MIRON WILLIAMS
1813-1884
Born in Bennington, Vermont. Died in Marysville, Michigan.
When he was three years old, his parents moved to Deerfield, Ohio. When he was 17 years old, he started working as a carpenter in Canton, Massillon, and Cleveland. In 1832, he moved to St. Clair county, Michigan, and began his career as a millwright, at which trade he built more sawmills than any other millwright in the state.
As time went on his occupation changed to producing lumber from the pine forests of the state. During the latter part of his lumber operations, he and Nelson Mills were partners in an operation at Marysville. He disposed of his lumber interests in 1875 and retired to his farm on the bank of the St. Clair River immediately south of Marysville.8
• Came to Newport in 1832 and joined with Sam Ward and William Gallagher operating saw-mill and grist mill at Belle River Mills, then known as Ward & Gallagher Mills.
Married Mary Gallagher, 1838.
Settled in Vicksburg, 1854.9
• Two brothers, J. L. and J. W. Kelsey, built a mill in 1844 in the forest three miles west of Vicksburg on the Fort Gratiot Turnpike. Their lumber was hauled by teams to their dock up the St. Clair river which was known as Kelsey's dock or wharf.
Miron Williams and Nelson Mills organized a partnership March 21, 1850 and bought the mill and adjoining land of Kelseys. They operated the mill under the name of Williams and Mills, later to became a well known institution along the river and at Vicksburg, to which point the Kelsey mill was moved in 1858, after the timber available to the turnpike mill was exhausted.
Miron Williams had been a mill operator for Ward & Gallagher at Belle River Mills. Nelson Mills had been since 1844 a shipcarpenter in Ward's Marine City Shipyard. Williams married the oldest Gallagher girl, Mary, in 1838 and they came in 1854 with their family of two boys and seven girls to Vicksburg, this being quitea substantial increase in the population of that time. The Williams farm home became the scene of much entertainment during the 30 years following. A school was maintained by Williams for his own children and those of the neighborhood, being the first school house in Vicksburg.10
• MIRON WILLIAMS, capitalist, Marysville, is a native of Bennington County, Vt., and was born in the town of Bennington June 6th, 1813. When only three years of age his parents came to Ohio and located on the Western Reserve. He lived there until seventeen years of age, then worked at carpenter trade at Canton, and Massillon and also at Cleveland. While at the latter place he hired out to a millwright, named Wells, for three years. In June, 1832, he came to St. Clair County on the old steamboat Gratiot and landed at Uncle Billy Brown's place on the river. He began working at his trade. The same year helped build the old Black River steam mill. Built several mills in Canada and many in this State. He built more mills while in the business than any other millwright in the State. He bought out and ran a saw mill, grist mill and carding mill at Detroit and was there two years, then returned to Newport. He was there but a short time when he engaged more extensively in the lumber business; bought a large amount of pine land; bought one mill and built another at Marysville and an interest in another at Algonac; had lumber yards in Huron, Fremont, Toledo, and Chatham, in Canada, and also shipped to Chicago and transacted a large and extensive trade, owning from eight to ten thousand acres of pine land, and during his business life lost a large fortune by fires and by the failures of others. He continued in the lumber business until 1875. Disposed of his pine and lumber business and retired to his farm on the river where he now lives. He is one of the oldest settlers in the County, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. Mr. Williams married Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, this County, in February, 1838. They had ten children — William (died when two years of age), John G. (was killed in the lumber woods January, 1870, he was thirty years of age), Mary (now Mrs. N. Mills), Hannah (now Mrs. C. Neal), Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran), Prudence (now Mrs. C. Dale), Florence (now Mrs. G. Kimball), David (married and living in Port Huron), Adaline (at home), and Emeline (now Mrs. A. J. Beardsley).11
• Myron Williams, father of Emma Caroline (Williams) McMorran, was b. in Vt. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and later to Mich., where he engaged in lumbering in the Thumb Dist. He was a millwright contractor and built sawmills throughout the state, including one at Marysville, Mich. His wife, Mary (Gallagher) Williams, was b. in Pa. (?).12
• Myron Williams, of Marysville, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Capt. Neal, in Ann Arbor, last Friday. He went to that city about two weeks ago to secure medical treatment, but his condition was hopeless, and suddenly terminated in death.
He was born in Bennington, Vt., on June 6th, 1813, and was 71 years old when he died. He came to St. Clair county in 1832, and settled in St. Clair township. He was a millwright, and built a very large number of mills in this state and Canada. He also engaged in the lumber business, and carried on extensive trade.
He was married to Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, in February, 1838, and she died one year ago. Ten children were born to them — William (died at two years of age); John G. (killed in the lumber woods in 1870), Mary (Mrs. N. Mills of Marysville); Hannah (now Mrs. Neal of Ann Arbor); Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran of Port Huron); Prudence (Mrs. C. Dale), Adeline (with her father), Emeline (now Mrs A. J. Beardsley of Charlevoix); Florence (now Mrs. Guy Kimball of Port Huron); and Mr. David Williams, of Port Huron.
The funeral was held on Sunday morning and the body was interred in the cemetery at Belle River, near St. Clair city, where his wife was buried.5
1813-1884
Born in Bennington, Vermont. Died in Marysville, Michigan.
When he was three years old, his parents moved to Deerfield, Ohio. When he was 17 years old, he started working as a carpenter in Canton, Massillon, and Cleveland. In 1832, he moved to St. Clair county, Michigan, and began his career as a millwright, at which trade he built more sawmills than any other millwright in the state.
As time went on his occupation changed to producing lumber from the pine forests of the state. During the latter part of his lumber operations, he and Nelson Mills were partners in an operation at Marysville. He disposed of his lumber interests in 1875 and retired to his farm on the bank of the St. Clair River immediately south of Marysville.8
• Came to Newport in 1832 and joined with Sam Ward and William Gallagher operating saw-mill and grist mill at Belle River Mills, then known as Ward & Gallagher Mills.
Married Mary Gallagher, 1838.
Settled in Vicksburg, 1854.9
• Two brothers, J. L. and J. W. Kelsey, built a mill in 1844 in the forest three miles west of Vicksburg on the Fort Gratiot Turnpike. Their lumber was hauled by teams to their dock up the St. Clair river which was known as Kelsey's dock or wharf.
Miron Williams and Nelson Mills organized a partnership March 21, 1850 and bought the mill and adjoining land of Kelseys. They operated the mill under the name of Williams and Mills, later to became a well known institution along the river and at Vicksburg, to which point the Kelsey mill was moved in 1858, after the timber available to the turnpike mill was exhausted.
Miron Williams had been a mill operator for Ward & Gallagher at Belle River Mills. Nelson Mills had been since 1844 a shipcarpenter in Ward's Marine City Shipyard. Williams married the oldest Gallagher girl, Mary, in 1838 and they came in 1854 with their family of two boys and seven girls to Vicksburg, this being quitea substantial increase in the population of that time. The Williams farm home became the scene of much entertainment during the 30 years following. A school was maintained by Williams for his own children and those of the neighborhood, being the first school house in Vicksburg.10
• MIRON WILLIAMS, capitalist, Marysville, is a native of Bennington County, Vt., and was born in the town of Bennington June 6th, 1813. When only three years of age his parents came to Ohio and located on the Western Reserve. He lived there until seventeen years of age, then worked at carpenter trade at Canton, and Massillon and also at Cleveland. While at the latter place he hired out to a millwright, named Wells, for three years. In June, 1832, he came to St. Clair County on the old steamboat Gratiot and landed at Uncle Billy Brown's place on the river. He began working at his trade. The same year helped build the old Black River steam mill. Built several mills in Canada and many in this State. He built more mills while in the business than any other millwright in the State. He bought out and ran a saw mill, grist mill and carding mill at Detroit and was there two years, then returned to Newport. He was there but a short time when he engaged more extensively in the lumber business; bought a large amount of pine land; bought one mill and built another at Marysville and an interest in another at Algonac; had lumber yards in Huron, Fremont, Toledo, and Chatham, in Canada, and also shipped to Chicago and transacted a large and extensive trade, owning from eight to ten thousand acres of pine land, and during his business life lost a large fortune by fires and by the failures of others. He continued in the lumber business until 1875. Disposed of his pine and lumber business and retired to his farm on the river where he now lives. He is one of the oldest settlers in the County, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. Mr. Williams married Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, this County, in February, 1838. They had ten children — William (died when two years of age), John G. (was killed in the lumber woods January, 1870, he was thirty years of age), Mary (now Mrs. N. Mills), Hannah (now Mrs. C. Neal), Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran), Prudence (now Mrs. C. Dale), Florence (now Mrs. G. Kimball), David (married and living in Port Huron), Adaline (at home), and Emeline (now Mrs. A. J. Beardsley).11
• Myron Williams, father of Emma Caroline (Williams) McMorran, was b. in Vt. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and later to Mich., where he engaged in lumbering in the Thumb Dist. He was a millwright contractor and built sawmills throughout the state, including one at Marysville, Mich. His wife, Mary (Gallagher) Williams, was b. in Pa. (?).12
• Myron Williams, of Marysville, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Capt. Neal, in Ann Arbor, last Friday. He went to that city about two weeks ago to secure medical treatment, but his condition was hopeless, and suddenly terminated in death.
