Williams family papers 1838-1953

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Williams family papers 1838-1953

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A. L. Williams family of Owosso, Michigan. Personal and business correspondence of A. L. Williams, Owosso, Michigan pioneer, railroad entrepreneur, and spiritualist; and personal letters of other members of the family, including May Williams Dewey, wife of E. O. Dewey (Thomas E. Dewey family); and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, business ledgers, and personal and business diaries concerning business affairs and daily activities; "spirit messages" received from departed family and others; also photographs.

2 linear feet

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Dewey, May Williams.

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The first member of the Williams family to come to Michigan was Oliver Williams (1774-1834). In 1808, Oliver, a native of Massachusetts, established a mercantile business at Detroit, trading supplies for furs. In 1815, he moved his family to Detroit and opened a hotel and boarding house called the Yankee. In 1819, Oliver moved to a site northwest of Pontiac, Michigan. It is said that the first school in the county was established in 1821 and operated out of his sheep shed. ...

Williams, Alfred Leonzo, 1808-1886.

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Dewey, Edmund Otis, 1861-1921.

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Dewey family.

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Olivet College

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