Bio: Rev. J. L. Williams, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Rev. J. L. Williams, of Hico, Lincoln parish, La., was born in South
Carolina in 1820, a son of David and Tabitha Williams.  His father, who was a
native of Virginia, was born in 1798 and his mother was born in South Carolina
in 1801.  They became the parents of a large family of children, of whom the
subject of this sketch is the fourth in order of birth, and only four of
whom are living at this time.  James P. Williams was born in 1814; Martha
A., born in 1816; J. L., in 1820; David R., in 1822; Catherine M., in 1824;
Dr. D. J., in 1826; B. W., in 1828; Mary J., in 1831; A. C., in 1835.  Of
these Martha A. died in 1832; David B., in 1885; Catherine M., in 1884; D. J.,
in 1890; and Mary J., in 1886.  Dr. D. J. Williams was long a resident
physician in Georgia.  J P., B. W. and A. C. are living in that state.
The father of these children devoted his attention principally to planting,
though he was a mechanic of much ingenuity.  He was quite active in political
circles, and was a consistent member of the Methodist church for many years. 
In politics he was a whig.  His early life was spent in Virginia, whence he
immigrated to South Carolina and thence to Georgia, where he died in 1858,
his wife dying two years later.  He was liberal in his contributions for
the establishment of churches, schools and all worthy objects of public
benefit.  Rev. J. L. Williams has been for many years a prominent minister of
the Methodist Episcopal church south, of which he has been a member for
sixty-two years and with which his family are also identified. In 1839 he
married Miss E. A. B. Morgan, a native of Georgia, and a daughter of Rev.
Hobson Morgan, who has borne him ten children of whom five are living:  Martha
A. was born in 1841 and is now living in Dallas, Tex.; D. A. was born in 1843;
Mary F. was born in 1845 and died in 1884; Rev. J. B. was born in 1847 and
began ministerial work in 1887, and is now a member of the Louisiana
conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south; Miss E. J. was born in
1849 and died in 1890; A. T. was born in 1851 and is now living in Georgia;
Miss M. F. was born in 1853 and died in 1886; Miss S. T. was born in 1856 and
died in 1863; J. Bascom was born in 1861, on the day of the battle of Manassas
Junction, and is a member of his father's household.  The mother of these
children died in 1861.  In 1863 Mr. Williams married Mrs. F. A. Reynolds, and
by this marriage has had two children:  Joe F, born in 1873, and who died in
1888, and Lily C., who was born in 1876.  Mr. Williams has been a resident of
Hico, where he has been postmaster for two years.  He at different times
taught several terms of school here and is well regarded as a thorough and
conscientious educator.  He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since
1854, and became a Master Mason in the lodge at White Sulphur Springs, Ga.,
Royal Arch Mason at Homer, La., and is also a member of the Lisbon lodge.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 459.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.