Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

JOHN L. WILLIAMS was born in Allen County, Ky., on the 22d of July, 
1856.  He is a farmer and the son of a farmer.  His father, James 
Franklin Williams, who is also a native Kentuckian, was born in 1824, 
and has been thrice married; his first wife was Jane Black, of Allen 
County, Ky.; to this marriage were born four children:  Robert B., 
Lucinda G. Dinwoody, Mary J. (deceased), and Sarah E. (deceased).  His 
second marriage took place with Martha E., daughter of John Briley, of 
Allen County.  To this marriage were born four children:  John L., 
Amanda A. (Patton), Margaret J. (Gardner) and William B. N.  His third 
wife (Mary D. Patton) is yet living, aged about sixty years.  James F. 
Williams has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he has been 
very successful; his farm is one of the best in his section.  He is now 
sixty-one years of age.  John L. Williams in early life attended such 
schools as were afforded in his home district, where he laid the 
foundation for a fair English education, and his contact with the 
affairs of life has made him conversant with the literature of the day, 
and disciplined him in business.  At the age of twenty-four he married 
Luella Duncan, daughter of Sanford and Kittie A. Duncan, of Allen 
County; she was born April 19, 1860, and their marriage took place in 
1880.  She departed this life April 16, 1882; her only son, Robert B., 
died February 11, 1882, in infancy.  After his marriage Mr. Williams and 
his brother, William B. N., took charge of their father's farm, which 
they have operated successfully since.  The farm contains 200 acres; 125 
acres are in cultivation and well improved with fences, buildings and 
orchards.  The water privileges are very good and the land is admirably 
adapted to grass, and supports some of the best stock in the county.  
Socially Mr. Williams commands the resepct and esteem of all who know 
him; he is a member of the Baptist Church.  He is a Democrat, but not a 
political aspirant, and lends a willing hand to the assistance of his 
friends and the improvement of the community.  Robert B. Williams, the 
eldest son of James Franklin Williams, was a graduate of the Louisville 
Medical College, and died in Memphis, Tenn., to which place he had gone 
to treat cases of yellow fever.

Williams Black Dinwoody Briley Patton Gardner Duncan
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Louisville-Jefferson-KY TN

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