Toombs-Bryan County GaArchives Biographies.....Williams, Pratt Adams 1878 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   PRATT ADAMS WILLIAMS, a recent acquisition to the town of Vidalia, Georgia,
was born October 5, 1878, at Ellabell, Bryan county, this State, one of the
family of twelve children of Judge P. W. and Mrs. Sarah Frances (Duggar)
Williams, both natives of that county, and now residents of Lyons, Toombs
county, Georgia. The other members of the family, including six sons and five
daughters, are as follows: Pembroke C., Robert T., James J., Garland, Osgood,
Teddy, Mrs. W. I. Graybill, Mrs. J. D. Bradley, Mrs. Charles Garbutt, and Miss
Duluth and Miss Letha. Two of Mr. Williams' brothers, Pembroke C. and James J.,
are attorneys, the former a resident of Silver City, Idaho; the latter
associated in practice with his father at Lyons.

   Pratt A. Williams received his primary education in the common schools.
Afterward he attended Bryan Institute and Hogan Academy, where he fitted himself
for college. He is a graduate of Emory College, with the class of 1898, and of
the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens. On the completion of
his law course, he opened an office at Pembroke, Georgia, where he practiced his
profession for a period of ten years, having large experience with criminal
cases and practicing in all the courts. Four years he served as solicitor
general of the Atlantic circuit.

   On coming to Vidalia in August, 1911, he associated himself with Judge C. C.
Curry in the practice of law, and soon afterward put on foot the organization of
the Vidalia Loan & Trust Company, of Vidalia, of which he is president, and
which will be in operation early in the summer of 1912, with a capital stock of
$50,000.00.

   In 1912 he entered the race for congress from the Twelfth District, opposing
Hon. Dudley M. Hughs, M. C., and waged a heated campaign, but withdrew from the
race before the election, because of a death in his family.

   In 1901, Mr. Williams and Miss Annabelle Mathews were united in marriage.
Mrs. Williams is noted for her musical attainments, and is a member of one of
the distinguished families of the State. She is a daughter of Captain and Mrs.
L. A. Mathews, of Dublin, Laurens county, and a grand-daughter of General
Blackshears of both Indian and Civil war fame. Mr. Williams' grandfather, James
T. Williams, also served in the Civil war, and as a soldier in the Confederate
army proved himself loyal to the southern cause.

   Fraternally, Mr. Williams is identified with the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, and the Sigma Nu, the latter having membership in both the Emory and
the University of Georgia chapters. He and his interesting family are a valued
addition to the town of Vidalia.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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