GEORGE E. WILLIAMS
George E. Williams owns and occupies a farm of two hundred and eighteen acres in section 29 and 30, of Benton township. He has been a resident of Benton since October, 1864. He first settled on the southeast quarter of section 30, where he lived until he removed to his present residence in 29, in the spring of 1874. Mr. Williams was born in Grafton county, New Hampshire, September 6, 1830. He lived in his native State till 1850, then removed with his parents to Genoa, DeKalb county, Illinois. He was married in Illinois, in 1857, to Mary E. Oakes, a native of the town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, New York, born in August, 1838. Her parents, Asa and Hannah Oakes, were born, reared and married in New Hampshire, removed to New York and thence to Illinois, where they remained until their decease. Mr. Williams' parents removed with him, to this county in 1864. His father, however, died in Illinois, where he had returned on a visit. His mother died here. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have eight children -- Charles H., Alice C. and Katie W., (twins), the latter a teacher and at present attending the State Normal school at Cedar Falls, Luana S. and Lavina M, (also twins), Horace D. and Bertha D. They lost their seventh child and third son, George A., when an infant. Mr. Williams was severely injured, in 1868, by being thrown from a horse. His life was long despaired of, and he has since been an invalid. Since then he has spent much of his time in reading, and is a man of much general information.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 644.
