BIO:  Williams, John - Shelby Co., KY

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Contributed by: Diana Flynn "ivie@tima.com"
October 15, 1998 
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WILLIAMS,   KIRKENDALL,   PRUITT,   WHITTAKER


"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND
BIOGRAPHICAL."CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
PUBLISHERS. 1884.F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE

MORGAN COUNTY
GREGG TOWNSHIP
PAGE 351

JOHN WILLIAMS was born in Shelby County, Ky., August 19, 1801, and is a son of
John and Sarah (Kirkendall) Williams, natives of Pennsylvania and of German
descent. He grew to manhood on a farm, and acquired a rudimentary education at
the Kentucky subscription schools.  February 1, 1821, he married Elizabeh
Pruitt, and to them were born nine children--Zerilda (deceased), Tabitha
(deceased), Candace (deceased), Perlina (deceased), John B., William, Matilda,
Rice (deceased), and Levi (deceased). The mother of these children died March
11, 1845, aged about forty-eight. August 7, 1848, Mr. Williams wedded
Elizabeth K. Whittaker, from which marriage resulted one child--Mary M.  This
mother also died (October 6, 1883), aged seventy-two. Mr. Whittaker
(Williams?)came to this State in 1830, and located on Government land.  He now
owns a good farm of 300 acres.

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