MR. OWEN WILLIAMS. FOX LAKE, DODGE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
Carpenter, Cambria; was born December 20th, 1836, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, parish of Penmaenmawr; son of Owen Williams; his mother's maiden name was Margaret Roberts.Came to America in the fall of 1856, and lived in Chicago about six months; then, in May 1857, went to Portage City and lived there almost five months, then, in La Crosse till the spring of 1859, when he went to St. Louis, Missouri; resided there a little over a year, then back to Wisconsin, and lived in Cambria, four years. He then went on to farm, near Lake Emily, in the town of Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin, where he resided fourteen years, still working at his trade, which he had learned in Wales.
In June, 1878, he removed to the village of Cambria, where he still resides.
Was first married, May 6th, 1864, in Fox Lake, to Mary Morris, daughter of Henry Morris, of that place; she died May 8th, 1868, leaving one child, Richard O. Williams, born June 11th, 1865, and now living at home. Was married again in Milwaukee, April 3rd, 1871, to Ellen Thomas, of Milwaukee, daughter of Richard Roberts, and widow of Joseph Thomas, who died, in Randolph, of sunstroke.
Mr. Williams owns a farm of 240 acres, in the town of Machford, Green Lake County, Wisconsin; one of 156 acres, in Fox Lake, Dodge County, and twenty acres in the town of Courtland, Columbia County - 416 acres in all. Independent in politics.