Clayton Williams

   C. Williams, senior member of the firm of Williams & Kendrick, wagon makers, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, February 2, 1847, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Lake) Williams, who were the parents of six children, our subject being the third child.
When he was six years of age, his parents came to this county, where his youth was passed at farm work. After he reached his majority he worked at carpentering for some time, and then engaged in black smiting and wagon ironing.

   In 1863, he, with Mr. Kendrick for a partner, started the Bryant Wagon Works.
Mr. Williams married March 17, 1860, to Laura King, of this county, and they have one daughter, Gertrude.

Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, IN
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887

Transcribed by Margie Pearce