Mr. Williams was a member of Lincoln Post #2 Grand Army of the Republic in Butte, Montana. He ran away from home when he was 18 to enlist in the Army and was enrolled at Williamsburg, PA in Company D of the 22nd Pennsylvania Calvary. He was afraid his parents would find out and take him out of the Army so he enlisted under the name of James W. Smith, and it was by that name he was discharged at Harrisburg in 1864.
He was a Marshall at Sheridan, WY for 22 years, and afterward he Deputy Sheriff at Lewiston, ID. His family consisted of three children, Beatrice a daughter who lived in Kingston, ID, and two sons, Charles and Ben who lived in Spokane, WA.
He was a Marshall at Sheridan, WY for 22 years, and afterward he Deputy Sheriff at Lewiston, ID. His family consisted of three children, Beatrice a daughter who lived in Kingston, ID, and two sons, Charles and Ben who lived in Spokane, WA.
Mr. Williams was a member of Lincoln Post #2 Grand Army of the Republic in Butte, Montana. He ran away from home when he was 18 to enlist in the Army and was enrolled at Williamsburg, PA in Company D of the 22nd Pennsylvania Calvary. He was afraid his parents would find out and take him out of the Army so he enlisted under the name of James W. Smith, and it was by that name he was discharged at Harrisburg in 1864.
He was a Marshall at Sheridan, WY for 22 years, and afterward he Deputy Sheriff at Lewiston, ID. His family consisted of three children, Beatrice a daughter who lived in Kingston, ID, and two sons, Charles and Ben who lived in Spokane, WA.
He was a Marshall at Sheridan, WY for 22 years, and afterward he Deputy Sheriff at Lewiston, ID. His family consisted of three children, Beatrice a daughter who lived in Kingston, ID, and two sons, Charles and Ben who lived in Spokane, WA.
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