Home >
People >
Williams, Archibald

INTERIM CONTENT

Gender: Male

Williams, Archibald

Biography

10 June 1801

Livingston, Portraits of Eminent Americans, 679.

Livingston, John. Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions. Vol. 2. New York: Cornish, Lamport, 1853.

–21 Sept. 1863.

“Death of Judge Williams,” Daily Whig and Republican (Quincy, IL), 21 Sept. 1863, [2].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Daily Whig Republican. Quincy, IL. 186?–1868.

Lawyer, judge.

1850 U.S. Census, North Ward, Quincy, Adams Co., IL, 455–456; 1860 U.S. Census, Quincy Ward 2, Adams Co., IL, 66; “District Judge,” and “District Judge Appointed,” Kansas State Journal (Lawrence), 14 Mar. 1861, 2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Kansas State Journal. Lawrence, KS. 1861–1869.

Born in Montgomery Co., Kentucky.

Livingston, Portraits of Eminent Americans, 679; 1810 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., KY, 212.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Livingston, John. Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions. Vol. 2. New York: Cornish, Lamport, 1853.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Son of John Wesley Williams and Amelia Gill.

1810 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., KY, 212; Loevy, Archibald Williams Family, 13.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Loevy, Robert D. The Archibald Williams Family of Quincy, Illinois. n.p.: By the author, 2015.

Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1829.

Collins and Perry, Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois, 45.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Collins, William H., and Cicero F. Perry. Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1905.

Married first Nancy Kemp, 28 July 1831.

Loevy, Archibald Williams Family, 17; 1850 U.S. Census, North Ward, Quincy, Adams Co., IL, 455–456.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Loevy, Robert D. The Archibald Williams Family of Quincy, Illinois. n.p.: By the author, 2015.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

President of the Trustees of Quincy when town was incorporated, 1834.

Asbury, Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois, 47–49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Asbury, Henry. Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois, Containing Historical Events, Anecdotes, Matters concerning Old Settlers and Old Times, Etc. Quincy, IL: D. Wilcox and Sons, 1882.

Served in Illinois Senate, 1834, and in Illinois House of Representatives, 1837–1839.

Journal of the Senate of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, [1]; Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 5; Journal of the House of Representatives . . . , July 10, 1837, 5; Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 4; Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois . . . December 9, 1839, 4.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Journal of the Senate of the Nine General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834. Vandalia, IL: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835.

Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 5, 1836. Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, July 10, 1837. Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 3, 1838. Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Called Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 9, 1839. Springfield, IL: Wm. Walters, 1839.

Served as lawyer for JS when Missouri attempted to extradite him for treason and other crimes, 9–10 June 1841.

Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes.

One of the lawyers for men accused of killing JS, May 1845.

Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 79, 83–84.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.

U.S. district attorney for Southern District of Illinois, 1849–1853.

Bateman and Selby, History of Sangamon County, 590.

Comprehensive Works Cited

History of Sangamon County. Vol. 2, Biographical. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, edited by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby. Chicago: Munsell Publishing, 1912.

Wife died, 16 Mar. 1854.

“Died,” Daily Quincy (IL) Whig, 17 Mar. 1854, 2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.

Twice nominated by Whig Party as candidate for U.S. Senate, 1836, 1854.

Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 58; Ottawa (IL) Free Trader, 26 Aug. 1854, 2; “Illinois Politics,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 4 Sept. 1854, 1.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 5, 1836. Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1836.

Ottawa Free Trader. Ottawa, IL. 1843–1916.

Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.

Appointed U.S. district judge of Kansas, Mar. 1861.

“District Judge,” and “District Judge Appointed,” Kansas State Journal (Lawrence), 14 Mar. 1861, 2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Kansas State Journal. Lawrence, KS. 1861–1869.

Moved to Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, summer 1861.

“Death of Judge Williams,” Daily Whig and Republican (Quincy, IL), 21 Sept. 1863, [2].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Daily Whig Republican. Quincy, IL. 186?–1868.

Married second Ellen M. Parker, 25 Sept. 1861, in Adams Co.

Adams Co., IL, Marriage Records, 1825–1926, p. 432, microfilm 1,870,158, U.S. and Canada Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Died at Quincy.

“Death of Judge Williams,” Daily Whig and Republican (Quincy, IL), 21 Sept. 1863, [2].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Daily Whig Republican. Quincy, IL. 186?–1868.

Williams, Archibald

Biography

Links

Request for Documents