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Williams, Archibald H. A

soldier, agriculturist, congressman, was born Oct. 22, 1842, in Franklin county, N. C.

He served four years in the army of northern Virginia, and at the surrender of Appomattox Court-House was captain of his company. Since the war he has been engaged in farming and merchandising; and was instrumental in building the Oxford and Henderson railroad, which was for several years under his management.

He has twice represented Granville county in the North Carolina legislature; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.