*More on Rodney doctor... William G. Williams. **Windsor connection via his wife. Dr. William G. Williams, one of the leading and prominent citizens of Claiborne county, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., July 17, 1814, a son of William Williams, a native of New York, who married Miss Mary Dorsey, who was born near Richmond, Va. Of this union two sons were born: George W. and the subject of this biography. Dr. William G. Williams also graduated in medicine from Transylvania university, in 1835, and in June, 1836, came to Rodney, Miss., where he was in the active practice of his profession until 1861. He continued to make his home in Rodney until November, 1868, when he was united in marriage to Mrs. Catharine S. Daniell, near Freeland. After his marriage the Doctor removed to the Bethel neighborhood, where he made his home, his time and attention being given to planting. In I860 he made the race for the legislature as a Union man (this being in Jefferson county), but was defeated by nine votes. He is an able newspaper correspondent, and as his style is smooth, eloquent and convincing, weight and power accompany the articles he has contributed to the press. His wife, who was formerly Miss Catharine Freeland, was born in Claiborne county in 1830, and was educated in the Bishop Elliott school of Georgia. She was married in 1839 to Smith C. Daniell, of Mississippi, a native of Claiborne county, who received his education in that institution of learning, Oakland college, from which he graduated, later graduating from the law department of the University of Virginia. Being a very extensive landholder, his planting interests occupied his time to the exclusion of the law. He died in 1861, leaving a large estate. The palatial residence which he erected on what is now the Windsor plantation was planned by the architect, David Shroeder, and was erected at a cost of $140,000. This magnificent home, together with the library and all else it contained, was consumed by fire in February, 1891. During the war this place was used as a hospital for General Grants army, and over thirty deaths occurred in the house, out of some four hundred men that were quartered there. A part of General Grants army stayed all night in the house and on the grounds, the dead being buried on the place, but were afterward moved to Vicksburg. Source:Biographical and historical memoirs of Mississippi, embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals-Public Domain
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