Person:Stephen Williams (34)
Stephen West Williams
b.29 Mar 1790 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
d.6 Jul 1855 Laona, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Mar 1786
  1. Thomas Williams1787 - 1869
  2. Stephen West Williams1790 - 1855
  3. William Henry Williams1792 - 1855
  4. Delia Williams1794 - 1855
  5. Ephraim Williams1797 - 1870
  6. Marian Williams1801 - 1805
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Oct 1818
  1. Helen Maria Williams1819 - 1901
  2. Albert Williams1821 - 1822
  3. Dr Edward Jenner Williams1823 - 1881
  4. Caroline Willard Williams1825 - 1919
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Facts and Events
Name Stephen West Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Mar 1790 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 20 Oct 1818 to Harriet Taylor Goodhue
Graduation? Williams College (Honorary M.A.)
Occupation? Doctor/Physician
Death[2][3] 6 Jul 1855 Laona, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

Prof. & Lecturer in Medical jurisprudence, materia medica, pharmacy and medical botony, Berkshire Medical Institute, and College of Phys. & Surgeons, NY, Dartmouth College, and Willoughby Univ,, Ohio. Author. Resided in Deerfield MA until 1852, then in Laona IL from 1852-55

References
  1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    p. 140.

    WILLIAMS, Stephen West, s. of W[illia]m Stod[ar]d and Mary, [born] Mar. 27, 1790.

  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Durand Cemetery, Durand, IL, in Find A Grave
    Dr Stephen West Williams.

    STEPHEN W. WILLIAMS M.D.
    1790 - 1855
    HARRIET T. WILLIAMS
    1808 - 1874

    [Note: there is also a cenotaph in Deerfield here:

    DR. STEPHEN W. WILLIAMS
    Was born at Deerfield
    March 27, 1790.
    Here he resided more than
    63 years and practised Physic
    more than [40?] years.
    He died at Laona, Illinois
    July [?], 1855,
    Aged 6[5?] years.

    The day of death is not clear. The memorial page gives 7 July, other sources say 6 July.]

  3. ↑ "Quarterly Obituary", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 9, p. 376.

    WILLIAMS, Stephen West, M.D., Laona, Ill., 6 July, ae. 65; one of the most distinguished physicians in New England, and author of several valuable Historical, Biographical, and Genealogical works, besides medical papers. He was son of Dr. William Stoddard Williams, whose life is sketched in the son's Medical Biography. [See Reg. p. 116, present volume.] He resided in Deerfield until about 1852, when he removed to Laona, and resided with his son, Dr. Edward Jenner W. A pleasingly written memoir of the deceased will be found in the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Journal, of August, 1852; and since his death, notices have appeared in several other works in Boston and elsewhere. Dr. Williams possessed a fine personal appearance, and his manner were those of the highly cultivated gentleman. He was an early member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.

  4.   Williams, Stephen W. (Stephen West). The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America: More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury. (Greenfield, Mass.: Merriam & Mirick, 1847)
    p. 276.

    Dr. Stephen West Williams, s/o Dr. William S. Williams, b. Deerfield 27 Mar 1790, m. 20 Oct 1818 Harriet T. Goodhue, d/o Dr. Joseph Goodhue.
    [Note: Stephen was author of this source.]

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