Williams, Barney
actor, was born in 1823 in Ireland. In 1867 he became manager of Wallack's old Broadway theater in New York city and subsequently he played with success in this country, Great Britain and Canada. Mr. Williams attained a wide reputation as an Irish comedian. Among his last plays were The Emerald Ring; The Connie Soogah; and The Fairy Circle. He died April 25, 1876, in New York city.
WILLIAMS, MRS. CATHERINE R. [ARNOLD], author, was born in 1787 in Providence, R. I. She was a Providence writer; and the author of Original Poems; Religion at Home; Tales: National and Revolutionary; Fall River, an Authentic Narrative; Neutral French; Annals of the Aristocracy of Rhode Island; and Aristocracy: a novel. She died Oct. 11, 1872, in Providence, R. I.