Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 491-492] SALATHIEL T. WILLIAMS one of the most sturdy and highly respected men of Diamond Township, is the subject of this memoir. Retiring and unassuming in disposition, he stands a splendid example of "middle life" in the cosmopolitan population of the most excellent county and State. He is a native of the Keystone State, born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1823. His boyhood was mainly passed in his native county among the hills and dales of that rugged country. Having an observing and analytical mind his atten- tion was drawn to matters of education through many struggles and privations he was enabled to attend school until he was advanced far enough himself to teach the "young idea;" for fifteen years his chief occupation was that of the country school-master, being employed in his native State, Ohio, and Illinois. In connection with the duties of a pedagogue he conducted farming operations, and after becoming farther advanced in years he gave up teaching, and devoted himself more fully to agricultural pursuits. Salathiel is the youngest of a family of eleven children, of whom only four remain "to tread life's weary round." The only brother now living is the Rev. WILLIAM NEWTON WILLIAMS, a retired Methodist Minister, residing in Dayton, Ohio. The oldest of the family now living is Mrs. LYDIA RIGGS, who was born with the nineteenth century. The youngest sister, SARAH A. CLARK, is now a widow residing in Ind- ianola, Iowa. Having a daughter living in Ida County, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAMS decided to move to this part of the country, and accordingly, in 1881, they came to Cherokee County, and secured the southwest quarter of section 27, Diamond Township. This has since been their home and a pleasant one it is. They are surrounded by the little things that make life enjoyable, and having the confidence and esteem of all who know them, they can smoothly float down the "stream of time" unmolested by the petty trials that beset the paths of younger men and women. Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAMS joined hands "for weal or woe" May 7, 1851, and have passed nearly forty years of mutual confidence and happiness. Mrs. WILLIAM'S maiden name was BARBARA DUNLEVY, and she was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1831. Her parents were ANDREW and SARAH (JACKMAN) DUNLEVY. Mr. WILLIAMS and wife have four children; they were called upon to part with three, two dying in infancy, and ALBERT L., in his twenty-first year, just as he was entering the threshold of manhood. Those sur- viving are: CHARLES C., SARAH M., ED C. and HOMER. SARAH is now Mrs. SMITH; ED C. is in business in Sioux City, and HOMER is at home. CHARLIE C., who is the present township clerk, was born March 1, 1852, and now lives on the home farm although he has se- cured a farm in Diamond Township. His wife, to whom he was wedded February 16, 1882, was Miss ANNA McCANCE, who was born in Stark County, Illinois, February 19, 1859. They have four children: BERNICE, ELMER, GEORGE and DOLLIE. Mrs. WILLIAMS is a lady of culture and refinement, and certainly possesses in abundance the qualities of mind and heart that make womanhood lovable and attractive.