Person:Benjamin Williams (93)

Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Oliver Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Nov 1810 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesNote: No primary record found.
Marriage Bef 1839 to Sophia A, Smith
Death[3] 22 Mar 1887 Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States
References
  1. Ellis, Franklin. History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan: with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. (Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880)
    p. 159.

    Children of Maj. Oliver and Mrs. Mary Williams: Benjamin Oliver Williams, b. Concord, MA, 18 Nov 1810. Came to Owosso in 1837.

  2.   "Benjamin Oliver Williams - The Founder of Owosso", in Michigan State Historical Society, and Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Michigan historical collections
    Vol. 11, p. 243.

    [Note: Also mentioned in bio of his brother Alfred L. Williams [Vol. 10, p. 196.]
    Benjamin Oliver Williams, s/o Major Oliver Williams, b. Concord, MA, 18 Nov 1810, d. Owosso 22 Mar 1887, m. 1838 Miss Sophia A. Smith of Canandaigua, NY.

  3. Find A Grave: Oak HIll Cemetery, Owosso, MI, in Find A Grave
    Benjamin Oliver "B.O." Williams.

    [No gravestone photo. The memorial page claims his birth name is Oliver Benjamin Williams, but every source found shows his name as Benjamin Oliver Williams.]

  4.   Shiawassee, Michigan, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 11.
  5.   Shiawassee, Michigan, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 1.
  6.   Shiawassee, Michigan, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 38.
  7.   Shiawassee, Michigan, United States. 1880 United States Census Population Schedule
    line 23.