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Edward A Williams

Birth	:	30 Nov 1851 Herkimer County, New York, USA
Death	:	Mar 1940 Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Sykeston Cemetery, Wells County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.4577620, -99.3958200
Description	:	Obituary provided by: Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150) Thank You Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900 EDWARD A. WILLIAMS, county treasurer of Wells county, is one of the early settlers of that region, and is proprietor of one of the fine farms of township 147, range 69. He has been identified with the interests of his township since its organization, and in all matters pertaining to the civil government, or in any way relating to the welfare of the township he has taken an active and leading part. He has... Read More	Obituary provided by: Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150) Thank You Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900 EDWARD A. WILLIAMS, county treasurer of Wells county, is one of the early settlers of that region, and is proprietor of one of the fine farms of township 147, range 69. He has been identified with the interests of his township since its organization, and in all matters pertaining to the civil government, or in any way relating to the welfare of the township he has taken an active and leading part. He has gained many friends, and is held in high esteem, and enjoys the confidence of the people among whom he has chosen to reside. Our subject was born in Herkimer County, New York, November 30, 1851, on a farm, and was a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Evan) Williams, the former of English-Welch and the latter of Welch descent. His father was born in England, and came to America in April, 1851, and settled in New York state. Mr. Williams was the second child and eldest son in a family of five children, and was early put to farm work. He attended school in winter till eighteen years of age, and later attended Whitestone Seminary at Whitestone, New York, and after attaining his majority he traveled through Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, for four years, working at the carpenter's trade or any work which he could find. He then returned to New York, and remained two years and assisted on the farm, and April 6, 1882, arrived at Fargo, North Dakota, and April 20 went to Jamestown where he worked at his trade thirteen months and then took land in Wells county, in township 147, range 69, and built a sod shanty. He began farming in the spring of 1883, and bought oxen, a plow, wagon, walking plow and harrow, and had no barn till the fall of that year. He lived alone in Dakota the first nine years, and experienced pioneer life. The lumber in his shanty cost eighty-eight dollars per thousand, and he paid twenty dollars per ton for hay and hauled it twenty-two miles, and for the first two or three years he broke land for others. He engaged in wheat, flax and cattle raising, and at one time was largely interested in hog raising, and had over one hundred head, and sixty head of cattle. He now has a farm of one thousand one hundred and forty acres, about eight hundred acres of which is under cultivation, and on his home farm he has a complete set of good farm buildings, and all machinery necessary for the operation of a model farm. He has about two hundred acres of meadow land, and his farm is admirably adapted to general farming. Mr. Williams has a pleasant home with his sister as housekeeper, and their father resides with them on the farm. Our subject was elected county treasurer of Wells county in 1898, and is now ably discharging the duties of that office. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politically he is identified with the Republican party and is an earnest worker for party principles.

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Edward A Williams's memorial is located at: Sykeston Cemetery, Wells County, USA.
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Edward A Williams death on Mar 1940 in Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 47.4577620
Longitude: -99.3958200

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1. Sykeston Cemetery
Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4577620, -99.3958200

2. Saint Elizabeth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.4611015, -99.3942032

3. Brethren Cemetery
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7. Tolbert Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.5014000, -99.5749969

8. New Home Seventh-Day Adventist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3142500, -99.3862620

9. Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.6096992, -99.3728027

10. Pleasant Valley Adventist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3566270, -99.2245310

11. Bowdon Country Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
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12. Mielke Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.4289017, -99.6596985

13. Carrington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.4644012, -99.1258011

14. Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.3474998, -99.1802979

15. New Home Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.2708015, -99.3968964

16. German Baptist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.6460991, -99.4261017

17. Lunde Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.2555350, -99.3126147

18. Barlow Cemetery
Foster County, USA
Coordinate: 47.5806007, -99.1352997

19. Peterson Cemetery
Bowdon, Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4656000, -99.7136500

20. Wayside Cemetery
Bowdon, Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4653015, -99.7149963

21. Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.2555350, -99.5219330

22. Bowdon Lutheran Cemetery
Bowdon, Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.5214005, -99.7142029

23. Dunkard Cemetery
Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.5341988, -99.7136002

24. Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery
Bremen, Wells County, USA
Coordinate: 47.6947300, -99.3817400