Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Williams, Charles 1850 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

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  CHARLES WILLIAMS. Few men in the county have reached such a high degree of
excellence in their calling as has Charles Williams, the prominent and
successful fruit grower who resides two miles northwest of Phoenix. He is a
native Kentuckian, born in Trimble County in 1850, but when a mere boy left that
state and went to Illinois where he worked by the month in Piatt County. He was
thus employed for a few years and then, having accumulated some money, went to
Colorado. This was in 1870 or '71 and he settled at Greeley, where he followed
farming for some time. From there he went to Old Mexico, partly for his health
and partly to find a good location, and later made his way to Southern
California. In 1888 he came to Arizona, settled in Phoenix, and as his extensive
traveling had reduced his means, began working by the month at whatever he could
find to do. In the spring of 1890 he bought twenty acres of land for 8200 and as
there were no improvements he immediately began making some and has now one of
the nicest little homes in the place. Mr. Williams has four acres in
strawberries which will yield an average per year of 4,000 boxes pet-acre at ten
cents per box. He also raises blackberries, asparagus, peaches, pears, grapes,
apricots, figs, dates, almonds, garden truck of all kinds, and flowers. Mr.
Williams is also in the dairy business to some extent, owning some fine cows and
making good butter for the market. He is known as the Strawberry King of
Arizona. He was a candidate for county assessor on the Republican ticket and
made a good race, although the county was largely Democratic. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, is active in all good work, and is deeply interested in
the development of Arizona. On the 13th of September, 1876, he married Miss
Sarah Mimmack, a native of England, and they have four interesting children:
Frank, Mary, Lucy and Ida.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896



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