Constellation Similarity Assertions
Williams, James, 1832-1887
James Williams was born on a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1834. During the 1850s he lived in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, and Colorado where he worked in farming, mining, and the lumber business. In 1863 he moved to Montana and went into the livery business. Williams later moved to Nevada Territory where he very briefly raised stock before returning to Virginia City, Montana Territory.
Williams, along with Paris Pfouts and Wilbur Fisk Sanders formed the executive committee of the Montana Vigilance Committee, organized in December 1863. The vigilantes had hanged all of Henry Plummer's gang, "the Innocents," by the spring of 1864.
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Williams, James H., fl. 1871-1881.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d558dv (person)
No biographical history available for this identity.
Williams, James M., b. ca. 1834.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6618nwk (person)
James M. Williams was born in Kentucky ca. 1834. He became a physician and practiced in Crittenden Co., KY, during the 1860s. He and his wife, Mary Rebecca, had two daughters. He died prior to 1870. From the description of Williams, James M., b. ca. 1834. Letter. 25 January, 1865. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 57655215 ...
