BIO:  Philip 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, Spring Garden Township, Pg 194

PHILIP WILLIAMS is a son of Philip and Elizabeth (Crone) Williams, natives respectively of 
Hellam and Manchester Townships, York County.  His father was a cooper, shoe-maker, and farmer, 
and died in 1877, aged eighty-nine years.  Our subject was born November 27, 1816, and for 
forty-four years has been following agricultural pursuits.  He is the owner of two excellent 
farms, one situated in Hellam Township, consisting of 131 acres, and one of thirty-five acres 
in Spring Garden Township.  He also owns a tract of land, consisting of ten acres in 
Pleasureville.  He was married, January 9, 1840, to Miss Magdalen Smyser, daughter of Christian 
Smyser, of Manchester Township.  Mrs. Williams was born August 1, 1814.  They have had five 
children:  Anna M. and Susan (deceased), George H., Clara A. and Leah A.