Charles Insco Williams
Charles Insco Williams (December 12, 1853 - February 13, 1923) was an artist and architect in Dayton, Ohio. Biography. He was born on December 12, 1853, to Mary Forman and John Insco Williams. His father seems to have been an accomplished painter. At sixteen he moved with his parents to Cincinnati and graduated from the Chickering Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870. He received "formal training" at Troy Polytechnic School of New York. Williams was employed in 1873 as a civil engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad. He later returned to Dayton and worked as an artist for  seven years, and worked in his brother-in-law William H Best's jewellery shop. Then he worked for John Rouzer Co., a lumber dealer for two years. Architectural career. He opened his own architectural office in 1882, becoming "one of the most prominent representatives of this calling not only in Dayton, but in the state. Personal life. He married Susan Dorothy Boyer on June 26, 1879. She was the daughter of D.K. Boyer, and they had four sons: Howard Insco v, Louis Boyer Williams , Dick K. Williams, and Roger Williams. He was part of the Masonry, Commandery, Consistory, and  Mystic Shrine, as well as part of the Dayton City Club and Christ Episcopal Church. According to a 1909 account of Dayton's history he exercised "his right of franchise in support of the Republican Party, manifesting intelligent appreciation of its sterling principles and the policy pursued in the management of government affairs."