Isaac Grey Williams (1810 - 1868)

Born 29 May 1810 in Grayson, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Wright) Williams — married 13 Jan 1831 in Logan, Ohio

Husband of Margaret L (Brown) Williams — married 24 Dec 1840 in Logan County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1868 at age 58 in Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

John and wife, Mary, and daughters Granted a Certificate to Transfer from the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting [in Jefferson County, Ohio] to the Darby Creek Monthly Meeting [more commonly known as the Goshen Monthly Meeting] in Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio. ^[1]

He is buried at Grove Cemetery in Kenton, Ohio.

Hardin County, Ohio, Pleasant Township: "ISAAC G. WILLIAMS (deceased) was born in Grayson County, Va.. May 29, 1810. He was first married at Zanesfield, Ohio, having settled there with his father, John Williams at or near a town called Mingo. His wife's maiden name was Lydia Wright, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, four of whom are now living, viz., Granville S., at Kenton, Ohio: Eliza J. Mastin, widow of John Mastin (deceased), residing in Washington County, Miss.; Mary E., wife of E. Brown, Cincinnati, and Eudora H.. wife of Adam Stewart, Bellefontaine, Ohio. His wife died in Zanesfield, Ohio, in 1839, and he was subsequently united to Miss Margaret Brown, a native of Baltimore, Md. They were married in Zanesfield, Ohio, and moved to Walnut Grove, Logan County, where he carried on a dry goods and grocery business. He moved from there to Hardin County in 1851, and located on a farm south of Kenton. Ohio, in 1857, engaging in the dry goods business for twelve year,. He afterward established the "Williams Bank," under the firm name of J. G. Williams & Son, which he conducted successfully to the close of his life, which occurred in Kenton September 16, 1868. He was for twelve years a Justice of the Peace in Zanesfield. He was brought up in the Quaker persuasion in his native place, and lived and died in that faith. By his second marriage there are eight children, five girls and three boys, all living, viz., Charlottie A., wife of S. B. Detray, Kenton; Hester A., wife of Frank Deakin, South Bend, Ind.; Ruth A., wife of L. W. Barr, Kenton; Eda A., wife of John A. Givney, St. Louis, Mo., and Marie L., wife of K. L. Steiner, Allegheny, Penn. The three boys are Isaiah N., Oran Otis and Eugene V. Oran O. married Ida Feiring, by whom there are two children-Isaac G. and Oran Otis. Eugene V. married Louisa Knapp, and lives in Kenton. Isaac N. Williams was born at Walnut Grove, Logan County, was reared in Kenton and studied dentistry with Dr Satzman, with whom he worked five years. He then opened his present office, in February, 1883, and continues to practice his profession." ^[2]

Information from descendant's application to the Sons of the American Revolution:

• Name: Isaac Grey Williams
• Birth Date: 1810
• Birth Place: Grayson,Virginia
• Death Date: 1867
• Death Place: Kenton, Ohio
• SAR Membership: 39925
• Role: Ancestor
• Application Date: 21 Mar 1924
• Father: John Williams
• Mother: Mary Robinson
• Spouse: Margaret L Brown
• Children: Maria Williams

Sources

1. ↑ http://riverwye.s406.sureserver.com/getperson.php?personID=I13274&tree=Watkins
2. ↑ http://rea-williams.com/getperson.php?personID=I13999&tree=tree1

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=484740&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

• http://person.ancestry.com/tree/39469377/person/20004270431/facts

• https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/http//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102473520

• Probate record - Hardin, Ohio