ONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: CAPTAIN J. G. WILLIAMSON -  Wood County, TX 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

CAPTAIN J. G. WILLIAMSON

Camp Sterling Price, at Dallas, Texas, had the following:  The 
committee to draft memorial resolutions on the decease of Comrade J. G. 
Williamson reported as follows, which was adopted:  To the officers and 
members of Camp Sterling Price, U. C. V., Comrades:  Death has again 
invaded our camp and taken from us our esteemed Comrade and fellow 
citizen, Capt. James G. Williamson, who died at the residence of his 
son, Jessie Williamson, No. 361 Wood street, on the 16th day of 
December, 1901, aged 76 years, 10 months and 27 days.  Capt. Williamson 
was born at Greenhill, Tennessee, on the 23rd of January, A. D. 1825.  
In company wih his parents, when a mere boy, he emigrated to the State 
of Arkansas, and settled in the town of Russelville, where he engaged 
in farming for a number of years.  In 1844 he was married to Miss 
Sallie Howell, of that village.  To them four children were born, 
namely: Henry C., now a resident of Kansas City, Mo.; Sallie B. Smith, 
who died at Lisbon, in Dallas county, May 12, 1896; Maggie M. Rogers, 
who died Feb. 18, 1868; and Jessie M., a resident printer of this city.   
In 1860 Captain Williamson moved with his family to Dallas county, 
Texas, and on the 15th day of September, the following year he had the 
misfortune to lose his excellent wife by death.  In March, 1862, he 
enlisted as a private in company C, Col. B. Warren Stone's Second 
regiment Texas Cavalry, and in consequence of his great popularity was 
elected captain of the company.  He participated in all the battles of 
his regiment; was captured at Yellow Bayou, La., and in prison for six 
months, after which he remained in active service till the close of 
the war.  He was a brave and gallant officer, who knew his duty and 
performed it at all times without fear or favor, and was universally 
respected and beloved by all who knew him.  At the close of the war 
he returned to his home in Dallas county, and on the 5th day of August, 
1865, was married to Mrs. Della Williams (nee Kinnard), a daughter of 
W. M. and Elizabeth C. (Smith) Kinnard, who emigrated from Tennessee 
to Dallas county, Texas, in 1861.  (The writer who attended this 
wedding thirty six years ago and has never forgotten the enjoyment of 
the occasion.)  By this union, one child was born, Jettie M., who 
married Henry Dennet, now a resident of Mineola, Texas.  Captain 
Williamson had the misfortune to lose his second wife in this city on 
the 2nd of January, 1897.  For several years after the war Captain 
Williamson conducted a mercantile business at Lisbon, in this county.  
Since then he has been variously employed.  In politics he was a 
Democrat, and was an earnest and devout member of the Christian church.  
Resolved, That in the death of our esteemed Comrade this Camp has lost 
an honored member, the city a noble and respected citizen and his 
surviving children a loving parent.  Resolved, further, That a copy
 of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our Camp and that 
the Confederate Soldier and Daughter, a magazine, be requested to 
publish same.  

R. D. Rawlins, J. F. Caldwell, George N. Aldridge, committee.