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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 12 January 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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COLUMBUS WILLIAMS (deceased) was born at Norwood, near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1805; his parents, Jonathan and Mary (Davis) Williams, were natives of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They emigrated to Ohio at an early day and located on a farm in Hamilton County, where the father died, Jan. 22, 1814. The mother survived him twenty years, dying on the 22d of December, 1834. Our subject spent the greater part of his life on the farm; he was reared as a farmer and received such education as was attainable at that early day. When 18 years of age, he commenced learning the carpenter trade with his eldest brother, and in that occupation continued for thirty years. In 1853, he purchased the interests of the other heirs to his father's farm, where he spent the remainder, of his days. He was married. |
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Jan. 24, 1833, to Miss Sarah Todd, who died Jan. 31, 1853, leaving three children, viz., John, James and Eliza, all now deceased. On the 28th of December, 1856, Mr. Williams was again married, his second wife being Mrs. Agnes L. Logan, a daughter of Silas Hurin, one of the original proprietors of the land on which Lebanon now stands. Mrs. Williams was born in Warren County, and, in 1837, married William M. Logan, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1809. He died in Lebanon in 1841, leaving one child, Kittie, now the wife of Andrew Atkinson, a real estate agent of Lebanon. Mr. Williams' second marriage was blessed with one child, viz., Nettie D., who was born at Norwood Nov. 29, 1857, and now lives with her mother in Lebanon, to which place they moved soon after Mr. Williams' death, which occurred Nov. 5, 1870. Mr. Williams was a man in whom all the elements of true manhood were blended. As a husband, he was kind, devoted and affectionate; as a father, he was gentle and indulgent; his business capacity and sterling integrity were above question. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, to which his wife and daughter also belong. His loss to the family, community and church was deeply felt and deplored. |
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