Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Williams, Charles H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Buckingham Township


CHARLES H. WILLIAMS deceased, was born in Buckingham 
township, December 30, 1843, and was a son of Edward and 
Phoebe E. (Scofield) Williams, the former a native of Bucks 
county and the latter of Virginia and both of English 
descent.  His grandfather was Samuel Williams, who was a 
resident of Buckingham township.  He was a farmer by 
occupation.  Our subject's father, Edward, was quite a 
prominent man and widely known for honesty and integrity.  
He held several positions of trust.  He was a trustee of the 
Hughsian free school, and president of a turnpike company.  
He had three children by his first wife, only one living, 
John S.  He had seven by his second marriage:  Charles H., 
deceased, Esther S., Mary E., William (deceased), E. 
Marshall (residing in Florida), Frank H. (physician in 
Trenton), and Harriet F.  Our subject was reared on the farm 
and at the age of twenty-one went to Illinois, and located 
in Butler township, Vermillion county, and remained on a 
farm purchased by his father until the spring of 1876.  In 
the meantime he came back, was married and returned.  In the 
spring of 1876 he moved to Buckingham township, this county, 
where he lived until his death.  In 1882 he built a 
commodious residence in which the widow now resides.  She 
retains the farm in Illinois, consisting of two hundred 
acres.  He died in August, 1886.  He was married October 10, 
1872, to Anna J., daughter of Mahlon and Sarah H. (Smith) 
Atkinson.  Mr. and Mrs. Williams were the parents of five 
children:  S. Ellen, Elizabeth S., Edward, Albert M., and 
Naomi.  Mrs. Williams is a member of the Society of Friends.