He was born in Bennington, Vt., on June 6th, 1813, and was 71 years old when he died. He came to St. Clair county in 1832, and settled in St. Clair township. He was a millwright, and built a very large number of mills in this state and Canada. He also engaged in the lumber business, and carried on extensive trade.
He was married to Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, in February, 1838, and she died one year ago. Ten children were born to them — William (died at two years of age); John G. (killed in the lumber woods in 1870), Mary (Mrs. N. Mills of Marysville); Hannah (now Mrs. Neal of Ann Arbor); Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran of Port Huron); Prudence (Mrs. C. Dale), Adeline (with her father), Emeline (now Mrs A. J. Beardsley of Charlevoix); Florence (now Mrs. Guy Kimball of Port Huron); and Mr. David Williams, of Port Huron.
The funeral was held on Sunday morning and the body was interred in the cemetery at Belle River, near St. Clair city, where his wife was buried.5
MIRON WILLIAMS
1813-1884
Born in Bennington, Vermont. Died in Marysville, Michigan.
When he was three years old, his parents moved to Deerfield, Ohio. When he was 17 years old, he started working as a carpenter in Canton, Massillon, and Cleveland. In 1832, he moved to St. Clair county, Michigan, and began his career as a millwright, at which trade he built more sawmills than any other millwright in the state.
As time went on his occupation changed to producing lumber from the pine forests of the state. During the latter part of his lumber operations, he and Nelson Mills were partners in an operation at Marysville. He disposed of his lumber interests in 1875 and retired to his farm on the bank of the St. Clair River immediately south of Marysville.8
• Came to Newport in 1832 and joined with Sam Ward and William Gallagher operating saw-mill and grist mill at Belle River Mills, then known as Ward & Gallagher Mills.
Married Mary Gallagher, 1838.
Settled in Vicksburg, 1854.9
• Two brothers, J. L. and J. W. Kelsey, built a mill in 1844 in the forest three miles west of Vicksburg on the Fort Gratiot Turnpike. Their lumber was hauled by teams to their dock up the St. Clair river which was known as Kelsey's dock or wharf.
Miron Williams and Nelson Mills organized a partnership March 21, 1850 and bought the mill and adjoining land of Kelseys. They operated the mill under the name of Williams and Mills, later to became a well known institution along the river and at Vicksburg, to which point the Kelsey mill was moved in 1858, after the timber available to the turnpike mill was exhausted.
Miron Williams had been a mill operator for Ward & Gallagher at Belle River Mills. Nelson Mills had been since 1844 a shipcarpenter in Ward's Marine City Shipyard. Williams married the oldest Gallagher girl, Mary, in 1838 and they came in 1854 with their family of two boys and seven girls to Vicksburg, this being quitea substantial increase in the population of that time. The Williams farm home became the scene of much entertainment during the 30 years following. A school was maintained by Williams for his own children and those of the neighborhood, being the first school house in Vicksburg.10
• MIRON WILLIAMS, capitalist, Marysville, is a native of Bennington County, Vt., and was born in the town of Bennington June 6th, 1813. When only three years of age his parents came to Ohio and located on the Western Reserve. He lived there until seventeen years of age, then worked at carpenter trade at Canton, and Massillon and also at Cleveland. While at the latter place he hired out to a millwright, named Wells, for three years. In June, 1832, he came to St. Clair County on the old steamboat Gratiot and landed at Uncle Billy Brown's place on the river. He began working at his trade. The same year helped build the old Black River steam mill. Built several mills in Canada and many in this State. He built more mills while in the business than any other millwright in the State. He bought out and ran a saw mill, grist mill and carding mill at Detroit and was there two years, then returned to Newport. He was there but a short time when he engaged more extensively in the lumber business; bought a large amount of pine land; bought one mill and built another at Marysville and an interest in another at Algonac; had lumber yards in Huron, Fremont, Toledo, and Chatham, in Canada, and also shipped to Chicago and transacted a large and extensive trade, owning from eight to ten thousand acres of pine land, and during his business life lost a large fortune by fires and by the failures of others. He continued in the lumber business until 1875. Disposed of his pine and lumber business and retired to his farm on the river where he now lives. He is one of the oldest settlers in the County, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. Mr. Williams married Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, this County, in February, 1838. They had ten children — William (died when two years of age), John G. (was killed in the lumber woods January, 1870, he was thirty years of age), Mary (now Mrs. N. Mills), Hannah (now Mrs. C. Neal), Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran), Prudence (now Mrs. C. Dale), Florence (now Mrs. G. Kimball), David (married and living in Port Huron), Adaline (at home), and Emeline (now Mrs. A. J. Beardsley).11
• Myron Williams, father of Emma Caroline (Williams) McMorran, was b. in Vt. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and later to Mich., where he engaged in lumbering in the Thumb Dist. He was a millwright contractor and built sawmills throughout the state, including one at Marysville, Mich. His wife, Mary (Gallagher) Williams, was b. in Pa. (?).12
• Myron Williams, of Marysville, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Capt. Neal, in Ann Arbor, last Friday. He went to that city about two weeks ago to secure medical treatment, but his condition was hopeless, and suddenly terminated in death.
He was born in Bennington, Vt., on June 6th, 1813, and was 71 years old when he died. He came to St. Clair county in 1832, and settled in St. Clair township. He was a millwright, and built a very large number of mills in this state and Canada. He also engaged in the lumber business, and carried on extensive trade.
He was married to Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, in February, 1838, and she died one year ago. Ten children were born to them — William (died at two years of age); John G. (killed in the lumber woods in 1870), Mary (Mrs. N. Mills of Marysville); Hannah (now Mrs. Neal of Ann Arbor); Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran of Port Huron); Prudence (Mrs. C. Dale), Adeline (with her father), Emeline (now Mrs A. J. Beardsley of Charlevoix); Florence (now Mrs. Guy Kimball of Port Huron); and Mr. David Williams, of Port Huron.
The funeral was held on Sunday morning and the body was interred in the cemetery at Belle River, near St. Clair city, where his wife was buried.5
1813-1884
Born in Bennington, Vermont. Died in Marysville, Michigan.
When he was three years old, his parents moved to Deerfield, Ohio. When he was 17 years old, he started working as a carpenter in Canton, Massillon, and Cleveland. In 1832, he moved to St. Clair county, Michigan, and began his career as a millwright, at which trade he built more sawmills than any other millwright in the state.
As time went on his occupation changed to producing lumber from the pine forests of the state. During the latter part of his lumber operations, he and Nelson Mills were partners in an operation at Marysville. He disposed of his lumber interests in 1875 and retired to his farm on the bank of the St. Clair River immediately south of Marysville.8
• Came to Newport in 1832 and joined with Sam Ward and William Gallagher operating saw-mill and grist mill at Belle River Mills, then known as Ward & Gallagher Mills.
Married Mary Gallagher, 1838.
Settled in Vicksburg, 1854.9
• Two brothers, J. L. and J. W. Kelsey, built a mill in 1844 in the forest three miles west of Vicksburg on the Fort Gratiot Turnpike. Their lumber was hauled by teams to their dock up the St. Clair river which was known as Kelsey's dock or wharf.
