Sebastian County ArArchives Biographies.....Williams, Lum 1881 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 1, 2009, 8:06 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) LUM WILLIAMS. One of the substantial business men of Huntington, Arkansas, is Lum Williams, who has engaged in the grocery business here for some time. He was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in 1881, a son of Nels and Elizabeth (Burgett) Williams. His father was a well known and successful physician and his demise occurred in Oklahoma, to which state he had removed. The maternal grandfather came from Alabama. Dr. Williams was an army surgeon during the Civil war, having offered his services to the Union upon the outbreak of the conflict. To the union of Dr. and Mrs. Williams four children were born: Martha, Mary, Nell and Lum, whose name initiates this review. In the acquirement of an education Lum Williams attended the schools of McAlester, Oklahoma, and upon putting his textbooks aside made his initial step into the business world in connection with the meat business. In 1913 he came to Huntington. Previous to locating here, however, he engaged in the grocery and meat market business at Bonanza. Mr. Williams has built up an extensive patronage and has a well equipped store with a butcher shop in connection. He is one of the prominent and representative business men in Huntington and has contributed much to the growth and development of that place. Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Hayes of Barling, this state. and to them three children have been born: Harry, Morris, and Louise. Fraternally Mr. Williams is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Independent Order of A. M. He takes the interest of an intelligent and wide-awake citizen in public affairs and in the selection of competent men for office. He has never become actively engaged in politics, nor has he sought nor held public office, preferring the quiet home life and the association of a select circle of friends. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/sebastian/bios/williams12bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb