Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891

LC control no.	n 50015757
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Personal name heading	Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Williams, Geo. W. (George Washington), 1849-1891
Located	Ohio
Birth date	1849-10-16
Death date	1891-08-02
Place of birth	Bedford Springs (Pa.)
Place of death	Blackpool (England)
Affiliation	Howard University Newton Theological Institution United States. Army Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives Union Baptist Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Profession or occupation	Soldiers Clergy Legislators
Found in	OCLC database, Sept. 30, 2010 (hdg.: Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891 ; usage: George Washington Williams) A report on the proposed Congo railway, [1890]: t.p. (Geo. W. Williams) African American National Biography, accessed April 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Williams, George Washington; soldier, state legislator, Baptist clergyperson, historian; born 16 October, 1849 in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, United States; enrolled in Howard University (1869); completed the three-year theological curriculum in two years at Newton Theological Institution, in Massachusetts (1874); enlisted in United States Colored Troops (1864), served for operations against Petersburg and Richmond, during Civil War; was stationed at Texas after war's end; went to fight with the Mexican republican forces; returned to the U.S. Army, Tenth Cavalry, at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory (1867), was discharged for disability after being shot (1868); was a pastor, at Twelfth Baptist, in Boston (1874); editor, for the Commoner, in Washington, D.C. (1875); was pastor for Union Baptist Church, in Cincinnati (1876-1877); columnist for Commercial in Cincinnati; was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, the first African American in the state legislature (1879-1881); wrote books and lectured on history of African Americans (1880s); practiced law in Boston (1883); visited the Congo (1890) and published a letter about brutal conduct and inhumane policies of the Belgians; died 02 August, 1891 in Blackpool, England, United Kingdom)