The Coshocton County histories sketch several Williams households and seldom say how one is related to another, so each is kept apart here. Richard Williams brought his family from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Linton Township in 1808 and died there in 1830; his son John R. Williams, born in 1802, married Elizabeth Fowler in 1828 and raised eight children, one of whom, William M., died at Fortress Monroe in 1864. Dr. Heslip Williams, born in Guernsey County in 1815, began practicing medicine in Linton Township in 1836 and served the county in the Ohio legislature as both representative and senator. His son James M. Williams, born at Plainfield in 1850, joined the army in 1864, graduated from Allegheny College in 1873 and became a Coshocton attorney. Other Williams households farmed in Clark and Jackson Townships, and the 1881 history also remembers a Colonel Williams, the pioneer settler of the town of Coshocton, whose daughter Sarah married Adam Johnson. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Coshocton County history.
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John R. Williamsborn 1802Most recent in our records
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Settled in Linton Township in 1808
Farmer, carpenter and cabinetmaker, Linton Township
WILLIAMS JOHN R., Linton townshiprfarmer; born March 28, 1802, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania; son of Richard and Eliza- beth (Bracken) Williams. In 1808 he came with his father to Linton township, where his father died November 28, 1830. When a young man,- Mr. Williams worked some at house carpentering and cabinet making, but he has farmer principally. He was married November 27, 1828, to Elizabeth Fowler, born February 28, 1808, the daughter of Richard and Jane (Elson) Fowler,, married February 5, 1807, and granddaughter of Archibald and Hannah (Roberts) Elson. They have had eight children, viz: Richard, deceased;. John F., James, Marion; Elizabeth, deceased;. William M., who died at Fortress Monroe, August,. 1864; Sevilla (Weatherwax) and Warren.
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Farmer and miller, Monroe Township
WILLIAMS M. H., Monroe township; was born July 24, 1838, at East Plainfield, Coshocton county; son of John R and Elizabeth (Fowler) Williams, and grandson of Richard Williams. Mr. Williams was brought up on a farm and educated in Coshocton and Spring Mountain. He has followed farming all his life, except eight years, when he was in the milling business with his father and brother. He married Mary J. Weatherwax October 6, 1864, who was born May 18, 1847, granddaughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Felton) Weatherwax, and daughter of Jacob and Susannah (McCoy) Weatherwax; also granddaughter of John and Sarah (Stevens) McCoy. Their children are Lizzie S., born in 1865, and Howard D., born February 26, 1870.
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Physician and state senator
Civil War soldier and Coshocton attorney
WILLIAMS JAMES M., Coshocton; attorney; was born July 22, 1850, in Plainfield, this county; son of the Hon. Heslip Williams, formerly State senator, now deceased. He attended the public schools until April 11, 1864, when he entered the army as a member of the Third Regular Cavalry, Company C, Seventh Army Corps, in which he served until the close of the war. In 1866 he commenced teaching school, and graduated June 56, 1873, at Allegheny college, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He commenced the study of law August 14, 1873, with Messrs. Spangler & Pomerene, of Coshocton, and was admitted to the bar September 16, 1875. He commenced the practice of law July 1, 1877. January 14, 1878, he was appointed colonel on Governor Bishop's military staff, and served two years. Colonel Williams was married May 21, 1879, to Miss Mary S. Brockway, only daughter of Charles B. Brookway, of Ripley, Chatauqua county. New York.
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Farmer and fur dealer, Clark Township
WILLIAMS C. M., Clark township; farmer and fur dealer; postoffice, Clark's; born in Holmes county, Ohio, January 23, 1836; s.on of John M. and Lydia (Courtright) Williams, and grandson of Charles and Susan (Carpenter) Williams and Jacob Courtright. His grandfather is closely connected with the early history of the county, being one of the pioneers. He was married December 1, 1857, to Miss Sarah Miller, daughter of Abram and Nancy (McNeal) Miller, and granddaughter of George and Mary (Good) Miller, and of Archibald and Mary (Airly) McNeal She was born in Clark township, March 22, 1835. Her parents came-to this county at an early day, and settled in Clark township.
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WILLIAMS JAMES F., Jackson township; miller; Eoscoe postoffice; was born in Linton township, March 17, 1835; son of John R. Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, of Welch ancestry. He was brought up on a farm, where he remained until he was twenty-three years of age, when he commenced his present business, which he has principally followed until the present time. Mr. Williams was married, ii October 1856, to Miss Margaret E., daughter of J. D. Johnson. Their three children are George M., Charles E. and Ida. Mr. Williams is doing a first class merchant and custom business. The building of this mill was begun April 1, 1880, and commenced doing work August 1, of the same year.
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WILLIAMS W. D., FranMin township; teacher; postoffice, Coshocton; born January 19, 1856, in Putnam county, Ohio; but came to Coshocton county in January, 1879; son of David M. and Elizabeth Anne (Roberst) Williams. W. D, not being born to wealth, he of necessity was compelled to work industriously; his education was therefore neglected until the spring of 1879, when he gave his attention to study, and by September 4, 1880, he began his first term of teaching, in which he has succeeded well.
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