West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 128 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: Winfield Scott SIMON, Barbour [Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126140532.007c7890@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Winfield Scott SIMON, Barbour Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 340 WINFIELD SCOTT SIMON is serving his second term as county assessor of Barbour County. He is one of the leaders in county republican politics, and his earnest, hard- working citizenship has won him a strong and loyal follow- ing of friends who repose implicit confidence both in his words and his actions. His grandfather was Anthony Simon, a native of old Virginia, who for many years conducted a farm on the waters of Stewart's Run in Barbour County. He married Minerva Corder. They had three sons and one daughter: Joseph B. A., Stephen, John and Helen, the latter of whom married J. B. Dickenson. Joseph B. A. Simon, father of the county assessor, was commissioned an officer in the Union Army, but was never called to active duty. He has been a farmer, is a member of the Baptist Church and is affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Joseph B. A. Simon married Mildred McCoy, daughter of Benjamin and Mathilda Johnson McCoy. Of their ten chil- dren seven reached matured years: Winfield Scott; Tella, wife of O. J. Paugh; Addie, wife of Clark Wood; Icie, who is Mrs. Elbert McWhorter; John, of Junior, West Vir- ginia, and there were also triplets in the family, named, Dora, Cora and Ora, the two survivors being Dora, wife of Albert McWhorter, and Cora, wife of James White. J. B. A. Simon is now seventy-six years of age, and lives with his son Scott. By a second marriage, to Miss Nettie Russell, he has a daughter, Frasie, wife of John Woodford, of Pittsburgh. Winfleld Scott Simon was born in Elk District of Bar- bour County June 4, 1867. His parents were poor. He was fourteen years of age when his mother died, and he and the other children were scattered and grew up chiefly among strangers. Scott Simon had only the advantage of the free schools in his neighborhool, and his environment was the farming district. He had no capital by inheritance, and his first means were supplied from farm labor and work at the carpenter's trade, which he learned and followed for a number of years. During dull seasons at the trade he worked at farming, and he continued in this way until he was chosen superintendent of the county farm. His admin- istration of the county farm for seven years was a very efficient one, and during that time the farm became self supporting. When he turned it over to his successor the cash balance was greater than it had ever been at any previous transfer of administration. Mr. Simon left the superintendency of the county farm to become candidate for county assessor. In the republican primaries of 1916 there were five candidates, and he de- feated his nearest opponent by 137 votes. In the election he defeated Shaffer, the democrat, by 117 votes. He en- tered the office as successor of C. E. Corder. In the primaries of 1920 he was nominated over two competitors, and he defeated his democratic opponent, Lloyd England, by a majority of 1,756. This was a larger vote by 700 than was given to President Harding in 1920 in Barbour County. His reelection is a high testimony to the judgment and fair- ness with which he has administered his office. Incidentally it should be noted that the total assessed valuation of prop- erty in Barbour County in 1916 was $13,000,000, while five years later the valuation rose to $22,000,000. So far as his financial means permitted Mr. Simon has contributed generously to matters affecting the general wel- fare of Philippi and Barbour County. He was one of the contributing stockholders of the old woolen mill, which failed under the first management, but is now one of the live industries of the county. Mr. Simon has never voted any other ticket than republican, and is one of the able and in- fluential workers of the party in the county. He was a delegate to the state convention at Huntington for the naming of supreme judges. Fraternally he has served the chairs in the Knights of Pythias Lodge, is a member of the social branch of the order D. O. K. K., is a member of both branches of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior Order United American Mechanics. In Barbour County November 6, 1889, Mr. Simon mar- ried Miss Cora Reed, daughter of Nathan and Sallie Reed. She was born in Barbour County and died June 24, 1902. Her two children are Otto Simon and Helen, the latter the wife of Dellett Lanham. At Oakland, Maryland, October 13, 1909, Mr. Simon married Miss Alta West, a native of Gilmer County, West Virginia, and daughter of S. W. and Hanna (Wiseman) West, being one of their four sons and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Simon have one child, Paul, now eleven years of age. