NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11457 MARION CO – JAMES B. WILLIAMS – Williams, Smith, Scott, Bickett, Tilden 11457 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JAMES B. WILLIAMS was born February 22, 1856, and is a son of Daniel M. and Elizabeth G. (Smith) Williams. Daniel Williams is one of the largest and most substantial farmers and tobacco growers of Green County, and was the possessor of about sixty slaves when the war broke out. In 1885 he was elected to represent his county and Taylor in the Lower House of the Legislature. He is a son of Daniel M. Williams, of Scotch descent, who was born in Virginia, and was one of the first settlers of, and erected the first house in Green County, seven miles northwest of Greensburg; he was a substantial farmer and large slave owner. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Williams was a daughter of John Smith, of English descent, an early settler of Green County, and an extensive slave owner; he was in the Mexican war, and died shortly after his return. James B. Williams, also a native of Green County, was reared on a farm, and received a good English education in the common schools and Science Hill Academy. He spent five years as a teacher in the common schools, and at twenty-four years of age engaged in the mercantile business on Dry Fork, La Rue County. In 1883 he located in Raywick, where he has continued the mercantile business with uniform success. January 15, 1886, he was appointed justice. He is the owner of 514 acres on Dry Fork, Marion County, seventy-five of which are improved and mostly bottom lands, all of which he secured for $1,200. He married Ella G. Scott, May 21, 1885, a daughter of James and Mactillus (Bickett) Scott, of Raywick. Mrs. Williams is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, while he was reared under Baptist schooling. Mr. Williams is an active Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Tilden in 1876. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx