Biography of Ambrose Williams, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Ambrose Williams was born in Washington County, Ark., in the town of
Fayetteville, January 8, 1836, and is a son of James and Mary
(Cureton) Williams. The parents were born in Tennessee, and after
coming to Arkansas lived in Webb City, Cane Hill and Fayetteville. The
father died in Texas in 1846. The mother was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and her death occurred in 1872. The following are
the four children of whom she was the mother: John, Ambrose, Alexander
(deceased), and Sarah, now Mrs. Eubanks. Alexander died while serving
in the Confederate army under Gen. Hineman at Fort Smith. Ambrose
passed his early boyhood in his native county, and in 1855 went to
California, where he farmed and engaged in mining for eleven years. He
then located in Mill Creek Township, Franklin County, where he now
owns a farm of 460 acres, 220 of which are finely cultivated, and upon
which Mr. Williams has erected a gin-mill. In the winter of 1887-88 he
visited California. In 1888 Mr. Williams was married to Melinda
McClain, daughter of Thomas Milam. This lady had three children by her
first husband, of whom one is living, Thomas J. McClain, postmaster at
Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have had five children, two of whom are
deceased. Their children were named as follows: Alfred W., William A.,
John, Margaret E. and Nellie.