Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Williams, A. N. 1842 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

A. N. WILLIAMS.
A. N. Williams is a retired farmer and real-estate dealer, now living in
Ottumwa. He was born in Marion county, Indiana, April 14, 1842, and is a son of
Jonas and Sarah (Woodcock) Williams, who were married at Rushville, Indiana. The
father was a native of that state and the mother of New York. They began their
domestic life in Marion county, Indiana, where the family resided until the
spring of 1858, when removal was made to Louisa county, Iowa. The father had
died in Marion county on the 20th of July, 1853, at the age of forty-six years,
while the mother, who was born May 28, 1815, passed away in Agency, Iowa, on the
14th of April, 1900, when in the eighty-fifth year of her age. They were the
parents of seven children. Alvah, who died July 20, 1865, had served for three
years as a member of Company D, Seventeenth Iowa Infantry. Caroline, now
deceased, was the wife of William Rerald. A. N. is the next of the family. Cyrus
died July 20, 1853. Ezra is living in Garnett, Kansas. Catherine Jane and Electa
have both passed away.

A. N. Williams was a lad of eleven years at the time of his father's death. He
remained with his mother in Indiana until 1858 and afterward resided with her on
a farm in Louisa county, Iowa, up to the time of his enlistment for service in
the Civil war. He watched with interest the progress of events that seemed to
indicate that the country would become involved in hostilities and on the 13th
of June, 1861, just two months after the first gun was fired, he enrolled as a
member of Company K, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he remained
until honorably discharged on account of physical disability on the 13th of
March, 1862. As soon as he had sufficiently recovered he reenlisted August 15,
1862, joining Company G, Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, with which he served until
the close of the war on the 14th of April, 1865. He participated in all of the
engagements with his company and was frequently in the thickest of the fight. He
never faltered in the performance of any duty assigned him and returned home
with a most creditable military record.

When the war was over Mr. Williams resumed farming in Louisa county and there
carried on general agricultural pursuits until November 3, 1869, when he made an
overland trip to Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, driving over that part of the
country in company with others. He continued upon the plains of the west and
southwest for fifteen years and in the spring of 1884 returned to Iowa,
establishing his home in Moravia. He afterward engaged in farming in Appanoose
county until he came to Wapello county in 1890. For about eight years he resided
in South Ottumwa.

Mr. Williams was married here on his fiftieth birthday and afterward engaged in
farming on a place four miles southwest of the city, on Village creek. At length
he sold that property and returned to South Ottumwa. For three years he leased a
farm on Bear creek and afterward bought a farm near Agency, on which he lived
for eight years, during which period he brought the fields to a high state of
cultivation and derived therefrom splendid harvests. At length he sold out and
returned to Ottumwa, where he has since been engaged in the real-estate
business, handling city and farm properties and rentals. He has been accorded a
good clientage, and his business is now extensive and gratifying.

On the 13th of March, 1872, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette
Noe, who was born in Tennessee and died in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1874. He
was not again married until the 14th of April, 1892, when he wedded Miss Birdie
Walker, a native of Iowa. They have one daughter, Leah, at home.

Mr. Williams exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures
of the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of
the day, but does not seek nor desire public office. He holds membership with
the Grand Army of the Republic and thus maintains pleasant associations with
those who wore the blue uniform as he did during the darkest hour in our
country's history. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and its teachings have been the motive force in his life. His
experiences have been varied, but he has never lost sight of the high principles
which have governed him, and that his has been a well spent life is indicated in
the expressions of warm regard heard from his many friends when his name is
mentioned.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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