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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Logan County, Arkansas published by Southern Publishing Company in 1891.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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W. A. L. Williams, farmer, Chismville, Ark. Mr. Williams’ fine farm, consisting of 280 acres of land in Washburn Township, Logan County, Ark., is well cultivated and improved, and his buildings are all in first-class shape. He is thrifty and enterprising, and the success which seems to attend his efforts is well merited, for no one is more thoroughly interested in this calling or gives it greater attention. He was born in North Carolina, in 1827, and is the son of John W. and Mary A. (Thacker) Williams, natives of the Old Dominion. Our subject was principally reared in North Carolina, and his educational facilities in youth were not of the best. He started out as a tiller of the soil in 1860, and this has continued to be his principal occupation since. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the army and served his country faithfully and well until the cessation of hostilities. He was married to Miss Margaret Jane Palmer, a native of North Carolina, and the daughter of Jesse and Betty Palmer, natives also of North Carolina. Mr. Williams removed from Missouri to Logan County, Ark., in 1870, and here he has made his home ever since. The fruits of his union were the following children: Uriah, Tempy A., A. J., Mary E., L., Dora, Alice, Oscar and Wallace, all the children living and at home, with the exception of Uriah and Tempy A. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is a Democrat in politics.

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This family biography is one of 92 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Logan County, Arkansas published in 1891.  For the complete description, click here: Logan County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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