Benton A. Williams and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shilling

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Husband Benton A. Williams ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1831 - Centre Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: William Williams (1800-1876) 3
         Mother: Mary Poorman (1797-1885) 3

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Wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shilling ⁴

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         Father: Henry Shilling (1812-1882) 5 6
         Mother: Mary Hann (1816-1885) 4 6

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Children

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1 F Mary E. Williams ⁷

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         Spouse: Austin Hoagland (      -      ) 7

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2 M Charles G. Williams ^{2 7 8}

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           Born: 11 Sep 1866 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 9
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         Spouse: Mary S. Laferty (      -      ) 9 10
           Marr: 1906 9

         Spouse: Minnie M. Montgomery (      -1940) 9
           Marr: 1915 9

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3 M John F. Williams ⁷

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4 F Jennie M. Williams ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Benton A. Williams

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He attended the common schools, and was brought up at farm labor. He began for himself at the age of twenty-three years, renting a farm of 175 acres in Hickory Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, of Everhart, Satterfield & Co., for seventeen years. He kept the cattle for this company, and after awhile became a partner in the stock. In 1868 he began cultivating a farm, known as the "Truesdale Farm," which he continued for five years. In 1872 he bought a farm in Jackson Township, and five years later he purchased the J. P. Kerr farm of 285 acres, in East Lackawannock Township, paying for the same $28,000 cash. [HMC 1888, 898]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 874, 898.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 536.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 898.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 874.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 873.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 603.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 899.

8 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 39.

9 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 40.

10 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 537.