BIOGRAPHIES:   Freeman W. WILLIAMS, Barron, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  14 January 2004
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Freeman W. Williams, of the firm of Williams Brothers, Barron City,
auctioneers, real estate dealers and insurance agents, was born in Marshall
County, Indiana, April 5, 1880, son of John W. and Frances W. (Rhodes)
Williams. He came to Barron County with the family in 1904, and to Barron
City in 1907, and was variously employed until the fall of 1909, when he
became an auctioneer and real estate man. The next year the present company
was formed in partnership with his brother, John. The company does a good
business, and the brothers are widely known for their ability, good
judgment, fair dealing and integrity. Both brothers are stockholders in the
Pavillion Sales Co. of Barron and both attend the Baptist Church. Freeman
W. Williams was married Oct. 18, 1904, to Hattie M. Baker, of Maple Grove,
this county, born in Mazomanie, Wis., Oct. 18, 1885, daughter of William H.
and Margaret Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have four children: George W.,
born Nov. 20, 1905, now a student in the Barron High School; Margaret, born
July 17, 1908, who died Aug. 1, 1910; Dorothy, born June 10, 1913; and
Idella M. born Sept. 28, 1915.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 138-139.

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