Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . 828and spent an active life both as a farmerand in the operations of the oil fields. Hedrilled one of the first wells in Washing-ton County, Ohio, and brought in some ofthe most productive wells both of oil andgas in Southeastern Ohio. In 1890 hemoved to Indiana and was one of the menearly engaged in the oil industry in Madi-son County. He died at Anderson in wife, who died in 1898, was a daugh-ter of Rev. Philip Greene. Mrs. MeWilliams was two years of agewlien her parents moved fro
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . 828and spent an active life both as a farmerand in the operations of the oil fields. Hedrilled one of the first wells in Washing-ton County, Ohio, and brought in some ofthe most productive wells both of oil andgas in Southeastern Ohio. In 1890 hemoved to Indiana and was one of the menearly engaged in the oil industry in Madi-son County. He died at Anderson in wife, who died in 1898, was a daugh-ter of Rev. Philip Greene. Mrs. MeWilliams was two years of agewlien her parents moved from the farm tothe City of Marietta, Ohio, and most of hereducation was acquired in the publicschools there. Later she studied of the best masters of painting andmusic in the City of Chicago, and is awoman of many cultured tastes and ofgreat proficiency not only in the arts butin practical business affaii-s. In 1903 shemarried Dr. Oscar E. MeWilliams of An-derson. Their one child, Samuel W., wasborn in 1905. Mrs. JlcWilliams possesses what is prob-ably one of the most complete private li-. %^^ Q/.^ §, Q/VhA AjPL-U^4^ INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1469 braries iu Andersou. She has siirrouudedherself with books and other objects ofartistic interest, and has not onlj asso-ciated with the best minds of all the agesbut has acquired a deep knowledge of lit-erature and of many branches of learning,ilany of her fine lines of poetry have beenpublished in the newspapers of Andersouand Indianapolis, and some of them alsofind a permanent place in the IndianaBook of the Poets. The practical side ofher nature is exemplified in the successshe has made iu running a drug businessat Anderson. On August 29, 1912, shebought a store at jMeridian and 13th streets,and has made this a thoroughly profitablebusiness and has proved her resourceful-ness in running a store in which there isthe greatest competition. She is interestedin everything of a patriotic nature, and shewas one of the leaders in
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