MR. EDWARD WILLIAMS, CAMBRIA, COLUMBIA, WISCONSIN.
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.EDWARD WILLIAMS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cambria; son of William Edwards, and Jane (Owens) Edwards; was born Sept. 28, 1814, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales.
Came to America in July, 1846. Married, February, 1849, by Rev. William J. Jones, to Ellen Evans, widow of Robert Evans and daughter of Thomas Edwards and Margaret (Jones) Edwards.
Edward had four children - Jane E., born Dec. 6, 1850, and married to William Pugh, at Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Thomas E., born Aug. 8, 1852, unmarried; William and Catharine, twins, born Aug. 8, 1854; both died October following; wife had one child by first husband, Margaret Evans, now wife of Mr. Griffith O. Jones, at Augusta, Wisconsin.
He has 224 acres of land, 100 acres under cultivation.