SAMUEL L. WILLIAMS

 

     A native of Warren township, Lucas county, Samuel L. Williams has here spent his entire life with the exception of ten years during which he was a resident of Kansas.  Formerly engaged in farming, he turned his attention to carpentering in 1908, which occupation he has since followed with gratifying success.  Samuel L. Williams was born September 30, 1866, a son of Parkison and Sarah J. (Essex) Williams, of whom more extended mention is made under the heading of Parkison Williams.

     Samuel L. William was reared and attended school in Warren township, spending the major portion of his life on the old homestead and assisting in its operation.  He spent ten years in Kansas, however, but then returned to his former home.  In the meantime he had taken up the carpenter’s trade, in which occupation he has since been successful.

     Mr. Williams was married in 1891 to Miss Laura E. Clayton, who was born in Wayne county, Iowa, May 8, 1874.  She was brought by her parents to Lucas county when a child and grew to womanhood here.  Her parents are William and Elizabeth (Wright) Clayton, who came from Wayne county to Lucas county and are now residents of Chariton.  In their family were the following children:  Florence, deceased; Mrs. Samuel L. Williams; Mrs. Mellie Graham, who resides in Oregon; Mrs. Annie Lewis of Chariton; Alvin, deceased; Henry, who makes his home in Chariton; Mrs. Essie McCulloch, of the same city; and Carl, who makes his home with his parents in Chariton.  The two eldest of these children were born in Wayne county and the remainder in Lucas county.  Mr. and Mrs. Williams became the parents of seven children:  Herbert R., born March 13, 1893, still at home; Dorothy Steva, born July 20, 1895, who died December 3, 1896; Mamie I., born January 10, 1901; Gerald, whose date of birth was September 23, 1903; Orlo B., who birth occurred November 26, 1905; Gladys M., born January 29, 1908; and Robert D., born May 19, 1911.  The three elder children were born in Wayne county and the younger ones in Stafford county, Kansas.  Mrs. Williams is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, taking an active and helpful interest in its work.

     Politically Mr. Williams is a republican, giving his unqualified support to the measures and candidates of that party.  However, he has never taken more than a citizen’s interest in politics, not caring for public office.  He is public-spirited in the best sense of the word and is interested in all that pertains to the progress of his section.  He enjoys in large measure the confidence and good-will of his fellow citizens and is one of the valued and esteemed residents of Warren township.

 

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