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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [203]

           LEVI WILLIAMSON, practicing physician and farmer, resident on
        section 29, Grant Township, was the earliest permanent settler of
        the township, whither he removed in the spring of 1863. He made a
        homestead claim of 80 acres of land in a primitive condition, on
        which he erected the first structure for a residence in the town-
        ship. He entered at once upon the practice of his profession, and
        for a score of years he has been well and widely known in his
        professional capacity, in which he holds a substantial reputation.
        He owns 160 acres of land, including 75 acres cleared and in til-
        lage, with excellent orchards, good building and creditable farm
        fixtures.
           DR. WILLIAMSON was born Oct. 16, 1815, in Hampshire Co., Va.,
        and is the eldest of 19 children born to his parents. He is the son
        of WILLIAM and MARY (STEARNS) WILLIAMSON, who were natives of the
        same county in Virginia, where they were married and settled. They
        removed later to Pickaway Co., O., where the mother died. The
        father went to Hancock Co., Ohio, and thence, after the close of
        the war, to Missouri, where he died. Their family consisted of 15
        sons and 4 daughters. Five of the former became soldiers in the
        Union army, and three of them yielded their lives in the service of
        their country. Their graves are remote from the home of their
        friends and the place where they were born.
           DR. WILLIAMSON obtained a good common-school education and
        studied for his profession two terms at the Physio-Medical Insti-
        tute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 28 years-of age when he entered
        upon his preparations for a medical career. He first established
        himself as a practitioner in Wood Co., Ohio, removing his business
        three years later to Ashland County in the same State.  A year
        later, he went to Williams County, in the Buckeye State.  Three
        years afterward he went to Allen Co., Ind., where he practiced
        medicine three years.  At the end of that time, in 1863, he came
        to Huron County.
           He is a Democrat in political principle, and has served in most
        of the local offices. He has been Supervisor of Grant Township two
        terms and Justice of the Peace 12 years.
           He was married in Hancock Co., Ohio, to MARY BIBLAR, a native of
        Fairfield Co., Ohio. ABRAHAM, WILLIAM J. (see sketch), BENJAMIN F.,
        MARY E. and SARAH A. are the names of their children.  MRS. W. died
        May 20, 1848, in Hancock County.  DR. WILLIAMSON was a second time
        married Sept. 10, 1850, in Wood Co., Ohio, to AGNES E. CELLAR, who
        was born July 18, 1834, in Richland Co., Ohio. Three children have
        been born to them,— ALVA C, JOHN M. and JOSEPHINE A. DR. WILLIAMSON
        is an Adventist in his religious views.
           The portrait of DR. WILLIAMSON, on the preceding page, is very
        appropriately given in this volume, as of a gentleman who is well
        known for moral integrity and professional skill; and it is there-
        fore with pleasure that we welcome the likeness among the collec-
        tion in this volume.

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