Samuel Williams

WILLIAMS, SEWELL

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 23:02:05

Samuel Williams was born in Lewis county, New York, June 7, 1824. In 1844 he emigrated with his parents to Walworth county, Wisconsin, where, in 1851, he married Miss Mary Sewell, a daughter of Jonathan Sewell. In 1855 Mr. Williams came to Iowa and entered 160 acres of the land he now owns. In 1859 he emigrated to Kansas, and from there to Butler county.
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Mr. and Mrs. Williams have three children – Arthur S., Herbert L. and Ada C. Mr. Williams was early taught the principles of democracy, and adhered to the same until he went to Kansas, where he joined the republican ranks and has since voted with that party. He is well known in the county, as for several years, while residing at Butler Center, his house served as a hotel where the hungry could feed and the weary find rest.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 619