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Williams, Seth – Williams, William

Williams, Seth

soldier, was born March 22, 1822, in Augusta, Maine. He was adjutant of the military academy in 1850-53, and subsequently served in the adjutant-general's department until his death. In 1861 he was appointed a brigadier-general in the volunteer army, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1862.

He died March 23, 1866, in Boston, Mass.

Williams, Sherrod

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1835 to 1841.

Williams, Stephen West

physician, educator, author, was born March 27, 1790, in Deerfield, Mass. He was a physician who was medical professor in Willoughby university, Ohio, in 1838-53, and the author of Catechism of Medical Jurisprudence; American Medical Biography; and The Williams Family in America. He died July 9, 1855, in Laconia, Ill.

Williams, Theodore O

educator, lawyer, was born April 17, 1847, in Hannibal, Mo. In 1873 he was admitted to the bar, and is now a prominent lawyer of Osceola, Mo. He has been justice of the peace of Osceola; city attorney; and is now chairman of the democratic committee of that city. Prior to his engaging in law he taught school and filled various public positions of trust in Windsor, Mo.

Williams, Thomas

surgeon, jurist, was born April 1, 1718, in Newton, Mass.

He settled in Deerfield, Mass., where he was judge of probate and of common pleas, and the leading physician in the region. He died Sept. 28, 1775, in Deerfield, Mass.

Williams, Thomas

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 5, 1779, in Pomfret, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Providence, and the author of Ten Sermons on Important Subjects; The Domestic Chaplain; and Rhode Island Sermons. He died Sept. 29, 1867, in Providence, R. I. vania to the thirty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican.

Williams, Thomas

soldier, educator, was born in 1815 in New York state. He was made a brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861. He died Aug. 5, 1862, in Baton Rouge, La.

Williams, Thomas

agriculturist, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 11, 1825, in Greenville county, Va. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1878, and was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-sixth, fortyseventh and forty-eighth congresses as a democrat.

Williams, Thomas H

United States senator, was born in 1795 in Virginia. He moved to the northern part of Mississippi soon after the cession of Indian territory to that quarter, and was a senator in congress from Mississippi, by executive appointment, during the years 1838 and 1839.

Williams, Thomas Hill

public official, United States senator, was born in 1780 in North Carolina. In 1805 he was appointed register of the land office, and commissioner for deciding land claims in the territory of Mississippi, and subsequently, for a few years, held the office of collector of the port of New Orleans. He was a senator in congress from Mississippi from 1817 to 1831. He died about 1840 in Robertson county, Tenn.

Williams, Thomas W

merchant, legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 28, 1789, in Stonington, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1839 to 1843. He was a member of the legislature in 1846, and was chosen presidential elector in 1848.

Williams, William

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 2, 1665, in Newton, Mass. He was settled as pastor of the church at Hatfield in 1685, and labored there for fifty-five years. He published numerous sermons and theological treatises, and commanded a wide influence in his community. He died Aug. 29, 1741, in Hatfield, Mass.