Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - W. S. Williams

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W. S. Williams, farmer, was born in this county in 1844, his parents 
being T. N. and Candas (Moberly) Williams, natives of Kentucky, born 
in 1806 and [p.1214] 1816, respectively. After 1832 they made their 
home in Crawford County, where the father died in April, 1875, but the 
mother still lives. The paternal grandfather, David Williams, was a 
resident of Kentucky, and the maternal grandfather, Clem Moberly, and 
his wife, came from that State to Arkansas in an early day. The 
subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, receiving but 
few educational advantages, and at the age of twenty-two began life 
for himself. In 1867 he married Miss Agnes Gregg, daughter of James 
and Lucinda (Morton) Gregg, and born in this county in 1847. Mr. James 
Gregg was born in Scotland in 1815, and his wife was born in 1826. He 
was a stone-mason and farmer, and upon coming to Arkansas assisted in 
the building of the fort at Fort Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are the 
parents of two boys and two girls. During the war Mr. Williams drove a 
Government team in the year 1862, in Gen. Blunt's army, and he was 
present at the battles of Saline River and Fayetteville. He has always 
followed agricultural pursuits, and although he began life a poor man, 
now owns over 400 acres, and has 185 acres under a fine state of 
cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a 
Republican.