Biographical Sketch of Samuel J. Williams, M.D., Crawford County, MO

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Samuel J. Williams, M. D., a prominent medical practitioner of Crawford
County, was born in North Carolina in 1826, and is the second of the 
three children born to Samuel and Martha (Brown) Williams, natives, re-
spectively, of North Carolina and Virginia.  His father died when Sam-
uel J. was a child, and the mother (who is still living and making her
home with our subject) settled in Missouri in 1830.  Samuel J. Williams
after receiving a good education, graduated in June, 1845, at the St. 
Charles (Mo.) Methodist College, and from 1845 to 1846 read medicine
under Dr. N. H. Watson, of Franklin County, MO., and from 1846 to 1850,
under Dr. Peter Pemple, of the same county.  In 1851 he graduated at 
the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and then began the practice
of his chosen profession in Gasconade County, MO.  At the outbreak of
the late war he enlisted as surgeon in the Third Missouri Cavalry, Con-
federate army, and in the service gained valuable experience.  Since 
the close of the war he has turned his attention entirely to his prac-
tice, and in 1868 received a diploma from the Missouri Medical College.
As a practitioner he has achieved signal success and enjoys a large and
lucrative practice.  In 1874 he purchased his present homestead, con-
sisting of 140 acres of well-improved land.  In 1867 Dr. Williams was
united in marriage with Sarah E., daughter of Alfred Schobe.  Five
children were the result of this marriage, only one, Martha, now living.
Dr. Williams was commissioned postmaster of the Jake's Prairie post
office in July, 1884; the mail is obtained bia Cuba, tri-weekly.  The
Doctor is a member of the Democratic party, and a Freemason.  Mrs.
Williams is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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