John Stanton Williams
John Stanton Williams (8 October 1814 – 14 November 1876) with Stephen Barker Guion owned and operated the Williams & Guion Black Star Line.[1]
He was born in 1814 and married Mary Maclay Pentz (c. 1810–1891). They owned a 121-acre (0.49 km2) tract in Somerset, New Jersey, which was inherited by their son, Stephen Guion Williams, on February 28, 1891. He died in 1876.
Stephen Guion Williams
Stephen Guion Williams earned the first Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science in 1883. By 1892 he was a practicing law in New York City. Tulipwood was built for him in 1892 and was the third house built by Williams family members on that site.
On November 9, 1914, he married Charlotte Grosvenor Wyeth.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Failure Of W.H. Guion". The New York Times. January 20, 1884. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
Mr. William H. Guion, who has been, since the death of Mr. John S. Williams in 1876, at the head of the firm of Williams Guion, agents of the Guion line of European steamers in this City ...
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Mrs. C. G. Wyeth Is to Be a Bride; Her Engagement to Stephen Guion Williams Announced to Friends". The New York Times. October 6, 1914. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
Head of St. Anthony Club. Bridegroom-to-Be a Lawyer and Treasurer of Chrystie Street House; Fiancee Has Four Daughters.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Mrs. C.G. Wyeth a Bride. Married to Stephen G. Williams in St. James's Episcopal Church". The New York Times. November 10, 1914. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
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