Williams, Edward F. (Edward Franklin), 1832-1919
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1832 (date of birth)
- Existence: 1919 (date of death)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward F. Williams manuscript biography of Daniel Kimball Pearsons, 1910. : [manuscript]
Collection — Box: Small 7, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS5110
Dates:
circa 1910
Edward Franklin Williams papers, 1859-1918.
Collection
Identifier: MS4981
Abstract
Edward Franklin Williams was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on July 22, 1832. He graduated from Yale in 1856 after which he spent three years teaching in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He then went to the Princeton Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, Williams joined the Christian Commission where he distributed religious literature, medical aid, and various supplies to Union troops. The...
Dates:
1859-1918