John G. Williams and Caroline Snyder

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Husband John G. Williams ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Wales
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           Died: Nov 1868 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD

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Wife Caroline Snyder ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1816 - Maryland
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           Died: Jun 1904 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Hon. Andrew G. Williams ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1840 - Richmond, Henrico Co, VA 1 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Lucinda A. Lee (      -1870) 4
           Marr: 19 Jan 1863 4

         Spouse: Emma S. Ramage (      -      ) 4 5
           Marr: 16 Nov 1876 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - John G. Williams

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He came from his home in Wales to the United States, a young man of twenty-four years, and selected for his home the mountainous city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, although trade conditions first impelled a residence in Maryland or Virginia, also in mountain districts. He was an iron mill worker, and first found employment at Ellicott City, Maryland. In 1836 he moved to Richmond, Virginia. He worked in the iron mills of Richmond until 1842, then moved to Pittsburgh, working in the iron and steel mills there until 1848, then worked in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, a short time, thence to Etna, near Pittsburgh. In January, 1850, he became one of the incorporators of the Mechanics Iron Works, a cooperative mill which existed until 1854. In 1856 he went to Paducah, Kentucky, as superintendent of the Southern Iron Works. In 1858 he returned to Etna, where he was in the employ of Spang & Company, iron manufacturers. In 1865 he became manager of a Pittsburgh mill, making steel by a newly discovered process, continuing until November, 1868, when he was killed in a boiler explosion in his own mill, leaving a widow and seven children.

He and his wife removed to Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1848, having resided in Pittsburgh for one year previous.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 715.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 54.

3 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 146.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 56.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 716.