Harry E. Williams Biography


	This biography appears on page 865 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				HARRY E. WILLIAMS. 

	During the entire period of his active life Harry E. Williams has 
been in some way connected with the grocery business and this wide 
experience has been an important factor in the gratifying success which 
he has gained in the conduct of a wholesale grocery in Aberdeen. He was 
born in Wales and acquired his education in a private school in that 
country. When he began his independent career he engaged in the 
wholesale grocery business at Llanelly, Wales, continuing thus until 
1898, when he came to America. Here he resumed his education, studying 
for three years at Valparaiso, Indiana, and graduating from the 
commercial and musical departments of Valparaiso University. Following 
this he went to Chicago, Illinois, where he became manager of a 
wholesale and retail grocery store. Resigning this position in 1906, he 
removed to Mitchell, South Dakota, where be worked in a grocery store 
for seven years. He located in Aberdeen in July, 1913, and there 
established the wholesale grocery which he has since conducted. He has 
already won an enviable reputation as a business man of insight, 
integrity and ability and his patronage has grown rapidly. 

	Mr. Williams is connected with the Masonic lodge and gives his 
political allegiance to the democratic party. He has gained a place 
among the substantial merchants and valued citizens of Aberdeen, 
commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he has social or 
business relations.