Obituary of Judge Albert Gallatin Williams - Jackson County, Missouri

Obituary:  The Independence Examiner page 1 Friday June 27, 1913
                                    JUDGE A.G. WILLIAMS DEAD
             Was Justice of Sni-a-Bar Township and Many Years Ago was
                                Eastern Judge of the County Seat
     Albert G. Williams, one of the justices of the peace of the old school
in eastern Jackson County, died at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at his
home in Blue Springs.  He had filled the office for several years,
dispensing in a simple, straightforward manner that generally hit the spot.
     Funeral services for Judge Williams were held at the home at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.  The ceremony was in charge of the Rev. T.D. Payne, a
Methodist minister of that town.  The attendance was large, for Judge
Williams had spent many years of his life there.  The burial was in the Blue
Springs Cemetery.
     Albert G. Williams was born in Simpson County, Ky., December 9, 1835.
At the age of 17 he first came to this county, and decided to make it his
home,  first, however, spending eighteen months on the plains.  Returning to
Jackson County, he taught school for awhile.(*see note at bottom of the
page)  Then he engaged in farming and stock raising near Blue Springs which
he followed for many years until his health began to fail.
     When the civil war broke out, Mr Williams enlisted as a member of the
state militia in the cause of the South.  Before the war he had served as
constable and deputy sheriff.  After the war he returned to this county.  In
1874 he was elected eastern judge of the county court and served four
years.
     In 1855 Judge Williams married Miss Amanda Gibson of the vicinity of
Blue Springs.  She survives him.  They were the parents of Mrs. James A.
Shepherd, who lives on East Kansas Street, this city, and of the following,
all or near Blue Springs: Mrs. John Stanley, Mrs. Silas Porter, Mrs. Ed.
Hutchings, Mrs. Maud Lowe, Mrs. James Lowe, Mrs. William Dillingham, Rufus
Williams, and Albert L. Williams.
     The vacancy in the office of justice of the peace of Sni-a-Bar Township
will be filled by appointment of the county court.

*The Williams Shoolhouse- The one room country school in NE Jackson County
was named in honor of Judge Williams.  It no longer exists, but stood
approximately 100 yds from the NE intersection of Owens School Road and Pink
Hill Road.

Submitted by Gloria Jean Hubbs Shay the ggg granddaughter of Judge
Williams.
January 2, 2001

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