Harrison County, West Virginia    Biography of Glenn F. WILLIAMS

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II.
pg. 351


GLENN F. WILLIAMS.  One of the best known citizens of
Clarksburg, West Virginia, and one who in many ways has
justified the high regard in which he is held, is Capt.
Glenn F. Williams, able lawyer, overseas veteran officer
of the World war, member of the American Legion, and
police judge presiding at Clarksburg.

Captain Williams is a native of West Virginia, and was 
born at Bristol, Harrison County, June 2, 1892.  He is a 
son of Thompson H. and Ollie E. (Conaway) Williams, both
of whom were born in Ten Mile District, Harrison County,
and now reside at Clarksburg, in which city Mr. Williams
is interested in the real estate business.  Captain
Williams has one sister, Merle, who is the wife of Andrew
Edmiston, Jr., of Weston, West Virginia.  His paternal 
grandparents, William J. and Elizabeth (Amos) Conaway, 
were born in Marion County, West Virginia.

When he was ten years old, the parents of Captain Williams
came to Clarksburg and he attended the public schools, in
1909 being graduated creditably from the high school, 
following which he had a year of training and tuition at
that notable hoary old institution dear to the memory of
thousands of young men in their day, St. John's College,
at Annapolis, Maryland.  He spent three years in the study
of law at the West Virginia University at Morgantown, 
receiving his degree of LL. B. in 1913.  In the same year
he was admitted to the bar, one of its youngest members in
Harrison County, and immediately entered into practice at
Clarksburg amd soon won a recognized place at the bar.

For some years before the great calamity of war cast its 
shadow over his beloved country, Mr. Williams had been a
member of the West Virginia National Guard, and was captain 
of his company in the First Regiment when, on March 31, 1917, 
he entered the service of the United States.  He was sent 
first to the camp of the Tirty-eighth Division, at 
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, retaining his rank, and on June 4, 
1918, accompanied this division overseas, it being utilized
as a replacement troop in the Fourth Regulars.  He was made
captain of Company C, Twelfth Machine-gun Battalion, and
served as such during the furious battle of St. Mihiel and
the never to be forgotten struggle in Argonne Forest.  
Following the signing of the armistice with the enemy, he
was detailed to serve in the army of the occupation in 
Germany until he received his welcome order home, where he
was honorably discharged, with the rank of captain, on
August 16, 1919.  Faithful in the performace of every 
military duty, Captain Williams did his share in earning the
world's tribute to the splendid courage and noble qualities
of the flower of American youth.  Upon his return to
Clarksburg, he quietly resumed the practice of his profession
and since then has been associated with the well known law
firm of Carter & Sheets.  On May 1, 1921, he was appointed
police judge at Clarksburg, an appointment giving general
satisfaction, for it is known that Judge Williams has not
only intelligent opinions on all matters that can be brought
within his jurisdiction, but that no other than a rigid sense
of justice can influence him in enforcing them.

In 1913 Mr. Williams was married to Miss Elizabeth Heiskell, 
a daughter of N. C. Heiskell, of Morgantown, West Virginia,
and they have one son, Neill Thompson Williams.

In political affiliation, Captain Williams is a sturdy 
supporter of the democratic party, reared in this faith as
also in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a member of
the Harrison County Bar Association, of which he is 
treasurer, and belongs also to the West Virginia State Bar 
Association.  He is a Thirty-second Degree Mason and a 
Shriner, a member of the Knights of Pythias and is affiliated
with other organizations that pleasantly connect him with 
social community life.