BIOGRAPHIES: John W. WILLIAMS, Barron, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 9 January 2004 ************************************************************************ John W. Williams was born in Indiana in 1844, and married Frances W. Rhodes, who was born in Ohio, the daughter of Jacob Rhodes, who died in 1918 at Barron, and his wife, Mrs. Jane Rhodes, who still makes her home in that place. Mr. Williams brought his family to Barron County in 1904, and lived three years on a farm in Maple Grove Township before moving to Barron City, where he died in 1918, and where his wife still lives. They were the parents of eleven children: Freeman W., of the firm of Williams Brothers, auctioneers, real estate dealers and insurance agents, Barron; Sherman, deceased; Doyle, of Rice Lake, this county; John, associated in the firm of Williams Brothers, with Freeman W.; Orvel, also of Barron; Ora, deceased; Jennie, wife of Edward Boyer, of Barron; Bertha, of Seattle, Wash.; and Lydia, Callie and Ivan, who are deceased. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 138. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm