Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-04

near Ableman, and became a
| breeder OF blooded cattle, sheep,
swine and chickens. This was in
| 1853. Benjamin Thomas, father
of Terrell Thomas and of Mrs.
| Williams, died on his Ableman
| plaza in 1860, and his wife in
about 1881. Both rest in the Gene
/ terry at Baraboo.
| The eldest daughter of Benjamin
and . ohanna, Sarah Clark Thomas,
died in 1902 and her husband,
| Charles H. Williams, in 1908, both
! af Baraboo, but they rest in Mil
/ yankee Mr.. Williams had reach |
ed the remarkable age of ninety, |
Bless two months only. In his later
years he penned numerous ethical
pamphlets, especially in behalf OF
juster treatment for the colored
race In his younger days at Gin
cinnati he and his worthy father
had sympathetic interest in the
famous underground railroad over
whose invisible lines escaping I
slaves warily fled across Ohio to
freedom in Canada. He was the
finest possible type of the quiet !
cultured, old time gentleman. For
several years he was a. regent of
the University of Wisconsin by
appointment of Governor J. M.
Rusk, another notable Ohioan,
born on the Muskingum near Nc
ConnellsYille.
Williams In The War
Mr.. Williams was universally
known as major" and, indeed, he
acquired that honorable title by
active service in the Civil war, hav-
ing recruited company round
about his Wisconsin farm imme-
diately after President Lincoln
had called for 100000 more"
Three sons of Major Williams sur
vive. The youngest, Samuel NJ, is
an alumnus of the University of
Wisconsin and for nearly half a
century has been well known
Milwaukee attorney. An~o4der bro |
Their, Micajah Terrell, is in bust
ness at Milwaukee, and still an
other, Charles H., retired, resides
at Baraboo.
A Sterling Sire
1t is safe to state. that few ONO
families, either on the Thomas or
the Williams side, are Of finer an
cestry, quality or worth. The Will |
Jams were of Welslh-Quaker par
entage, the father of Charles Hen
nv being Micajah Terrell Williams,
president of the Ohio Life Insur-
ance and Trust Company of Gin
cinnati. The latter was born IN 4
North Carolina in 1892, near
where, on the farm of his grand
father. was fought the revolution |
ary battle of Guilford Court House. !
His grandmother was Sarah Lynch
and from this historic patronymlc
comes Lynchburg, Virginia, also
"lynch law. This Micajah Ter
rell Williams early became Gin
cinnati editor, and in 1918 married
Hannah Jones, a Baltimore girl, |
then visiting relations in Zane
Vile. She was a Quaker. In 1871
Mr.. Williams, chosen assembly
man from Hamilton county, was
reelected in 1928, and in 1924
was elevated to the speakershlp.
He had a most influential role IN
promoting legislation for the canal !
ization of Ohio, and was one OF
two supervisors under whom were
constructed the canal from Cleve'
land to the Ohio river at Ports
mouth and also that from GIN
cinnati to Dayton. In 1880 h1
came within a single vote of being
chosen United States senator,
Thomas Ewing, whig, nosing in
When, during the Jackson admin
istration, the United States bank
was abolished, Mr. Williams car
ried through the legislature the act
under which the Ohio Life and
Trust Company, of which he be-
came president. was organized. 1t
developed into a powerful institu-
ton but suffered embarrassment in
the great panic of 1857. This,
however, was ten years after he
had retired from the presidency.
In 1881 Williams was appointed by
President Jackson surveyor gen
eral of the Northwest Territory
and served till 1885, when ne
bought extensively of lands in Mil
waukee,-a circumstance that later
brought his son, and also the
Thomases to Wisconsin.
Notwithstanding his varied re-
Iations to Milwaukee, official and
narsonaI Mr.. Williams only visit