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Williams, William George

educator, was born Feb. 25, 1822, in Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1844 he was appointed to a place in the first faculty of the Ohio Wesleyan university of Delaware.

His chair is that of Greek language and literature. In 1864 he was chaplain of the one hundredth and forty-fifth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry. In 1898 he was the only survivor of the original faculty of the Ohio Wesleyan university, of which he is dean. He has served fifty-three consecutive years without extended absence or sickness.