My Genealogy Hound

Samuel J. Williams, M. D., a prominent medical practitioner of Crawford County, was born in North Carolina in 1826, and is the second of the three children born to Samuel and Martha (Brown) Williams, natives, respectively of North Carolina and Virginia. His father died when Samuel J. was a child, and the mother (who is still living and making her home with our subject) settled in Missouri in 1830. Samuel J. Williams, after receiving a good education, graduated in June, 1845, at the St. Charles (Mo.) Methodist College, and from 1845 to 1846 read medicine under Dr. N. H. Watson, of Franklin County, Mo., and from 1846 to 1850, under Dr. Peter Pemple, of the same county. In 1851 he graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and then began the practice of his chosen profession in Gasconade County, Mo. At the outbreak of the late war he enlisted as surgeon in the Third Missouri Cavalry, Confederate army, and in the service gained valuable experience. Since the close of the war he has turned his attention entirely to his practice, and in 1868 received a diploma from the Missouri Medical College. As a practitioner he has achieved signal success and enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In 1874 he purchased his present homestead, consisting of 140 acres of well-improved land. In 1867 Dr. Williams was united in marriage with Sarah E., daughter of Alfred Schobe. Five children were the result of this marriage, only one, Martha, now living. Dr. Williams was commissioned postmaster of the Jake’s Prairie post office in July, 1884; the mail is obtained via Cuba, tri-weekly. The Doctor is a member of the Democratic party, and a Freemason. Mrs. Williams is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.