Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 630.

J. J.WILLIAMS

     Born in Tennessee, January 5, 1830; came to Oregon in 1844; settled on the
Luckiamute River, in Polk County, in 1845; was occupied in farming until 1874,
then being elected sheriff, and in 1876 was re-elected.  Owns now five hundred
acres of land and city property in Dallas.  Married Miss Sarah A. English in
1852, and their family consists of ten children, namely -- Susan, James F., Mary
A. Jennie, Clara, Otho, Ethel, Ralph, Hattie, and Walter.  Mr. Williams is the
son of J. E. Williams, who was a member of the first Legislature of Oregon under
the Provisional Government.
  
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.