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Born 1805
From The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882)
COLUMBUS WILLIAMS (deceased) was born at Norwood, near Cinci nati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. 29, 1805; his parents, Jonathan and Mai (Davis) Williams, were natives of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They en grated to Ohio at an early day and located on a farm in Hamilton Count where the father died, Jan. 22, 1814. The mother survived him twenty year dying on the 22d of December, 1834. Our subject spent the greater part his life on the farm; he was reared as a farmer and received such education was attainable at that early day. When 18 years of age, he commenced lear ing the carpenter trade with his eldest brother, and in that occupation conti: ued for thirty years. In 1853, he purchased the interests of the other heirs his father’s farm, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was married
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As printed in The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Silas Hurin (b. 1774)
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