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:05:03 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126140503.007ce7a0@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Edmond WHITEHAIR, Barbour Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 339-340 EDMOND WHITEHAIR, though past the age of three score and ten, still bears a part in the business affairs of Philippi. He was a boy soldier of the Union in the Civil war, and for the greater part of his active career lived in Preston County, where the Whitehairs are one of the oldest and most prominent families. The family history is given with more detail on other pages of this publication. Edmond Whitehair was born near Terra Alta in Preston County, January 19, 1848, son of Daniel and Sarah (Mes- senger) Whitehair. His mother was a daughter of Edmond and Louisa (Hardesty) Messenger. Edmond was one of a family of eight sons and four daughters, and his boyhood was spent on the farm close to the little city on the moun- tain top. At that time country schools were poorly equipped and conducted only a few months of each year, and it was from such schools that Edmond Whitehair acquired his education. He worked with his father, and though only thirteen years of age when the Civil war broke out, he was eager to get into the service, and after being rejected on account of his age he was finally accepted in February after bis fifteenth birthday. At Grafton he enlisted in Company I of the Seventeenth West Virginia Infantry, under Captain Samuel Holt and Colonel Day. He joined his company at Wheeling, did some training there, was in training at Clarksburg, and during the remainder of the war was on scouting duty. There were many Confederate prisoners gathered in, some of them being deserters from the Confederate Army while others were bona fide soldiers. The Seventeenth Regiment was ordered back to Wheeling and Company I was discharged in July, 1865. After his return to Terra Alta Edmond Whitehair joined Senator Jones in the "shook" business, making shocks for molasses and sugar barrels. This was an industry with which he was identified about eight years. Mr. Whitehair then returned to farming, and was an active factor in the agricultural community near his birthplace for many years. On leaving the farm he retired to Terra Alta, and about twelve years later, in 1904, came to Philippi, where he purchased the marble business of Mr. Joseph Crim, acquiring the plant and goodwill. He took charge and has since con- ducted this local industry, known as the Tygart Valley Marble Works, a corporation of which Sylvanus Talbott is president, Ira H. Byers, secretary, and Mr. Whitehair, treasurer and general manager. The company is capitalized at $5,000, and it does a business over a large adjacent sec- tion of West Virginia and extending into Pennsylvania and Maryland. Mr. Whitehair was one of the promoters and stockholders of the First National Bank of Terra Alta, and is also a charter member and one of the stockholders of the Peoples Bank of Philippi. He is a republican, having cast his first vote for General Grant, and has supported the national ticket for half a century. He was a member of the City Council of Terra Alta and president of the Board of Educa- tion of Portland District, Preston County, for fourteen years, resigning that office when he came to Philippi. In this city he has served two terms as a member of the council, but after his second term declined to serve longer. Mr. Whitehair has been a member of the United Brethren Church for half a century and has been superintendent of the Sunday School. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic. In Preston County he married Miss Lucinda Freeland. Her father was Benjamin Freeland, who married a daughter of Samuel Messenger. Mrs. Whitehair died seven years after her marriage. She was the mother of three children. Her son Walter was killed in an explosion at Cumberland, Mary- land, leaving a wife and four children, whose names are Nora, wife of Clarence Mullendor, Blanche, Stanley and Mrs. Mildred Jennings. The only daughter of Mr. White- hair by his first marriage is Lizzie, wife of M. N. Taylor, of Terra Alta, and the living son is Samuel Whitehair, of Philadelphia. For his present wife Mr. Whitehair married in Garrett County, Maryland, Susan Sanders, daughter of John F. and Elizabeth (Baker) Sanders. Mrs. Whitehair was born in Garrett County February 22, 1851. The one child of Mr. and Mrs. Whitehair is Missouri, wife of Floyd H. Smith, of Philippi, and they have one child a daughter, Pearl, a student in the Philippi High School. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:06:05 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126140605.007cf810@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Charles Fletcher LUCAS, Harrison Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 340 CHARLES FLETCHER LUCAS. While several lines of busi- ness and industry have claimed his abilities during the passing years. Mr. Lucas would probably classify him- self among occupations as a farmer and stockman. From him has proceeded not a little of the enterprise responsible for the development of the commercial interests of Har- rison County, particularly Shinnston, of which community he is a native son. Mr. Lucas was born near Shinnston, June 14, 1868. His paternal grandparents were George B. and Amelia (Rogers) Lucas. His grandfather was born near Baltimore, Mary- land, September 26, 1806, and was twelve years of age when his family settled in Harrison County, West Virginia. He became a farmer there, lived a useful life, was highly respected as a citizen, and died December 5, 1892. He married in 1830 Amelia Bogers, and they had a family of three sons and four daughters. James E. Lucas, father of the Shinnston business man, was born in Harrison County, July 26, 1841, and is now past the age of four score and retired after many years of successful efforts devoted to farming and cattle raising. At one time he was interested in the operation of the flour mill at Shinnston. He served as a teamster in the Union Army during the Civil war. James E. Lucas mar- ried for his first wife Minerva Chalfant, who died in 1869. His second wife was Virginia Robinson, but his children were all by his first marriage. Charles Fletcher Lucas as a boy on the farm attended school regularly, and acquired a substantial training for his career of