GIBSON COUNTY TN - OBITUARIES - Judge John L. Williamson 1876 ********************************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Carney <42558@comcast.net> ********************************************************************************************************** OBITUARY OF JUDGE JOHN L. WILLIAMSON Died November 14, 1876 Judge John L. Williamson, died at his residence here Tuesday morning last (Nov. 14), after a lingering illness, aged 44 years. He was buried in the cemetery yesterday (Nov. 15) with the honors of Odd Fellowship. He was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., October 1st, 1832, where he resided with his father, the late Beverly A. Williamson, until his removal to this county in the year 18__ [1839]. His father and family have resided in and near Milan since their removal to Gibson county. John L. Williamson attended the Instutue [sic] at Murfreesboro . . . He studied law under the late Col. M. R. Hill of Trenton, and was admitted to the bar in 1857, at that place. . . He at one time represented the county in the lower House of the general assembly; was married twice, first to Miss Martha Zackory [Zachary], of Murfreesboro, and second to Mrs. Viola Mosely, of Owensboro, Ky. He leaves a wife and three children to moarn [sic] his loss. Milan Exchange, November 16, 1876.