El
Dorado County
Biographies
MAJOR L. WILLIAMS
A
descendant of one of the pioneer families of El Dorado County, Major L.
Williams is widely known as one of the most substantial and respected citizens
of this division of California. He has been
most successful in ranching throughout a long career, and has made his home in
El Dorado County since the year 1910.
Major
Williams was born in Des Moines, Iowa, April 21, 1853, a son of Charles and
Emily (Waterman) Williams, who came to El Dorado County, in 1855, crossing the
western plains with an ox team and enduring all the customary hardships and
dangers incident to this long and perilous journey. The father bought a squatter’s rights and
proved up on the property, continuing to engage in farming until his
death. Eight children were born to them,
all of whom are living except two.
Major
Williams was educated in the common schools of El Dorado County. At the age of sixteen years, he decided to
make a start for himself, consequently returned to the old home place and
remained there until 1910, when he came into the town of El Dorado to
reside. He continued to engage in
ranching after this change, and was so engaged until the death of his wife in
1923. Major Williams was married in 1913
to Mrs. Lucy Vance, who was the mother of two children by a former
marriage. Major Williams is a Republican
in his political views.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Page 51. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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