Biography of Edward H Williams, Mississippi Co, AR

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Submitted by: Michael Brown
        Date: Sep 1998
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Bibliography: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas.
Chicago:  Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.

Edward H. Williams. He whose name heads this brief sketch is
one of Mississippi County's most active and enterprising business men,
alive to all current topics, and public-spirited and progressive in
all matters tending to benefit the community. He was born near Elmot,
in 1859, his parents being James H. and Nellie (Heath) Williams [for
whose history see sketch of James H. Williams]. As Edward grew toward
youth and [p.567] early manhood he attended school in the neighborhood
of his home, and worked on the farm for his father until he was
twenty-one years old, at which time he engaged as a clerk for A.
Goodrich of Osceola, with whom he remained one year. After renting and
tilling his father's farm for two years, he started from home with the
intention of going to Florida, but stopped in Alabama, and attended
school at Florence for some six months, after which he concluded that
his native State was good enough to suit him, so he returned and went
into business with D. T. Waller, which partnership was dissolved at
the end of twenty months, Mr. Waller purchasing his interest. He then
bought out N. W. Goodrich, and for two years was associated with A.
Goodrich. purchasing his partner's interest at the end of that time;
he has conducted affairs in a very satisfactory manner, proving
himself to be a man of rare business ability and efficiency. He keeps
an excellent assortment of general merchandise, his stock being valued
at about $4,000, and has won the reputation of being one of the first
business men in Mississippi County. He is enterprising and energetic,
studying largely the interests of the people, and fully justifies the
confidence and esteem which are bestowed upon him. In connection with
his mercantile interests he is managing his father's farm, growing
cotton, and has been postmaster at Elmot since May, 1885. His
estimable wife was formerly Miss Maude Dunn, of Pensacola, Fla., to
whom he was married on the 17th of March, 1885, and by her he has one
child, Edward James. Mrs. Williams is connected with the Catholic
Church.