. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . ugh old and very feeble, was a volunteer mem-ber of General Morgans command and came with him and his com-mand to Greenville. At that time Joseph A. Willams, differing from hisbrothers, adhered to the Union cause and was then probably at Knox-ville. Mrs. Lucy Williams, wife of Joseph A. Williams, was livingwith Mrs. Catherine D. Williams, her husbands mother. She wasprevious to her marriage a Rumbough of a prominent Virginia fam-ily and she had one brother, a captain in the Confederate army andanother, probably a major in the quartermasters ser
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . ugh old and very feeble, was a volunteer mem-ber of General Morgans command and came with him and his com-mand to Greenville. At that time Joseph A. Willams, differing from hisbrothers, adhered to the Union cause and was then probably at Knox-ville. Mrs. Lucy Williams, wife of Joseph A. Williams, was livingwith Mrs. Catherine D. Williams, her husbands mother. She wasprevious to her marriage a Rumbough of a prominent Virginia fam-ily and she had one brother, a captain in the Confederate army andanother, probably a major in the quartermasters service of the Con-federacy. It was generally understood that she strongly sympa-thized with the Confederate cause in which her brothers were serv-ing. She and Joseph A. Williams are still living though after the warthey were divorced and both remarried. The Williams residence was situated in almost the central partof the town. It was a very large brick building standing near Irishstreet and the grounds embraced more than three-fourths of an entire. £58 BATTLES am. SKETCHES AltMY OF TENNE8SEE. square bounded by Irish, Depot, Church and Main streets. On thissquare and fronting on Main street were two old hotel buildingsknown as the Mason House and the Fry Hotel separated by one old-store building. The. grounds once occupied by these buildings arenow covered by the present Mason House and Grand Central Hotelbuildings. In addition to these buildings an Episcopal church stoodon the lot fronting on Church street. A small houss stood on Depotstreet used as a tenement house and other small houses including anice house and negro quarters stood near the corner of Irish and De-pot streets. Around the house was a grove of shade trees and fromthe door facing the lawn a walk led through the grounds to a gateopening on Main street. This walk was bordered by boxwoods andshade trees. Much of the grounds was devoted to flowers, especiallyroses of the finest varieties. On the side next to Church s
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