Williams, Sidney

WILLIAMS, LINN

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WILLIAMS, Sidney
Attorney and Counselor at Law, office, cor. Walnut and Howard streets; residence, Howard street, corner Turner, Colfax; born in Crawford Co., Penn. in 1841; came to Jasper Co. in 1863. Married Miss Sarah LINN; she was born in Crawford Co., Penn. in 1843. They have five children - Amanda, James, Anna, Hattie and Arthur. Greenbacker in politics. Mayor of Prairie City four consecutive years. Enlisted in the 12th I. V. I. in 1861, in Dubuque Co.; participated in battles of Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh and others; mustered out in Nov. 1864. ~ "Washington Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)