James Williams Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

Source:

1881 History of Grant Co., Wisconsin
Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL
Biographical Sketches, Town of Linden, Pg. 916

JAMES WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Mineral Point; was born in Cornwall, Eng, in 
1823; came to America and Pennsylvania in 1850, and to Wisconsin in 1853; owns 140 
acres of land.  His wife, Margaret Colvert [spelled that way in the bio.], a 
native of England, was born in 1834, and married, in 1850, Mr. Hillery, now 
deceased, by whom she had five children - Sarah J., Henry, Mary Ann, Maggie and 
Ella - and in 1867, was married to Mr. Williams.  By this union there are also 
five children - James I. Millie B., Nora E., Willie L. and Clara L.  In politics 
Republican, and religion Methodist.