MR. JAMES R. WILLIAMS, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.
He also came from the island of Enlli, near Pwllheli, and was a brother of the father of Ebenezer Williams, and a son of Richard and Sarah Williams.He was married by the Rev. W. Rowlands, D.D., in 1843 to Mary,daughter of Lewis and Ann Lewis, Trenton, N.Y., and they came to the settlement in 1856 and bought the farm of Seymour Wilkins, on Section 22, Utica. He was known throughout the state as an able deacon in Bethesda Church.
He died of a brief illness May 23rd, 1882, when 68 years old, and his wife died in Randolph, October 27th, 1893, when 73 years old. She was a cousin of Prof. E. Morris, D.D., Lane Seminary, and much like him.
Their sons are : Lewis J., married to Anne, the daughter of William Owens, Racine, in Franksville, with one daughter, Mary B., Edsward J., married to Sarah, daughter of John D. Morgan, Lime Springs, Iowa, where he is also, and the children are : Elmor James, Melvin and Stella; Thomas Charles, who married Sarah, daughter of Richard Jones, Algoma, and who inherited his father's farm, but who died of typhoid fever, December 13th, 1889, leaving his widow and three orphans.
Their daughters are : Sarah, wife of Thomas D. Roberts, Randolph, and their children are Edwin Lumley, Walter and Everett, who died; Anne, the wife of Thomas E., son of Evan T. Jones, Clay County Iowa, with four children.