Miron Williams and Nelson Mills organized a partnership March 21, 1850 and bought the mill and adjoining land of Kelseys. They operated the mill under the name of Williams and Mills, later to became a well known institution along the river and at Vicksburg, to which point the Kelsey mill was moved in 1858, after the timber available to the turnpike mill was exhausted.
Miron Williams had been a mill operator for Ward & Gallagher at Belle River Mills. Nelson Mills had been since 1844 a shipcarpenter in Ward's Marine City Shipyard. Williams married the oldest Gallagher girl, Mary, in 1838 and they came in 1854 with their family of two boys and seven girls to Vicksburg, this being quitea substantial increase in the population of that time. The Williams farm home became the scene of much entertainment during the 30 years following. A school was maintained by Williams for his own children and those of the neighborhood, being the first school house in Vicksburg.10
• MIRON WILLIAMS, capitalist, Marysville, is a native of Bennington County, Vt., and was born in the town of Bennington June 6th, 1813. When only three years of age his parents came to Ohio and located on the Western Reserve. He lived there until seventeen years of age, then worked at carpenter trade at Canton, and Massillon and also at Cleveland. While at the latter place he hired out to a millwright, named Wells, for three years. In June, 1832, he came to St. Clair County on the old steamboat Gratiot and landed at Uncle Billy Brown's place on the river. He began working at his trade. The same year helped build the old Black River steam mill. Built several mills in Canada and many in this State. He built more mills while in the business than any other millwright in the State. He bought out and ran a saw mill, grist mill and carding mill at Detroit and was there two years, then returned to Newport. He was there but a short time when he engaged more extensively in the lumber business; bought a large amount of pine land; bought one mill and built another at Marysville and an interest in another at Algonac; had lumber yards in Huron, Fremont, Toledo, and Chatham, in Canada, and also shipped to Chicago and transacted a large and extensive trade, owning from eight to ten thousand acres of pine land, and during his business life lost a large fortune by fires and by the failures of others. He continued in the lumber business until 1875. Disposed of his pine and lumber business and retired to his farm on the river where he now lives. He is one of the oldest settlers in the County, and his success in life is owing to his own efforts. Mr. Williams married Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, this County, in February, 1838. They had ten children — William (died when two years of age), John G. (was killed in the lumber woods January, 1870, he was thirty years of age), Mary (now Mrs. N. Mills), Hannah (now Mrs. C. Neal), Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran), Prudence (now Mrs. C. Dale), Florence (now Mrs. G. Kimball), David (married and living in Port Huron), Adaline (at home), and Emeline (now Mrs. A. J. Beardsley).11
• Myron Williams, father of Emma Caroline (Williams) McMorran, was b. in Vt. He moved to Ohio when a young man, and later to Mich., where he engaged in lumbering in the Thumb Dist. He was a millwright contractor and built sawmills throughout the state, including one at Marysville, Mich. His wife, Mary (Gallagher) Williams, was b. in Pa. (?).12
• Myron Williams, of Marysville, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Capt. Neal, in Ann Arbor, last Friday. He went to that city about two weeks ago to secure medical treatment, but his condition was hopeless, and suddenly terminated in death.
He was born in Bennington, Vt., on June 6th, 1813, and was 71 years old when he died. He came to St. Clair county in 1832, and settled in St. Clair township. He was a millwright, and built a very large number of mills in this state and Canada. He also engaged in the lumber business, and carried on extensive trade.
He was married to Miss Mary Gallagher, of Belle River, in February, 1838, and she died one year ago. Ten children were born to them — William (died at two years of age); John G. (killed in the lumber woods in 1870), Mary (Mrs. N. Mills of Marysville); Hannah (now Mrs. Neal of Ann Arbor); Emma (now Mrs. H. McMorran of Port Huron); Prudence (Mrs. C. Dale), Adeline (with her father), Emeline (now Mrs A. J. Beardsley of Charlevoix); Florence (now Mrs. Guy Kimball of Port Huron); and Mr. David Williams, of Port Huron.
The funeral was held on Sunday morning and the body was interred in the cemetery at Belle River, near St. Clair city, where his wife was buried.5
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