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Born 1850
From History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901)
R. A. O. WILLIAMS, whose portrait appears on the foregoing page, is one of the leading physicians and sur-'
geons of Ottumwa, Wapello county,
Iowa. He was born in Nauvoo-, Illinois, in
1850, and is a son of A. O. and Minerva
(Townsend) Williams.
A. O. Williams, Sr., was born in Portage county, Ohioi, in 1826, and was there reared and educated. The family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1849, he followed the trade of a druggist during his active career. For the last twenty years of his life he lived in retirement at Belvidere, Illinois, where he died in 1896. His widow, who was born in 1835, is now residing at Marion, Iowa. They were parents of two children: A. O.; and George T., who resides at Ida Grove, Iowa.
Dr. A. O. Williams attended the State University of Iowa, and was graduated with the class of 1873, with the degree of A. B.; during a part of his course he taught German to some extent. He then attended lectures in the medical department of the same institution, and, after graduating, in 1875, entered upon the practice of medicine, at Eldon, Iowa. He continued there for one year, and then moved to Ottumwa, where he has since been located. His success was assured from the start, and he now has a large and profitable practice. HeTias been surgeon for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company since 1885, for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company since 1875, and is surgeon for the Ottumwa Electric Street Railway Company. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the National Association of Railway Surgeons, and the American Academy of Medicine.
In 1880, Dr. Williams was united in marriage with Nettie C. Warden, of Ottumwa, and they have three children: Bessie, Jeanette and Virginia. Fraternally, the Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Modern Woodmen of America.
As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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