Husband Capt. Samuel H. Williams 1
Born: 19 Mar 1839 - Chester Co, PA 2
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Father: John F. Williams ( - ) 3
Mother: Eliza Bunting ( - ) 3
Marriage: 1880 2
Other Spouse: Sarah McMillen ( -1880) 2 - 1 Nov 1865 2
Wife Laura E. Hamilton 4
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Father: James Hamilton (1804-Aft 1898) 5
Mother: Hannah Waddle (1817-Aft 1898) 5
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1 F Marilla Williams 2
Born: 4 Dec 1883 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Samuel H. Williams
At the age of fifteen he left his early home to learn the trade of house painting with his uncle by marriage, a resident of Stormstown, Centre County, Pennsylvania. His apprenticeship was barely ended when the Civil war broke out, and he was among the first to answer President Lincoln's call for defenders, enlisting April 19, 1861, in Company H, 7th P. V. I. In August of that year he returned home, his term having expired; but in February, 1862, he re-enlisted in Company H, 56th P. V. I., and served until hostilities ended, receiving his discharge July 1, 1865. His regiment was incorporated in the Army of the Potomac at its organization, and his entire service was in connection with it, and ended only with its disbandment. Capt. Williams was a gallant soldier, and his military record a highly honorable one. Enlisting as a private soldier, he rose step by step until he became captain. For a time he served as a musician; became a sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant of Company H, 56th P. V. I.; was breveted first lieutenant and commissioned October, 1864; was breveted captain of Company I, same regiment, and commissioned in February, 1865. He shared the fate of the Army of the Potomac from the beginning to the end, participating in the numerous skirmishes and engagements of the regiment, among which were: Gainsville, Groveton, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, in front of Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, Yellow House and Five Forks. The Captain re-enlisted in 1864 as a veteran.
At the close of the war Capt. Williams located at Philipsburg, in Centre County, where he followed his trade until 1868, when he moved to Bellefonte, which borough was thereafter his place of business and home. He was for years engaged in business in the line of paints, oils, wall paper, picture frames, etc. He was active and influential in business circles and especially interested and prominent in military affairs. For fifteen years, or longer, Capt. Williams was identified with the N. G. P.; in 1880 and 1881 he was on Gen. Beaver's staff; and for several years following this he was on the staff of Gen. Wylie as brigade commissary sergeant of the 2nd Brigade of the N. G. P. He served eight years as quartermaster of the 5th Regiment N. G. P., commanded by Col. Birchfield, his term expiring February 28, 1897. In politics he was a Republican, and for five years he served as a school director, and six years as a member of the borough council. Socially he was a member of the F. & A. M.; of the G. A. R. Post at Bellefonte, of which he was past commander; also past colonel of Camp 59, U. V. L.
General Notes: Wife - Laura E. Hamilton
She was born on the old Hamilton homestead near Pleasant Gap, in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where she received the benefit of the neighborhood schools, but later was sent to the boarding school at Jacksonville, where her education was completed. She was a member of the M. E. Church from girlhood, and was active in the Ladies Auxiliary society of the Church.