usefulness. There has probably never been an important length of time in which he has not had an active interest as a farmer and stock raiser. When he was quite a young man he and his father were associated in the operation of the Shinnston Flour Mill, and eventually he became owner of this establishment. In connection with the mill for twenty years he looked after a number of other business affairs. He was financially interested in the Clarksburg Wholesale Company, the Clarksburg Auto Company, the Clarksburg Trust Company, of which he is one of the vice presidents, and is a director of the First National Bank of Shinnston. Mr. Lucas is a republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and is a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. May 8, 1902, he married Sarah Marie Fowler, who was born and reared at Pittsburgh, a daughter of Van Buren Fowler. The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas are William Edward and Van Buren Lucas. Their home is a large and handsome residence, the scene of generous hospitality on the part of its owners. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:03:25 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126140325.007c55d0@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: H. Forster HARTMAN, Preston Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 338 H. FOSTER HARTMAN, a former sheriff of Preston County, has for many years been one of the keen and resourceful business men of that section of the state. He was a merchant before reaching his majority and is now pro- prietor of a prosperous lumber and planing mill business at Kingwood. Mr. Hartman was born on a farm near Tunnelton in Preston County December 25, 1880. His grandfather, Henry Hartman, was a farmer at Craborchard in the same county, and was buried in that locality. He was twice married and had two sons and four daughters. George W. Hartman, father of the Kingwood business man, was born in the Whetsell settlement of Preston County, grew up on a farm and acquired a common school education, and was a Union soldier in the Civil war, being in Company F of the Sixth West Virginia Infantry. He saw some of the fighting within the borders of his native state, and at the end of the war he came out of the army, and thereafter his chief interests were centered on farming, though he also in- vested some of his capital in merchandising as a means of getting his sons in business. He was without ambi- tion for public office, voted as a republican, and was a leader in the Camp Chappel Methodist Church, and is buried in the churchyard there. George W. Hartman, who died December 7, 1917, married Susan Bonafield, daugh- ter of Thornton and Sarah Bonafield. Her father was a life-time farmer, and was probably born in Preston County. Mrs. George W. Hartman died February 9, 1913, and her children, besides H. Foster, were: Edward Thornton, of Boston, Massachusetts; Arnold W., of Tunnelton; Mabel, wife of B. T. Gibson, of Masontown, West Virginia; L. Bert, of Tnnnelton; Alice, wife of Bruce Falkenstine, of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland; and Lessie, of Kingwood. H. Foster Hartman grew up on the old farm near Tun- nelton and acquired a common school education there. At the age of nineteen he went to Lenox and took charge of the mercantile business known as George W. Hartman & Son, owned by his father and brother. He was conducting this store when he reached his majority, and subsequently bought the stock and altogether was a merchant there three years. When he sold out this business he moved a portion of the stock to Terra Alta, but after a time closed out his line of general merchandise and made the candy and ice cream feature his line. About three years later he sold to Ezra B. Hanger, and then went on the road as a traveling salesman for the Bowlesburg Wholesale Grocery Company. He had been on the road about a year when be decided to make the race for sheriff. It was an inter- esting campaign before the primaries, and there were five candidates, so that Mr. Hartman's qualifications and pop- ularity were thoroughly tested. He was elected sheriff in the fall of 1912. Mr. Hartman had east his first vote for President in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt in 1904. The year 1912 was the year of the great split in the republican party, and the division extended to Preston County, where however, Mr. Hartman succeeded in defeating his com- petitor by a good margin. He entered the office as suc- cessor to Charles Spindler, and served the legal limit for sheriff, four years. On retiring from the office of sheriff Mr. Hartman turned his attention to business interests he had already acquired, a garage and planing mill. He soon sold his garage, but the planing mill is still a prominent factor of his enter- prises. This factory is located at Albright, near King- wood. In April, 1921, he purchased the old site and building of the Kingwood Glass Company, and now uses that for handling a large stock of lumber and builders' supplies. Besides this substantial participation in the commercial life of Kingwood, Mr. Hartman is a stockholder in the Bank of Kingwood, is a stockholder and director of the Englehart Woolen Mills Company, and a director and stock- holder in the Bowlesburg Wholesale Grocery Company, which he formerly represented as a traveling salesman. At Lenox, Preston County, April 23, 1901, Mr. Hartman married Miss Belle Kelley, who was born and reared in the Lenox community, daughter of Winfield Scot and Sarah Elizabeth (Feather) Kelley. Mrs. Hartman was past nine- teen when she married. They have three children: Ruby Beatrice, attending the Martha Washington Seminary at Washington, D. C.; Donald Kelley, a student in Kingwood High School; and Harland Spencer. The Hartman family are Methodists, and Mr. Hartman is one of the Official Board of the Kingwood Church. His home is one of the very modern and attractive ones in the county, and in other ways he has contributed to the sub- stantial improvement of the city. ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:04:33 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126140433.007ca040@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Judge William T. ICE, Barbour Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 339 JUDGE WILLIAM T. ICE. In the annals of pioneer settle- ment in West Virginia one of the first family names to appear is that of Ice. Many branches of the old family have been conspicuous in different parts of the state. The following is a brief sketch of the late Judge William T. Ice, who conferred additional honors upon the name through his long and active career as a lawyer and judge in Barbour County. He was born in Marion County in March, 1840, one of the several sons and daughters of Andrew Ice, who lived in Marion County, where he was a farmer and surveyor. Wil- liam T. Ice grew up on a farm, attended rural schools and was mainly self educated. He probably taught in early life, read law at Fairmont, and was admitted to the bar at Philippi, where he established his practice and where except for his official work he was continuously engaged in his profession until his death. Judge Ice was elected and served as prosecuting attorney of Barbour County, was for several years a member of the House of Delegates, and in 1880 was elected judge of the Circuit Court, composed of Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Preston and Taylor counties. He was a judge with a wide learning in the law and a sound knowledge of human nature. He was dignified, impartial, and made a splendid record on the bench. After retiring he resumed private practice, and continued it until his death in February, 1908. Judge Ice was a democrat, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He married Miss Columbia Jarvis. They were the parents of five daughters, and the only son is William T. Ice, Jr. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:16:18 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126171618.00ef1470@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: John Robert POLAND, Berkeley Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 340-341 Berkeley JOHN ROBERT POLAND is one of the substantial and pro- gressive business men of the City of Martinsburg, Berkeley County. He was born on a farm on Black Oak Bottom, bordering the Potomac River, in Allegany County, Mary- land, and the date of his nativity was March 25, 1871. He is a son of Guinn and Anna V. (Holt) Poland, both natives of Maryland. The latter's grandfather, L. O. Holt, repre- sented Allegany County in the Maryland Legislature and served also as county sheriff. The grandmother of John R. Poland was Ruth Cresap, a daughter of Colonel Cresap, who was the founder of the City of Cumberland, Maryland. In memory of Colonel Cresap the Cresap Family Associa- tion has erected a handsome monument in one of the parks of Cumberland, Maryland. Colonel Cresap was a resident of Allegany County, Maryland, at the time of his death. Guinn Poland was born at Dawson, Maryland, in 1844. In his native state he served several years as steward of the Mineral County, West Virginia, Infirmary. Thereafter he established his residence at Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia, and engaged in the transportation of merchandise between that place and Burlington. He died at Keyser in 1902, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his widow now resides at Clarksburg, this state. Of their two children, John R., of this sketch, is the elder. Bessie Lynn married L. P. Sonders, and they have two children, Lawrence and Ruth Holt. John R. Poland attended the public schools at Burlington and thereafter became a clerk in a general store at Elk Garden. He continued his service as a clerk ten years and then engaged in an independent mercantile enterprise. In 1899 he became a merchant in the City of Richmond, Indiana, where he remained until 1902, when he came to Martinsburg, West Virginia, and with a partner established the Perfection Garment Factory. From a small inception the business has developed to one of substantial order, a second factory having been established, in the City of Charles Town, and a retail store, known as the Garment Shop, at Martinsburg. Mr. Poland served as the first president of the Martins- burg Chamber of Commerce, and he is a former vice presi- dent of the local Rotary Club, in both of which progressive organizations he takes deep interest. He east his first presidential vote for Benjamin Harrison, and has continued an independent in politics. He served one term as a mem- ber of the city council of Martinsburg, is a member of the board of directors of the local Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, and he has twice served as vice president of the West Virginia State Sunday School Association, of the executive committee of which he is now a member. Both he and his wife are zealous members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in their home city. In the Masonic fraternity Mr. Poland's affiliations are with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M.; Lebanon Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.; Palestine Commandery No. 2, Knights Templars; Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection at Martinsburg; and Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Wheeling. In 1908 Mr. Poland married Miss May Supples, who was born at Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of Thomas A. and Mary E. Supples. Mr. and Mrs. Poland have three children: John E., Jr., Anna Mary and James Lloyd. ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:18:14 -0500 From: Valerie & Tommy Crook To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991126171814.00ef2ec0@trellis.net> Subject: BIO: Richard WILLIAMS, Cabell Co. WV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 341 Cabell RICHARD WILLIAMS. The coal industry of West Vir- ginia has furnished an opportunity for the achievement of success and position by many men of the younger genera- tion, who have assumed responsibilities formerly assumed or gained only by men many years their senior. It is doubtful, however, if there are many who have accomplished in the same length of time what has been achieved by Richard Williams, who has already become a well-known figure in the industry mentioned and who occupies the position of president of the Glogora Coal Company of Hunt- ington. Mr. Williams was born at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Febru- ary 6, 1891, a son of Morris and Jennie (Stager) Williams. His father, now a resident of Overbrook, Pennsylvania, was born in 1855, in Monmouthshire, Wales, and was one year of age when brought to the United States by his parents, the family settling near Hazelton, Pennsylvania, where he was reared. Morris Williams received the equivalent of a college education, studying under a private tutor, and was married at Hazelton, following which. event he was the superintendent of a Wyoming gold mine for a time. Re- turning to the East, he became president of the Susque- hanna Coal Company, residing at Overbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia, whence he directed the policy of this concern as the head of the Pennsylvania Railroad coal interests. Mr. Williams retired in 1918. He is a Presbyterian in religion and for many years has been an elder and member of the board of trustees in the Philadelphia Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a republican, and his fraternal affiliation is with the Masonic order. Mr. Williams married Miss Jennie Stager, who was born in 1863, at Audenreid, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of three children: Margaret Morris, who is the wife of George B. Garrett, a broker of Germantown, Pennsylvania; Richard, of this notice; and Jean Stager, who is unmarried and makes her home with her parents at Overbrook. Richard Williams attended a private institution of learn- ing, the Lawrenceville School, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, following which he enrolled as a student at Princeton Uni- versity and attended that college until through the junior year. By this time he was anxious to enter upon his busi- ness career, and accordingly secured employment as a mem- ber of the engineer corps of the Susquehanna Coal Com- pany, which position he retained for one year. For the following six months he was in the mechanical engineering department and for one year in the electrical engineering department, and then, formed a new connection, going to the Southeast Coal Company as mine superintendent at Seco, Kentucky. He spent one and one-half years with this firm and then went with a selling company, the Middle-West Coal Company, of which he became Western sales manager, with headquarters at Detroit, Michigan. Both of these com- panies were ones in which Mr. Williams' father was im- portantly interested. On May 18, 1917, Mr. Williams enlisted at Philadelphia in the United States Navy, and went to Cape May, where he spent two months, being then transferred to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he was com- missioned an ensign November 17, 1917. He was then assigned to the cruiser Des Moines, on convoy duty for the remainder of the war, and received his honorable discharge in December, 1918. Like others engaged in the same duty, he had numerous thrilling experiences during his naval duties, but came through all his adventures safely and with a creditable record. Upon his return to civilian life he came to Huntington and established the Glogora Coal Com- pany, which is incorporated under the state laws of West Virginia, and which operates a mine on Beaver Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, and another on Coal River, Raleigh County, West Virginia, these mines having an approximate capacity of 400,000 tons a year. Mr. Williams, who oc- cupies offices at 704-5-6 First National Bank Building, Huntington, is president and treasurer of this concern, and is likewise vice president of the Northeast Coal Company. He is a young business man of the energetic and result- attaining type, and has the fullest confidence and regard of his associates. In polities he is a republican, but political matters have played only a minor part in his career, and his religious identification is with the Presbyterian Church. He holds membership in the Guyan Country Club of Hunt- ington and the Union League of Philadelphia. In June, 1919, Mr. Williams was united in marriage at Philadelphia with Miss Louise Brown, daughter of George and Lucy (Buckner) Brown, the latter of whom is a resi- dent of Philadelphia, where Mr. Brown, who was vice presi- dent of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Com- pany, died. Mrs. Williams is a woman of numerous graces and accomplishments and a graduate of Dana Hall, Wellesley. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams there has come one daughter, Janet, who was born at Philadelphia, July 2, 1920.