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

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           WILLIAM J. WILLIAMSON, farmer, section 29, Grant Township, was
        born Aug. 5, 1840, in Hancock Co., Ohio.  He is the son of LEVI and
        MARY (BIBLAR) WILLIAMSON.  His father was born in Virginia and is
        of mixed English and Scotch descent.  His mother was born in Ohio,
        of Dutch parentage.  After marriage, the parents settled in Hancock
        Co., Ohio, where the mother died, about the year 1849.  His father
        afterwards married AGNES CELLARS, a native of Ohio, and the family
        subsequently removed to Allen Co., Ind.  In the fall of 1863 they
        came to Huron County, where the father located on 80 acres of land
        on which he had made a claim in the spring of the same year.  It is
        situated on section 29, Grant Township, and he has since resided on
        the same place.  Eight children were born of the two marriages.
        (See sketch of DR. LEVI WILLIAMSON.)
           MR. WILLIAMSON is the second son by the first marriage.  He pas-
        sed his life in the manner common to farmers' sons until he reached
        manhood.  When that period arrived, the country was in the throes
        of civil war, and as the conflict grew more and more intense and
        its momentous nature became more and more apparent, MR. WILLIAMSON
        became interested in its issue, and the first event of his life of
        conspicuous importance was his enlistment in the Union service,
        Aug. 13, 1862. He enrolled in the 100th Ind. Inf., and was in the
        military service of the United States until Jan. 6, 1863, when he
        was discharged at Memphis, Tenn., on account of disability. He re-
        turned to Allen Co., Ind., with health much impaired, and in the
        spring of 1863 he came to Huron County and entered a claim of 160
        acres of land in Grant Township. He remained in Huron County during
        the summer, returning to Indiana in the fall, where he again en-
        listed, in the 142d Ind. Vol. Inf., and remained in the service
        until the termination of the war. On receiving his discharge, he
        returned to Huron County and entered upon the work of improving his
        farm, which was in a wholly wild state. His place now includes 100
        acres, with 90 acres under good improvement. He sold 60 acres of
        his original acreage.
           MR. WILLIAMSON is a Democrat in political sentiment. He has of-
        ficiated as Township Clerk, School Assessor and in other positions,
        in the spring of 1884 (current year) was elected Treasurer of Grant
        Township.
           MRS. ELIZABETH ANN (HARRISON) WILLIAMSON was born June 25, 1854,
        in Canada. Her parents, EDWARD and ELIZABETH (PETCH) HARRISON, were
        natives of England. They emigrated from that country to the
        Dominion of Canada in 1845, where they resided until their removal
        to Huron County, in May, 1867, since which date they have resided
        with their daughter.  MRS. WILLIAMSON has one sister, MRS. JANE
        (HARRISON) GAGE. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
        WILLIAMSON, namely: CHARLES E., GERTRUDE M., GEORGE O. and LYDIA M.
        GEORGE died in infancy.  MR. WILLIAMSON is the resident owner of
        160 acres of land in Grant Township, 45 acres of which are under
        cultivation.

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