Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-16
Frank Is. Williams

Received his education as the result of his
own efforts. aud to this fact may be attributed
largely, his success. He is self made mau
His life has been one Of conscientious labor
earnest and beneiceut activity with few
shadows and much sunshine. His virtues
have excited The praise and admiration Of hi,
friends, and the respect OF those vh1 my
have honestly differed with him.
ii" was BON III Chelsea, in 1887 on hi
grtudfIthrra farm, the well known Elisha
Williams place, on the hill near the village
ILL ttner WAS poor and all worked Tor a.
living. When twelve years Of ace his father
died, AMI the family moved to ruubri igc
where ne continued to work ON farm sum.
mern and attend school winters. When about
fourteen years ufayc he was bound ont to II
brolner-iu-hw until he should become TWEEN
Jy-one ; but being II proud-splrt. d and self
reliant boy, he ell fled under this scmi.slavrry,
and concluded to hencef1rta dep nj wholly
upon Frank t.. vii itms, and did so, and La,
been sell supporting since that time. II,
continued 10 work ON farm and attend
sch luI unul eighteen, when he taught .,
school i'll Iunbudgr at $40 per month and
bearded arolnd.' The following threa
years he was a student in the Thetiord aud
/ chelsea Academies, paying his way as best
he could. lie then went to the KimbalI
Union Academy, at MeriGen, n. H., and
graduated IN 1879, among the best in hie
classic, with diploma and fifty cents II
liiS pocket, with which to commence life
During all these years OF strugglnS to obtain
an education, hi beloved mother, Doll,
! Williams, his auEta aud clIsI.s and tb,
! friends and nci8hOos in Uad a1,GL Chelsea
and Iunbnigc, Ind high hopes Of mis- future
! He was faithful, studiouS, Intelligent ant
earnest, aud they knew that such Young mel
are generally found IN the front ranks, if the,
| persevere IN well doing. How well he la,
met thelr expectations aud hopes of him Ia,
! following brlei recordwill show.
lie bad resolved to 70 west and read law
but changed his mind, went to Greenfield, il
southern Missouri, and opened an academy
when he taught three yoals, making II sue
cess OF 1t lie was III, II offered school II
Palmyra, WnlwOrth county, Wis. viii h H.
accepted and taught two years Tuoncs h
went to Madison Wis, and orpauiz"d AN,
conducted the Nigh srhul one year, durin
winch time he wrote a history of tue MadisO
schools. la 1866 he was rendered aud "a
cepted the prlnclpalehp Of the Welch schoc
III Chicago.
So well dad he succeed there tn at the Boar
OF Education took cogrizance ofhls auaiifics
tons A. an Instructor and dlcipinarian. b
oner'n9 Inn the p incipalshp OF the Char
schooi' one If the best in all respects, in th
city lie taught that school twelve wear,
bringing ltup 10 a high standard of exec
ie1er, 1t Was the model school Of the city
AFTER teaching so long he intlmated 10 III
lizard OF Education desire to visit the oil
world Tor the purpose of recreation, to Wis
tho schools there, aud to study the education
al System, ut the different countries he mieL
Yst. lie was relieved from the Clark schoo
and engaged to organize the Marquett
school the fine building for which was then b,
ing constructed virtually retaining him in th