Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . r is living with her third husband BurchDimmitt, in Chambersburg, and is seventy-fiveyears of age. Both were members of tlie ChristianChurch. <;f)AMES R. WILLIAMS has long been with the farming interests of PikeCounty and is one of the leading agricul-turalists of Barr3 Township, where he hasas fine a farm as may lie found in tliis part of thecounty-. He was born in Overton County, Tenn.,February 14, 1817. and his father, John R. Will-iams is thought to have been a native of the samecounty. Jonathan Will
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . r is living with her third husband BurchDimmitt, in Chambersburg, and is seventy-fiveyears of age. Both were members of tlie ChristianChurch. <;f)AMES R. WILLIAMS has long been with the farming interests of PikeCounty and is one of the leading agricul-turalists of Barr3 Township, where he hasas fine a farm as may lie found in tliis part of thecounty-. He was born in Overton County, Tenn.,February 14, 1817. and his father, John R. Will-iams is thought to have been a native of the samecounty. Jonathan Williams, the great-grandfatherof our subject, was born and reared in Englandand when a young man came to Amc-rica accom-panied by a brother. The latter never married butdied when young. The grandfather of our subject was a pioneer ofOverton County, going there when it was in itswildest condition and when he stood a chance ofhaving his scalp removed from his head almost anyday by the hostile Indians vvho were numerous inIJiftt section of the countiy. A few of the families of. Residence of Jame5 ,Sec 36. Barry Tr Pike
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