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Born 1802, Westmoreland county
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 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.
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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