| LC control no. | no 00021209 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, John S. (John Stuart), 1818-1898 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Bourbon County (Ky.) Oxford (Ohio) Paris (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1818-06-29 |
| Death date | 1898-07-17 |
| Place of birth | Montgomery County (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Mount Sterling (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Confederate States of America. Army United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Attorneys Confederate States of America. Army Officers |
| Found in | Speech of Hon. John S. Williams, 1879. Members of Congress since 1789, c1985 (Williams, John Stuart; b. July 10, 1818, d. July 17, 1898; Democrat, Ky.; Senate 1879-85) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 956-957 (John Stuart Williams, Confederate general and political leader, born in Montgomery County, Ky. on June 29, 1818. Attended the Houston Seminary in Bourbon County, Ky. and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1838. Studied law with Maj. Thomas Elliott in Paris, Ky. and was admitted to the bar in 1840. Practiced law in Paris, Ky. for five years, until 1845. Served in the Mexican-American War. Elected to one term in the General Assembly of Kentucky, 1851-1853 and again, 1873-1875. Served in the Crimean War as an observer. Joined the Confederate Army as a colonel in 1861 and was made a brigadier general. Returned to Kentucky after the war and was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885. Died in Mt. Sterling, Ky. on July 17, 1898.) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2002079599 |
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