Person:Edward Williams (14)

Colonial families of the United States of America: Volume 1 As in all works of this character much of the material other than that derived from public or official documents must necessarily be contributed by the members of the various families who may be interested, as was the case in the compilation of the register books kept by the English and Scotch heralds and their assistants, it is to such who have thus aided the Editor he desires to express his sincere appreciation of their interest and services; among those for whose expenditure of time and labor special mention and thanks are due are Miss Margaret Elizabeth Roberts of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Mary Selden Kennedy of Warrenton, Va., Mr. Edward Higginson Williams of "Westerdale," Woodstock, Vt., Capt. Archibald Willingham Butt, U. S. Army, and Reverend Lawrence Buckley Thomas, D. D., of St. Veirs, W. I.; the latter kindly proffering permission to draw fully upon, when needed, his admirable work, "The Thomas Family." EDWARD HIGGINSON WILLIAMS, Jr., b. at Proctorsville, Vt., 30th September, 1849; m. at Roxbury, Mass., 19th June, 1883, Jennie Olive BEMIS, dau. of Augustine Samuel and Ophelia (LELAND) BEMIS of Boston, Mass.

EDWARD HIGGINSON WILLIAMS graduated at Yale, 1872; Lehigh University, 1875; in engineer corps, Pa. R. R., 1872-3; in charge of mining corps, anthracitc region, 1876-9; Superintendent mines, Montour Iron & Steel Co., 1879-80; Asst. Mining Engineer, Cambria Iron Co., 1880-1; Professor Mining Engineering and Geology, Lehigh University, 1881-1902; Lecturer on Mining and Geology, Lehigh University, 1962-4; member American Institute Mining Engineers; original fellow Geological Society of America, fellow American Association Advancement of Science, member American Philosophical Society; author "Manual of Lithology," "Vigintennial Record of 1868," Phillips Academy, "Coal and Metal Miners' Pocket Book."

oral family history says his hair turned snow white over night while accompanying his brother's body home on the train, when William died in 1872. alt source says b.28-Sep Resided 1902 Bethleham, PA, Andover, MA; 1910 "Westerdale," Woodstock, VT Mining Engineer