NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11437 MARION CO – JAMES B. WILLIAMS – Williams, Dyreduch, Calvert, Hope, Taylor, Stine, Curtsinger, Nichols, Kilpatrick, Chamblis, Lannum, Clark 11437 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Marion Co. JAMES B. WILLIAMS was born January 6, 1840. His ancestors were English; his grandfather, Thomas Williams, was a Virginian by birth; he came to Kentucky when a young man and located on Casey Creek, in Taylor County, and afterwards married Miss Eve Dyreduch. They reared a family of three daughters and two sons, one of whom was Barnett Williams, the father of James B. Thomas Williams was a farmer and died in 1856. His son Barnett was twice married, first in 1830 to Mrs. Phoebe (Calvert) Hope, of Marion County. She died in 1849, leaving six children, all of whom lived to be grown: Frances A. (Taylor), Catherine E. (Stine), Phoebe J. (Curtsinger), John Y., William H. and James B. The second wife of Barnett Williams was Nancy O. Nichols, daughter of John Nichols of Washington County; to this marriage were born three children: Robert G., Mary and George M; the last died in infancy. Ms. Williams is yet living. Barnett Williams died in 1884, aged eighty-six years; his principal business was that of a farmer, though he was for some years engaged in freighting goods to points not accessible by railroad. He was for more than fifty years a member of the Baptist Church. James B. Williams was born near the farm on which he now resides in Marion County, and educated in the common schools; at the age of twenty-one he entered the Federal Army, and from September 27, 1861, to March 24, 1865, served as quartermaster sergeant in the Fifth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He was with Kilpatrick through Georgia in 1864, and afterwards served with Maj. Chamblis in the cavalry department of the Tennessee. After the war our subject returned to his home in Marion County, leased some land and engaged in farming, which he has continued with uniform success up to the present time. He now resides on a farm of 140 acres, which he owns. He was married October 28, 1868, to Miss Susan M. Lannum. They are the parents of seven children, all of whom are living: Ada B., William E. John B., Bernetta L., Olelia D., James E. and Ethel H. Mrs. Susan Lannum Williams was born August 21, 1840. She is a daughter of Mordecau and Bernetta (Clark) Lannum, both natives of Marion County, Ky., married January 10, 1848; the former died July 20, 1853, the latter July 22, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Baptist Church, with which they united in 1867. He is a Master Mason, and a member of T. W. Wash Lodge, No. 430. His political views are Democratic, and he takes an interest in political issues in behalf of his party, and is a patron of schools and public enterprises. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx