Lt. Col. William Williams

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 677

Enlisted in, Oct. 4, 1897, in Troop 3, Squadron A Cavalry, New York City. Serviced with Troop A, NY Volunteer Cavalry, Spanish American War. July 21, 1898, promoted and transferred, Major, U S Volunteers. Served on the staff General Miles , in Puerto Rico, as Chief of Commissary. Contracted typhoid fever in service. Resigned from volunteer service, March 21, 1899. Discharged from Squadron A, March 22, 1899.

World War 1, Lieutenant Colonel, Served in the Procurement Division, Washington, DC. Discharged Jan. 31, 1919.

Yale University, class of 1884.

Occupation, Lawyer, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, Commissioner of Water, Gas & Electricity for New York City.

He was a descendant of William Williams, signer of the Declaration of indedepence

• NY Times, Feb. 9, 1947, page 63, obituary
• Squadron A first fifty years, page 390
• Squadron A in the Great War, page 260
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