Biography of John F Williams, Sebastian 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.
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John F. Williams, sheriff of Sebastian County, Ark., was born in Ste. Genevieve
County, Mo., in 1847. His  father, I. O. Williams, was born in Terre Haute,
Ind., in 1827, a mechanic by trade, and moved to Missouri soon  after his
marriage to Miss Sarah Lee. He located in Ste. Genevieve County, where he was
engaged in farming,  and in 1850 came to Arkansas, dying in Sebastian County in
April, 1887. His wife was born in Illinois in 1829,  and died in Arkansas April
1, 1888, their union resulting in the birth of seven children, four living. The
paternal  and maternal grandparents were of Scotch and German descent,
respectively. John F. Williams was reared in  Sebastian County, Ark., and
worked at the mechanic's trade until he was elected to the office of sheriff in
1884, and is now filling his third term. He was married to Miss Alice Jones, of
Tennessee, a daughter of Henry Jones,  who died in 1861, and was an extensive
planter in Weakley County, Tenn. Mrs. Williams became the mother of  the
following children: Beulah, Minnie, Hervey, Jim and Effie. The family attend
the Methodist Church, and  Mr. Williams is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the
K. of H., and is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party.  He is one of the
best informed men of the county relating to the agricultural condition of the
country, and has  one of the finest stock farms in the county, and is preparing
to engage in the stock business on a large scale in a  short time. Mrs.
Williams belongs to the Eastern Star Lodge, and is a member of the Ladies'
Christian Association.