Obituary of Judge John A. Williams, Pulaski Co, Ar

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Obituary: John Appes Williams, Judge of the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, is dead at Manitou Springs, Col., of apoplexy. He
was appointed to the Federal bench by President Harrison in 1890. He was born in
Remsen, N. Y. May 1, 1835, and was educated at the Lowville Academy, located in
Lewis Co., N. Y. As a young man he went to Wisconsin, where he was Clerk of the
Courts in Waukesha Co. from 1858 to 1861. He served in the Union army in the war
of the rebellion, attaining the rank of Major. After the war he settle in
Arkansas. He was a Judge of the State Circuit Court for eleven years. Resigning
from the bench, he practiced law at Pine Bluff until he became a U. S. Judge.
New York Times, Jul. 9, 1900. Buried Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. 

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