Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Williams, Frederick A February 13, 1847 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 10, 2006, 4:53 am Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882 Frederick A. WILLIAMS, house carpenter, Morris, is a native of New York, born February 13, 1847. At the age of nine, his parents moved to Illinois, and settled in Morris, Grundy County, where he was principally educated. His father, F. H. WILLIAMS, was a building-contractor, in which business he established himself, and followed it until his death, which occurred at Morris. In 1870, Mr. F. A. WILLIAMS went to Kansas, and engaged at building and contracting for four years. Returning on a visit, in 1874, he found it to his interest to remain, and in 1875 he began his present business in Morris. He ran a planing-mill and a general carpentering business, employing a large force of workingmen. He is having a very fair success. Mr. WILLIAMS is unmarried, assuming the responsibility of the family, which now consists of the mother, one brother and one sister. The children are our subject; Sarah L., born December 10, 1848, who is married to Thomas SHAW, of Morris; Charles H., born October 3, 1860; and Ida B., born November 6, 1863. Cynthia T. WILLIAMS, mother of the subject, was born September 28, 1825, in Herkimer County, N. Y., and is a member of the M. E. Church of Morris. The father, F. H. WILLIAMS, was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., born January 1, 1823, and died in Morris June 1, 1875. Mr. F. A. WILLIAMS is a conservative Republican. [Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/williams124nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb