BIO:  David F. WILLIAMS, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 57

HON. DAVID F. WILLIAMS (deceased) was born in York, January 28, 1823; he was 
educated at York County Academy, and from 1844 to 1855 was in partnership with 
Oliver Stuck, as editor and proprietor of the York Democratic Press.  During the 
years 1848, 1849 and 1851, he represented York County in the State General 
Assembly.  In 1858, he went to Pittsburgh and became a partner in the 
publication of the Pittsburgh Gazette, which he conducted two years, and then 
went to Philadelphia, and from 1860 until 1866 held a position in the custom 
house.  In 1869 he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for what was then 
the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, and continued in the revenue service 
until 1876.  He was married in 1853 to Miss Anna M. Smyser, a native of York, 
and to him were born four children.  He died October 14, 1881.  For many years 
he was president of the York County Bank.