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Williams, William – Willing, Thomas
Williams, William
founder, was born April 14, 1788, in Norwich, Conn.
He was one of the founders of the Norwich Free academy. He died Oct. 28, 1870, in Norwich, Conn.
Williams, William
banker, railroad president, legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 6, 1815, in Bolton, Conn.
He became a banker and railroad president, and was elected to the legislature of New York in 1866 and 1867. He was elected to the forty-second congress.
Williams, William
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 11, 1821, near Carlisle, Pa. In 1864 he was appointed an additional paymaster in the United States army. In 1866 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the fortieth congress, and was re-elected to the three succeeding congresses.
Williams, William B
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born July 28, 1826, in Pittsford, N. Y. He was elected judge of probate in Michigan in 1856 and 1860, and was elected to the state senate in 1866 and 1868. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses.
Williams, William R
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 14, 1804, in New York city. He was a baptist clergyman of New York city, pastor of Amity street church in 1832-85, and the author of Religious Progress; God's Rescues, or The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son: Discourses on Luke; Miscellanies; Lectures on the Lord's Prayer; Lectures on Baptist History; and Eras and Characters of History. He died April 1, 1885, in New York city.
Williamson, Isaac Dowd
clergyman, author, was born April 4, 1807, in Pomfret, Vt. He was a universalist clergyman of Cincinnati and other cities, and the author of Argument for the Truth of Christianity; The Crown of Life; Philosophy of Odd Fellowship; Philosophy of Universalism; and Rudiments of Theological and Moral Science. He died Nov. 26, 1876, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Williamson, John
artist, was born April 10, 1826, in Scotland. Many of his paintings are scenes near Hudson river and in the Catskills. They include Trout Fishing; American Trout; Summit of Chocorua; Autumn in the Adirondacks; A Passing Shower, Connecticut Valley; After the Storm, Blue Ridge; In the Mohawk Valley; Sugar-Loaf Mountain; and The Palisades. He died May 28, 1855, in Glenwood-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
Williamson, Joseph
lawyer, author, was born in 1828 in Maine. He is a lawyer of Belfast, Maine, and the author of The Maine Register and State Reference Book; Bibliography of Maine; and History of Belfast.
Williamson, Samuel E
lawyer, jurist, was born April 19, 1844, in Cleveland, Ohio. This eminent lawyer is general counsel of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad company, and has served as judge of court of common pleas at Cleveland, Ohio.
Willie, Asa H
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1829, in Washington, Ga. In 1852 he was elected attorney of the third district of Texas. He served in the confederate army during the war. In 1866 he was elected one of the judges of the supreme court of Texas, and held that office until 1867. He was elected to the forty-third congress.
Willing, Jennie Fowler
educator, was born Jan. 22, 1834, in Canada.
As an educator she was appointed professor of English language and literature at the Illinois Wesleyan university, and as a pioneer in the temperance cause was one of the first crusaders; and elected first president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance union, and became first editor of its organ, Our Union.
Willing, Thomas
lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Dec. 19, 1731, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the first to suggest resisting the British in Pennsylvania. He was chairman of a revolutionary meeting in June, 1774, and was a delegate to the continental congress in 1775 and 1776. He was president of the first chartered bank in America. He died Jan. 19, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa.