REV. JOHN DANIEL WILLIAMS, LIME SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA.
Born at Llanllyfni, Carnarnarvonshire, Wales, September 25, 1814. He attended the village school when a boy, and finished his education at Holt Academy, Wrexham.When a young man he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter’s trade.
Emigrated to America in 1845 and worked at his trade for a short time at Waukesha, Wisconsin.
He then bought a farm at Proscairon, Wisconsin, and in 1847 married Mrs. Mary Hughes, sister of the late Thos. H. Roberts.
In 1866 he removed with his family to Foreston, Iowa, where he died October 5th. 1887. Mr. Williams, like most Welshmen, was brought up religiously from his youth.
As he had more than ordinary ability and was well versed in the Scriptures and studious, he was invited by the C. M. church to the ministry, and began preaching in 1857 and continued to proclaim the Good Tidings thereafter with much faithfulness and acceptance until the end. He was a man of rugged strength physically, mentally and spiritually.
He read much of the best books and had a retentive memory and an excellent judgment of the truth. His stepson. Rev. Robert W. Hughes, is in the Congregational ministry, his son. Rev. Daniel Williams, is in the Presbyterian ministry and his son, Wm. W. Williams, is a member of the Iowa Legislature.