O.C. WILLIAMS History of Arizona, page 500 One of Navajo county's best known citizens is O.C. Williams, who has long been prominent in the political, civic and religious affairs of this section of the state, being at the present time under-sheriff of the county. He was born in Colonia Duplan, old Mexico on June 21, 1894 and is a son of Frederick G. and Nancy a. (Clement) Williams, the latter of whom is now residing in Holbrook. The father, who died in 1918 was also one of the early colonists to Arizona, settling on the Little Colorado in 1876 at Obed, near Joe City, having been one of the early settlers at Colonia Duplan in 1890. In October 1909 he again became a resident of Arizona, locating on a ranch near Tucson, on which he farmed up to the time of his death. To him and his wife were born nine children. O.C. Williams received his education in the public schools of old Mexico and Tucson. He worked for a while on the home ranch near Tucson and in 1914 became an employee of the city. In the following year he went to work as a machinist for the Tucson Farms, but later in that same year went to Hurley New Mexico where he engaged in the electric work for the Chino Copper Company. In 1917 because of his wife's impaired health, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and soon afterwards bought a garage at Gunnison that state. In 1918 he sold the garage and went to work for the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company, having charge of the machinery and in December of that year came to Holbrook. For a while he served as Manager of two mail routes, those to Fort Apache and Keams Canyon and later took up electric work for the town of Holbrook. In January 1921, Mr. Williams was appointed deputy assessor in which capacity he served until June of that year, when he accepted the appointment as under sheriff. In 1922 he was appointed deputy U.S. Marshal, having charge of this district and still holds that positing in connection with the position of under sheriff. He is a finger print expert. On September 18, 1917 he married Martha Webb of Tucson, but who was born at Snowflake, this state on Nov. 22, 1891. At this place was established the first high school in Arizona, of which the principal was E.M. Web, Mrs. Williams father. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have two children, living, Orlando C. Jr. and Buehl LaMar. Mr. Williams is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in which he has held many positions. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu