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William H. Williams. Prominent among the business houses of Lawrence County, Mo., is the general merchandise firm of Williams & Co. Mr. Williams is the senior member of the firm, and T. H. Maberry and B. W. Childress are the junior members. All are Missourians, and have been tillers of the soil. They carry a large and well-selected stock of goods, and, by their energy and fair business dealing, have a lucrative trade. They also handle produce and deal in cattle. Mr. Williams is about thirty-seven years of age, and besides his interest in the store, owns 200 acres of land, the principal part of which is under cultivation. He is postmaster at Chesapeake, and is unmarried. T. H. Maberry, the second member of the firm, is twenty-nine years of age, and was married to Miss Izora Kirby, a daughter of James H. Kirby, of Mount Vernon, Mo. Mr. Maberry owns 220 acres of good farming land, which is considered very valuable and is situated on Turnback Creek. B. W. Childress, the junior member of the firm, is thirty-seven years old, and is married, his wife being Miss Retta Gibson, daughter of W. K. Gibson, of Lawrence County. Mr. Childress has an excellent farm of eighty acres.