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Born 1815
From The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882)
JOHN D. WILLIAMS, farmer and auctioneer; P. O. Lebanon; was born x Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Dec. 14, 1815; his parents were Levi 'williams, a native of Ohio, and Lydia (Draper) Williams, of Pennsylvania, e was educated in the common-schools of the township, and has followed:.ring and auctioneering all his life. He is a genial, warm-hearted gentleman, and is well thought and spoken of by all who know him. In 1837, he marked Miss Sally Yoorhis, who died, in 1861, leaving the following children ving: C. O., Elizabeth and C. V., the other two of her live children having ed before her. On the 24th of May, 1863, Mr. Williams married Miss Mary Trimble, by whom he has had two children, viz., Perry T. and Sylvan N.
1 fr. Williams is a Republican and has served his township a number of years as: justice of the Peace.
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.
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