The Williams
- Reuel Williams (1783–1862), member of the Maine Legislature 1812-1829 1832 1848, U.S. Senator from Maine 1837-1843. Father of Joseph H. Williams.
- Joseph H. Williams (1814–1896), Maine State Senator 1857, Governor of Maine 1857-1858, Maine State Representative 1864-1866 1873, candidate for Governor of Maine 1873. Son of Reuel Williams.
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Famous quotes containing the word williams:
“In memory everything seems to happen to music.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“In nothing was slavery so savage and relentless as in its attempted destruction of the family instincts of the Negro race in America. Individuals, not families; shelters, not homes; herding, not marriages, were the cardinal sins in that system of horrors.”
—Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944)