San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Williams, Thomas 1839 - before 1893
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

THOMAS WILLIAMS, deceased.—The San Juan valley lost an honored citizen in the
person of Mr. Williams, one of the influential farmers of that section of
country, when his death occurred.

  Mr. Williams was a native of England, having been born in Worcestershire,
October 30, 1839. By occupation he was a farmer, and was noted for his frugal
and industrious habits. At the time of his death he left a comfortable estate
and honorable name behind him for his posterity.

  The estimable wife of Mr. Williams was the widow of James Vehom, Esq., and the
daughter of James Lacy; a native of Dublin, Ireland, who was at one time a
well-to-do crockery merchant of Melbourne, Australia, where Mrs. Williams was
born. Mr. Lacy came to California, located in San Francisco, and in 1857 became
one of the early settlers of the beautiful town of Mayfield, in Santa Clara
county, where he engaged in farming. The maiden name of the mother of Mrs.
Williams was Mary Ann King, of Irish parentage.

  The marriage of Mr. Williams and Mrs. Kate Vehom occurred April 22, 1870, and
the following children were born to them: Lillian F.; Clara E., now Mrs. Walter
Ledridge, of San Juan valley; Iva L., Gertrude, Maybell, Pauline, Ethel, George
and Thomas. By her former marriage Mrs. Williams had two children, namely: a
son, who died in 1887, and a daughter, now Mrs. G. L. Domberger, of Mayfield.
Mrs. Williams is a lady of domestic culture and executive ability, by her many
graces of mind and body she has won the esteem of all who know her.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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