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From Past and present of Randolph County, Indiana : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1914)
LUTHER L. WILLIAMS.
The day of the pioneer in this country is gone, and we are in the midst of a settled stability and permanency. Nevertheless, as we look about us we find a few representatives of the early days, who become at once the center of interest because they carry in their minds recollections of our hardy forefathers. In this connection we make reference to one of the sturdy farmers of Randolph county, Luther L. Williams, who having nearly reached his three score and ten milestone, has come down to us from the pioneer period of which he can relate many interesting things, and he has lived to take part in the momentous transformation of the country. Mr. Williams is one of the veterans left to us who, in the stormy and turbulent days of the great rebellion, gallantly went forth to preserve the Union, thus being entitled to our undying gratitude.
Mr. Williams was born in Fountain City, Wayne county, Indiana, July 30, 1846. He is a son of Nathan and Mary Ann (Brown) Williams, whose family consisted of five children. The father was three times married, and three children were borne by his third wife, two of whom are deceased; his children are Elizabeth, widow of Nathan Addington, a farmer, lives in Richmond, Indiana, and has three children; Luther L., of this review; Mahala married Aaron Adams, a farmer who is now deceased, and to them twelve children were born, ten of whom are still living; Joel H., of Winchester married Mary E. Wright, now deceased, and to them three children were born, one of whom is deceased; John Wesley, who is living retired in Parker, married Rebecca Herron, and they have four children.
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As printed in Past and present of Randolph County, Indiana : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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