Williams, W. H.

WILLIAMS, GLASGOW

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WILLIAMS, W. H.
Attorney and counselor at law; Monroe. Mr. Williams was born in Henry Co., Kentucky in 1840. He remained in Kentucky until 1855; he then moved with his parents to Davis Co., Kan., where he remained until the Spring of 1861, when he went to Pike Co. Illinois and enlisted in Co. G, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was enrolled on the 25th of July, 1861; was promoted Second Lieutenant in December 1863; First Lieutenant in March 1864; and Major in May 1865; was honorably discharged on the 22d of May, 1866. During the time he was in service he was in many severe engagements, the principal ones being the battles of Fort Donelson, at which place he was wounded three times, Jackson, Miss., Champion Hills, siege of Vicksburg, and a series of battles around that place. After his discharge, he went to Leavenworth, Kan., remaining until the Winter of 1875, when he moved to Washington, this State, where he finished his law studies and was admitted to the Iowa bar. He moved to this town in November 1877, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He married Miss A. G. GLASGOW in Washington Co., this State, in 1865. She was born in Ohio. ~ Fairview Township Biographies "The History of Jasper County" (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)