Lt. Col. Samuel Wright Williams

From A History of Royal Arch Masonry, By Everett R. Turnbull, Ray V. Denslow

http://books.google.by/books?id=xncBD7IvRGEC&pg=PA715&lpg=PA715&dq=...

Samuel Wright Williams: He was born near Howell's Ferry, South Carolina, Aug. 23, 1828, and settled in Arkansas in 1842. He practiced law in partnership with Judge E.H. English, and served as Attorney General in 1855, and again in 1863. He organized the 17th Regiment, Arkansas Militia (actually, this was Lemoyne's 17th Arkansas Infantry, regular Confederate army), and was made Lieutenant Colonel. He was grand master in 1870 (Grand Lodge of Arkansas, F&AM), grand high priest in 1873-74 (Royal Arch Masons), grand master of the grand council in 1881 (York Rite), and grand commander in 1873 (Knights Templar). He passed away Mar. 19, 1900.

His splendid mental, moral, and social attainments, and his unremitting devotion to Masonry, have at all times commanded the respect and esteem of the Fraternity.

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His name apparently appears in the Index of the Abstracts from Masonic Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1870-1872:

http://www.arkansasresearch.com/Statewide/Masons/MasonsIndex1870.htm

Williams, Sam W., 7, 10, 29, 30, 32, 36, 48, 116, 118, 130

It should be noted that the GLE-recognized GL AR has been offline since about 2010.

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From his Find A Grave page:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Williams&GSfn...

Samuel Wright Williams

• Birth: Aug. 23, 1828
• Death: Mar. 14, 1900

Of Rev. Aaron & Elizabeth James Davis Williams;

• Mason;
• Knights Templar;
• Eclectic Society of Little Rock 1881;
• rendered Confederate service;
• St. John's College Board 1859;
• Pulaski County representative to State Legislature 1856;
• State Attorney General 1862;
• elected to State Senate 1878 (info from Mt. Holly Burial Index)
  • supplied by jwb

Family links:

Spouse:

• Mary Jane Marshall Williams (1829 - 1886)

Children:

• Margaret Eudora Williams Bright (1855 - 1935)
• John Edwin Williams (1857 - 1911)
• Gilbert Marshall Williams (1859 - 1872)
• Martha Eleanor Williams Stone (1862 - 1927)
• Elizabeth Davis Williams Crawford (1864 - 1933)

Note: Attorney General of Arkansas, 1862. Husband of (1) Mary Jane Marshall and (2) Elizabeth Francis Mumford.

Burial: Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

• Maintained by: Robert A. Young, Jr.
• Originally Created by: Anonymous (inactive)
• Record added: Oct 19, 2003
• Find A Grave Memorial# 8000334