Roger Williams

Roger Williams (January 21, 1836 – December 20, 1916) was an American merchant, farmer, and Republican politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly and served ten years as chairman of the town of Hillsboro, Wisconsin.

Biography Williams was born on January 21, 1836, in Oswego, New York. At age 14, he joined the crew of a merchant ship, and worked in the sea-faring merchant trade for the next nine years. At age 23, he engaged in a grocery business in New York, where he worked until the outbreak of the American Civil War.

In 1862, Williams volunteered for the Union Army, and mustered into service with Company I of the 110th New York Infantry Regiment. The 110th New York Infantry shipped out from Baltimore to Fort Monroe, Virginia, and then to New Orleans, Louisiana, for service in the Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War. They were assigned to the Department of the Gulf and participated in the Siege of Port Hudson and the Battle of Irish Bend.

He died December 20, 1916, at his home in Hillsboro, after a short illness.

Williams was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Masons.