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BIOGRAPHIES
 Source #1:
Biographical Record of Fairfield & Perry Counties, Ohio
- Illustrated -
New York and Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1902
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THOMAS B. WILLIAMS is one of
the younger members of the Perry county bar who has attained
distinction and success that many an older professional man
might well envy. He has served as prosecuting attorney of the
county and is now enjoying a distinctively representative
clientage as a member of the legal fraternity of New
Lexington. Mr. Williams is a native of Pomeroy,
Ohio, where his birth occurred January 5. 1870, his parents
being Benjamin and Elizabeth (Johnson)
Williams, both of whom were natives of Wales, whence they
came to the new world in 1863, taking up their abode in Niles,
Ohio, whence they removed to Pomeroy and afterward went to New
Straitsville, Perry county, Ohio. The father was a miner by
occupation and his wages were barely sufficient to provide the
necessities of life for his family without giving them any
special advantages.
From an early age Thomas B. Williams has been
dependent upon his own efforts. Before he was ten years of age
he began work in the mines and followed that .pursuit whenever
there was work to do until after he had graduated from the
public schools. He attended school in Pomeroy and in New
Straitsville and at length was graduated in the high school at
the latter place in the class of 1889. He then continued to
work in the mines until he had acquired capital sufficient to
enable him to pursue his legal studies, for he had determined
to make the practice of law his life work. He thus early
showed forth the elementary strength of his character and his
strong purpose and untiring energy have been salient features
in his career, as he has steadily progressed toward success.
He has earned his daily bread from: childhood and has not only
achieved a good, liberal education but also prepared for the
bar and won his degree in the Cincinnati Law School, in which
he was graduated with the class of 1892. He then took up the
practice of law, at once opening an office in New Straitsville,
where within a short period he has already gained recognition
as a lawyer of ability, manifesting his proficient knowledge
of law and his ready application of legal principles by the
way in which he conducted the legal business entrusted to his
care. In the fall of 1893 he was elected prosecuting attorney
for Perry county and after practicing for eighteen months at
New Straitsville he removed to New Lexington, where he has
since remained. He discharged his official duties with such
ability and promptness that he was re-elected for a second
term in 1896, and upon his retirement from the office he
resumed the private practice of law and now has a large
clientage.
In the year 1893 Mr. Williams was united
in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Griffith, a native of
Wales, and a daughter of David D. Griffith, of Whiting,
Indiana. They now have two. interesting children: Elbert
and Margaret. Our subject and his wife have a large
circle of friends in New Lexington and enjoy the regard of
those with whom they have been brought in contact. Fraternally
Mr. Williams is connected with the Masonic
order, with the Knights of Pythias and with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. In his political views he is a
Republican and has been an active and helpful member of the
county committee. He has served as a member of the city
council of New Lexington and in the discharge of his official
duties has manifested capability and trustworthiness that has
won for him the highest esteem. Mr. Williams has
accomplished much in life, although he is but a young man.
Dependent upon his own resources for a living from an early
age, he has watched his opportunities, has made the most of
his advantages and as the years have passed has steadily
progressed until he now occupies a most creditable and
honorable position as a citizen and as a member of the bar.
Source: A
Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry Counties,
Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J. Clarke
Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 466 |
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