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John A. Williams
John A. Williams, Muhlenberg County, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., April 28, 1840, and is the fifth of eight children born to Robert and Jennie (Williams) Williams, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, and of Irish descent. The mother of our subject was the daughter of James Williams, of North Carolina. He had been sheriff for one or two terms in Wilson County, Tenn.
John A. Williams was reared on the farm, and attended the common schools; he was but six years old when his father died; he lived with his mother until twenty-one years of age, when he enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Kentucky Infantry, October 20, 1861, under Capt. M.J. Roark, P.B. Hawkins, colonel commanding; took part in the battles of Murfreesboro, Tenn., siege of Knoxville, Atlanta, Perryville, Ky., and numerous skirmishes; was discharged in December, 1864, at Bowling Green, Ky.; returned home and engaged in farming and trading in stock until 1881, when he engaged in the livery business in Greenville.
In 1852 he moved with his mother, to Muhlenberg County. He was married, February 23, 1866, to Mary Eades, of Muhlenberg county, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Coleman) Eades, natives of Virginia. One child, Minnie, has been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 926.
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