OBIT: William WILLIAMS, 1906, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MAJOR WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

  A prominent citizen of Hollidaysburg and a veteran of the Mexican and 
civil wars, died at his home on Allegheny street, opposite the court 
house, this morning at 11:15 o'clock, after a brief illness of 
congestion of the lungs.  Deceased was a son of Joseph Williams of 
Green county, and was born in June, 1828.  His mother died when he was 
an infant and his early life was spent on a farm in Scotch Valley with 
an uncle.  He studied law under the late Hon. Samuel Calvin of 
Hollidaysburg, and was admitted to practice in the Blair county courts 
and was the senior member of the Blair county bar, but he had retired 
from professional life many years ago.  In 1845 he was commissioned by 
Governor Shunk as second lieutenant of "The American Highlanders," a 
militia company attached to the Legion which served in the Mexican war.  
On May 14, 1861, he was commissioned as major of the Fourteenth 
regiment of the United States regulars and served until the close of 
the war.  Major Williams was prominently identified with many public 
enterprises in the county capital, assisting in establishing the 
Hollidaysburg gas plant more than fifty years ago, and was one of the 
prime movers in the building of the Hollidaysburg seminary and is today 
its present owner.  In politics he was an old line Whig, and later 
adhered to the doctrines of the Republican party.  He was twice 
married, both wives having preceded him to the grave.  He is survived 
by three daughters and one son: Mrs. Rebecca Flanigan of Kansas, Mrs. 
Marian C. Flanigan of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Edward Frazier of 
Pittsburg and Thomas, at home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, January 30, 1906, page 1