Daniel M. Williams and Anna Good

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Husband Daniel M. Williams ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Jun 1849 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Williams (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret Wise (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 19 Jul 1885 1

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Wife Anna Good ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Oct 1867 - Port Perry, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Good (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Clara Woolslayer (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Cecelia May Williams ⁴

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           Born: 13 Apr 1886 4
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2 F Margaret Williams ⁴

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           Born: 3 Apr 1896 4
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General Notes: Husband - Daniel M. Williams

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He obtained his education in the common schools of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, which he left at the age of fourteen years to enter the employment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a water-boy on a work train. After a year's service there he was a laborer for a short time and then became a brake-man on a freight train, filling that position for eighteen months. His efficiency brought him promotion and he was made conductor of a freight train. In this capacity he spent the next ten years of his life. While in the discharge of his duties he had the misfortune to suffer so severe an injury to his right hand that amputation was necessary. He continued in the train service, however, until 1880, when he was promoted to yardmaster, performing the duties of that position until 1901. He was then given the place of traveling yardmaster. He was also roadmaster at Radebaugh, and held a similar position on the Radebaugh & Hempfield branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the terrible railroad riots of 1887, when legal restraint was thrown to the winds and the wild passions of men led them into the commissions of all sorts of excesses, this city and its immediate vicinity were the theatre of the fiercest, wildest and most sanguinary acts of that period. Mr. Williams, then yardmaster at Derry, left his place there and proffered his services to the officials of the company at this place. The tracks outside of the Union Station were then in possession of the rioters and the company was using every effort to get its trains through to other points. Mr. Williams volunteered to take charge of a freight train and attempt to take it to its destination. The undertaking was full of danger as the rioters were determined that no train should be moved. As the train started the strikers attacked it, and Mr. Williams received a bullet in the leg, making a wound that was painful and annoying, but he succeeded in his effort and took the train through to Erie. As a reward for this service, Thomas A. Scott, then president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, presented Mr. Williams, with a valuable gold watch, chain and pendant and a check for one hundred and fifty dollars. This watch was naturally one of the most valued pieces of property Mr. Williams ever possessed.
After he entered upon his career as yardmaster Mr. Williams had other exciting experiences while looking after the interests of the Pennsylvania road. In 1889 he captured two men who had attempted to wreck a train at Southwest. They were tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of five years each in the penitentiary. He also captured several parties of car robbers and broke up a desperate gang of thieves. In 1878 he was struck by a fast running express train in the East Liberty yards, thrown a great distance and severely injured, but finally recovered.
As a natural consequence of his long and faithful service, the dangers he braved and the injuries he suffered in the performance of his duty, Mr. Williams was highly esteemed by the officers of the corporation he served for more than forty years. In the discharge of his duties he was fortunate, and in all the years of his service never had a wreck. His relations with his fellow employes were always such that he was popular with them. He was a member of many fraternal orders, both those connected with railroad service and those independent of it. He was a member of the following associations and orders: Veterans Association of the Pittsburg Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; The Yardmaster's Association of the United States; the Order of Railway Conductors, No. 114, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 701, of Jeannette; Lodge No. 571, Royal Arcanum of Derry Station; Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 225, Pittsburg. His political affiliations were with the Republican party.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 620.

2 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 167.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 166.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 621.