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Born 1856, Putnam 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 W. D., FranMin township; teacher; postoffice, Coshocton; born January 19, 1856, in Putnam county, Ohio; but came to Coshocton county in January, 1879; son of David M. and Elizabeth Anne (Roberst) Williams. W. D, not being born to wealth, he of necessity was compelled to work industriously; his education was therefore neglected until the spring of 1879, when he gave his attention to study, and by September 4, 1880, he began his first term of teaching, in which he has succeeded well.
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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