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Born 1850
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
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.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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