Williams, Gustavus Brown – Williams, John Joseph
Williams, Gustavus Brown
soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 28, 1834, in Uxbridge, Mass. He served as a union soldier during the civil war as sergeant of company K, fifty-first regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He is the author of A History of Mendon, and other historical papers and reports.
Williams, Henry
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in November, 1804, in Taunton, Mass. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1839 to 1841, and from 1843 to 1845.
He was a state senator for two years; and was a representative in the state legislature for three years.
Williams, Henry Shaler
educator, author, was born March 6, 1847, in Ithaca, N. Y. He is a professor of palæontology at Cornell university from 1871; and the author of The Bones, Ligaments, and Muscles of the Domestic Cat; and Geological Biology.
Williams, Henry W
lawyer, jurist, was born July 30, 1830, in Susquehanna county, Pa. In 1854 he was admitted to the bar; and in 1865 was appointed additional law judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania, receiving the re-election to that office in November of the same year; and in 1870 was elected president judge. In 1875 he was appointed member of the coma mission to revise the constitution of the state. In 1880 he was re-elected president judge; and in 1887 was elected to the supreme court of Pennsylvania for a term of twenty-one years.
Williams, Hezekiah
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1798 in Woodstock, Vt. He was register of probate from 1824 to 1838; and was a state senator from 1839 to 1841. He was a representative in congress from Maine from 1845 to 1849. He died Oct. 24, 1856.
Williams, Hubert
lawyer, state legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1853, in Lakeville, Conn. He is a successful lawyer of Salisbury, Conn.; and in 1894 was elected a member of the Connecticut house of representatives.
Williams, Isaac
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815, from 1817 to 1819, and again from 1823 to 1825.
Williams, James
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 4, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1856 and 1862 he was elected to the Delaware state legislature; and in 1866 was elected to the state senate. He was made speaker of the senate in 1869; and was a member of the Baltimore convention of 1872. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Delaware to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Williams, James Douglas
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 16, 1808, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He was elected to the Indiana state legislature in 1843, 1847, 1851, 1856, and 1868. He was elected state senator in 1858, 1862 and 1870. He was a member of the state board of agriculture for seventeen years, serving four years of the time as president. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fourth congress. In 1876 he was elected governor of Indiana for the term of four years from 1877. He died Nov. 20, 1880, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Williams, James R
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 27, 1850, in White county, Ill. He was master in chancery from 1880 to 1882, and county judge of White county from 1882 to 1886. He was nominee for elector on the Cleveland and Thurman ticket. He was elected to the fifty-first congress at a special election to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.
Williams, James Tillman
lawyer, poet, was born April 10, 1864, near Pine Apple, Ala. He received a thorough education, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Hillsboro, Texas. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and is the author of a number of meritorious poems which have been highly eulogized by the press.
Williams, James W
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1788 in Maryland. He was a member of the legislature of Maryland, being for a time speaker of the house of delegates in 1839. In 1841 he was elected to congress as a representative, and continued a member of that body until the time of his death. He died Dec. 2, 1843, on his way to Washington, D. C.
Williams, Jared
agriculturist, congressman, was born March 4, 1766, in Montgomery county, Md. In 1811 he was elected to the house of delegates of Virginia, and served a number of years. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1819 to 1825. In 1829 he was a presidential elector. He died Jan. 2, 1831, in Frederick county, Va.
Williams, Jared Warner
congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Dec. 22, 1796, in West Woodstock, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1841; and was governor of New Hampshire from 1847 to 1849. He was a senator in congress from 1853 to 1854, to fill a vacancy. He also served several terms in the state legislature. He died Sept. 29, 1864, in Lancaster, N. H.
Williams, Jeremiah N
soldier, congressman, was born in April, 1829, in Barbour county, Ala. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fourth congress; and was reelected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Williams, Jesse Lynch
littérateur, author, was born in 1871 in Illinois.
He is a writer of New York city; and the author of Princeton Stories; and The Freshman, a book for boys.
Williams, John
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 10, 1644, in Roxbury, Mass.
He was a congregational clergyman of Deerfield, Mass., carried captive to Canada, with many of his parishioners, by the French and Indians in 1704. The Redeemed Captive is a graphic account of heroism and suffering during the period of captivity. He died June 12, 1729, in Deerfield, Mass.
Williams, John
state senator, congressman. He was a member of the New York senate from 1777 to 1779; and from 1783 to 1795 from Washington county. He was a member of the assembly from 1781 to 1782; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1795 to 1799.
Williams, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Hanover county, Va. He was one of the first judges under the state constitution from 1777 to 1790; and was a delegate to the continental congress from North Carolina in 1778 and 1779. He died in October, 1799, in Granville county, Ohio.
Williams, John
journalist, author, was born about 1765 in England. He was an English journalist who came to the United States after being very unpopular in England; and was the author of Poems; Legislative Biography; The Hamiltoniad; The Dramatic Censor; and Life of Alexander Hamilton. He died Oct. 12, 1818, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Williams, John
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born in 1778 in Surry county, N. C. He served till the close of the war with Great Britain, and was then elected United States senator from Tennessee to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected, serving from 1815 till 1823. He died Aug. 10, 1837, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Williams, John
soldier, merchant, congressman, was born in 1807 in Utica, N. Y. In 1842 he was chosen an alderman of Rochester, N. Y., and in 1852 elected mayor of the city. He was a representative in congress from 1855 to 1857; in 1871 was made city treasurer, and was reelected in 1873 and 1875. He was made a major-general of militia, and rendered good service during the rebellion in raising troops for the war. He died March 26, 1875, in Rochester, N. Y.
Williams, John
bishop, author, was born Aug. 30, 1817, in Deerfield, Mass. He was the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Connecticut, and presiding bishop from 1887. He is the author of Sermons; Studies on the English Reformation; Ancient Hymns of Holy Church; Thoughts on the Gospel Miracles; The World's Witness to Christ; and Studies in the Book of Acts.
Williams, John Augustus
educator, lecturer, author, was born Sept. 21, 1824, in Bourbon county, Ky. He has attained success as a lawyer of Harrodsburg, Ky.; has been of president of the Prospect Hill seminary, Kentucky; president of the Bourbon institute; president of the Christian college of Columbia, Mo., and president of the Daughters' college Kentucky. He has been professor of the Kentucky university of Lexington; president of the Kentucky State college, and grand lecturer of grand lodge for Kentucky. He is the author of a work entitled Rosa Emerson, a story of a young woman's influence in the lodge, the church and the school. He is also the author of The Life of John Smith, and other works.
Williams, John E
lawyer, legislator. He is attorney for the Gould system of railways at Little Rock, Ark., and has twice served as a member in the state senate of the Arkansas legislature.
Williams, John Fletcher
librarian, was born Sept. 25, 1834, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1867 he was elected secretary and librarian of the Minnesota Historical society of St. Paul, Minn.
Williams, John Joseph
Roman catholic archbishop, was born April 27, 1822, in Boston, Mass. The new sees of Springfield and Providence were created from his original diocese in 1870 and 1872, respectively, and in 1875 a new ecclesiastic province was established, embracing these dioceses and those of Portland and Burlington. Boston became the archepiscopal see, and he was made archbishop, receiving the pallium from the hands of Arcnbishop McCloskey. 1