in New Lebanon, N. Y. During 1847-52 he was judge of the first judicial district of Iowa; was presidential elector in that state in 1852; chief justice of Oregon territory during 1853-57; and a member of the convention to frame a constitution for Oregon. During 1865-71 he was a senator in the United States congress; was a member of the high joint commission for the settlement of the Alabama claims; and during 1871-74 was attorney-general of the United States.
Williams, George Huntington
educator, author, was born in 1856 in New York. He was a professor of inorganic geology at Johns Hopkins university from 1892; and the author of Elements of Crystallography. He died in 1894.
Williams, George W
lawyer, banker, state senator, was born Oct. 7, 1801, in Bourbon county, Ky. In 1864, at Louisville, he was chosen permanent president of the first republican state convention ever held in Kentucky. He was the founder of the Deposit bank of Paris, Ky., and for many years its president. He was a member of the Kentucky state senate.
Williams, George Washington
soldier, author, was born Oct. 16, 1849, in Bedford Springs, Pa. He is a writer of African descent who served in the federal army during the civil war, and as lieutenant-colonel of artillery in the republican army of Mexico in 1865-67, and who was minister to Hayti in 1885-86. He is the author of History of the Negro Race in America: The Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion; and History of the Reconstruction of the Insurgent States.
Williams, Gershom Mott
bishop of Marquette, Mich., was born Feb. 11, 1857, in Fort Hamilton, N. Y. He was appointed speaker at the church congress of 1889 and at the missionary council of 1893 and 1896. He was one of the deputation to the Canadian general synod at Winnipeg in 1896, and in the same year he was appointed select preacher at Cornell university.