About Joseph F. Williams
Lived 1809 – 1882 (aged 73). Joseph F. Williams was an American politician.
Joseph F. Williams (August 15, 1809 – December 11, 1882) was an American politician from Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Columbiana County from 1845 to 1846 and from 1847 to 1848. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 1854 to 1856.
Early life Joseph F. Williams was born on August 15, 1809, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Edward Williams. His father was of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
Career Williams worked as a blacksmith in Columbiana County, Ohio, and built mechanical devices for mills and factories. He was justice of the peace of Salineville.
Later in life, Williams was an oil prospector in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Williams died following a fall on December 11, 1882, at his home in Salineville.
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American politician
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Joseph F. Williams was born on 15 August 1809 in Chester County.
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Joseph F. Williams died on 11 December 1882 in Salineville.
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Joseph F. Williams was a politician.
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