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COLONEL ZADOCK
WILLIAMS,
A WELL-KNOWN and highly respected
pioneer, died at his residence on Mt. Lookout, February 16th, in the
eighty-third year of his- age. Mr. Williams was born near
Connelsville, Fayette County; Pennsylvania, July 23, 1798; came to Ohio
with his parents and grandfather, Philip Jones, May 14, 1800. During the
Summer of that year they lived in Columbia; in October, 1800, they moved
to what is now known as Mt. Lookout, the present site of the Cincinnati
Observatory. In the mean time they had cleared a portion of their
purchase; had cut and hewed logs enough to build a comfortable house. At
the age of four years Mr. Williams's father died, leaving two younger
children, his mother marrying again. When in his fourteenth year his
mother became a widow for the second time; then, a mere child, he took
charge of his mother's farm, and worked to support and raise his younger
brothers and sisters until the year 1821. He was married to Miss Ann
Giffin, December 20th, who survives him in the eightieth year of life.
From about 1828 till 1832, Colonel Williams was engaged in shipping
provisions to New Orleans. The balance of his life was spent on his
farm. Mr. Williams lived a long, honorable, and useful life, and his
memory will ever be cherished by those who knew his worth: ever kind and
obliging, a friend to all, strictly and truly illustrating and obeying
the divine injunction to do unto others as you would have them do unto
you.
Source: In Memoriam
Cincinnati 1881, Cincinnati, A. E. Jones, Publisher, 1881.
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