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HENRY H. WILLIAMS, Judge of County Court, Troy. Judge H. H. Williams was born in New Carlisle, Clark Co., Ohio, Feb. 9, 1840; his grandfather, Henry Williams, was one of the pioneers of Clark Co., having emigrated from Virginia with his family, and settled near New Carlisle in 1806; his parents were Henry Williams and Elizabeth Pettigrew, who were the parents of five children, of whom our subject is the third; his youth was passed upon the farm, after which he attended a brief academic course at Linden Hill Academy, under the tuition of Prof. Thomas Harrison; after a term spent in teaching she entered the law office of Messrs. Conklin & Matthews, at Sidney, Ohio. At the beginning of the war, he enlisted as a private in the 15th O. V. I., and served through the following summer; in December, 1861, he again enlisted in the 71st O. V. I., and served as a private until discharged in 1863; was engaged in the battle of Philippi, in the McClellan campaign, of 1861; also the battles of Columbus, Miss., and Shiloh, in which last engagement he was wounded in the right hip and disabled for life; he was taken prisoner by the rebels, but after a four months’ confinement paroled and exchanged, receiving his discharge on account of disability, in 1863. Resuming the study of law, he was admitted to the bar in Sidney in September, 1864, and soon after opened an office in Troy; his health failing, business was discontinued until 1870; in the fall of 1871 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and re-elected in 1873, thus making his term of office four years; in December, 1877, he was appointed by Gov. Young, Common Pleas Judge of the Second Judicial District of Ohio, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Geo. D. Burgess; and was, in October, 1878, elected to the same position without opposition, which office he still holds. His rank as a lawyer is second to none in the district, and his administrations as Judge give almost universal satisfaction; is held in high regard by the legal fraternity for his high sense of duty, his splendid social acquirements and his sterling integrity. His marriage was celebrated Feb. 25, 1864, wedding Miss Eloise J. Anderson, of Miami Co., Ohio; four children now brighten their home— Maggie, Minnie, Gracie and Harry Lloyd. Judge Williams is a stanch Republican, and the embodiment of honor, truth and justice.