Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Williams, Joseph E. February 1, 1891 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.140  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present  

        JOSEPH E. WILLIAMS. The younger men practicing at the bar of Tampa are
displaying an unusual degree of brilliance in their work, to which they bring
the results of University training in the enthusiasm of youth. Their conduct of
cases shows marked carefulness in preparation and resourcefulness and handling,
and the record some of them are making is going to bring them statewide if not
national reputation. One of them worthy of special mention is JOSEPH E. 
WILLIAMS, who not only is an attorney of note, but also a justice of the peace
of rare sagacity, whose judgments displayed the possession of the judicial mind
not a common possession of a man of his years.
	JOSEPH E. WILLIAMS was born at Bartow, Florida, February 1, 1891, a son
of JOHN A. and MARTHA A. (LEWIS) WILLIAMS, natives of Florida. The mother is
deceased, but the father still survives, is living at Bartow, and is engaged
there in farming. The parents had three sons, of whom JOSEPH E. WILLIAMS is the
second in order of birth.
	Growing up at Bartow, JOSEPH E. WILLIAMS attended its schools, was
graduated from its high school course in 1911, and in the fall of that year
matriculated in the University of Florida, from which he was graduated in the
academic course in 1912. He then entered its law department, and was graduated
from it in 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and was admitted to the
bar in June of that same year. Immediately thereafter Mr. Williams located at
Tampa, and here he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his
profession with the exception of the period of his military service. For
several years he has been a justice of the peace.
	On January 5, 1918, Mr. Williams enlisted for service during the World 
war, and was trained at Camp Gordon, Georgia. On May 1, 1918, he was sent 
overseas to France as a member of the Second Division, and participated in the 
Saint Mihiel and Argonne offenses, being at the front until the signing of the
armistice. Mr. Williams then entered the Sorbonne at Paris, and studied
international law, French criminal law and maritime law. On July 17, 1919, he
arrived in the United States and returned to Tampa, where he resumed his
practice. He married July 3, 1922, Miss WILLIE AILEEN JOHNSON, of Tampa,
Florida. In politics Mr. Williams is a democrat. A member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, he has served as commander of the Tampa Post.


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