WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN

WILLIAMS, HULL

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/16/2013 at 09:59:02

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 821

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN--Farmer, section 30, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born January 8, 1826, in Carroll county, Maryland, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming till 1849, then moved to Holmes county, Ohio, and engaged in farming till 1854, when he came to Iowa and settled where he now lives, and owns one hundred and twenty acres of good land with abundance of fruit and well stocked. Mr. Williams was married August 17, 1854, in Holmes county, Ohio, to Miss Lucinda Hull, who was born there in May, 1830. Five children are the fruits of this union: James Thomas and Jessie Washington, twins (born February 28, 1857), Catharine E. (born July 12, 1861), Charles (born in 1864), James H. (born in 1867). Mrs. Williams after years of suffering, died July 17, 1875; she was an earnest, patient Christian, a member of the M.E. Church, a kind and loving wife and mother, and was mourned by a wide circle of friends and relatives.