Andrew Jackson Williamson (1816-1908)

Andrew Jackson Williamson

Birth

2 Jan 1816

Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Death

20 Sep 1908 (aged 92)

Emanuel County, Georgia, USA

Burial

Williamson Cemetery

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Andrew J. Williamson served in the Georgia House of Representatives for the county of Montgomery in 1853 and 1854.
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The Montgomery Monitor
Mt. Vernon, Georgia - Thursday January 8, 1903

TARRYTOWN

J.J. Calhoun and family attended the birthday dinner of Mr. A.J. Williamson in Emanuel county. Quite a number of his grand and great-grandchildren with several of his friends were present and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner. Mr. Williamson is eighty-seven years old and can saddle and ride on horse back, has a very bright mind and good memory.
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The Montgomery Monitor, Vol. XXIII, No. 19
Mt. Vernon, Georgia - Thursday, Sept. 24, 1908

AGED CITIZEN GOES TO ETERNAL REWARD

In the death of Mr. A.J. Williamson, Sr., Montgomery County has lost one of her oldest and best known citizens. Mr. Williamson had reached the ripe age of nearly ninety-five years, but remained quite active up to within a short while of his death, which came peacefully Saturday night last. He was laid to rest Monday near his old home place in the northeastern part of the county. He will later receive the rites of the Masonic order, of which he was an honored member.

Mr. Williamson was the father of fifteen children, all of whom reached mature age; and most of whom survive him. Those of his surviving children are Messrs. D.S., Jno. A., M.M. and Alec Williamson, and Mesdames Elizabeth Phillips, Mellie Phillips, Sarah Wilkes, Nancy Corbin, Dicy Phillips, Mary Ann Autrey, Tissie Calhoun and Josephine Wilkes, all of whom live in this and surrounding counties. Those of his sons who preceded him to the grave were James, Jack and Mandrel. Jack gave his life to the Lost Cause, while the two latter died since the war. The children, numbering fifteen, together with the grandchildren, swell the family circle far above the hundreds, who are numbered among our best people.

Mr. Williamson united with the Baptist Church when a young man and lived an honorable, Christian man, having at one time represented his native county in the general assembly. He was recognized as a hard-working man. A good man is gone, and many relatives and friends are left to mourn his departure. Announcement of the Masonic funeral will be made later.

(NOTE: Actually there were 16 children to reach maturity -- Victoria Anderson had died before her father. Also, the one named as "Mellie Phillips" would be Millicent Gillis.)