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| Pg. 194 Byron B. Williamson, farmer on sec. 28, Deerfield Tp., P.O. Morley, was born in St. Joseph Co., Mich., Sept. 15, 1874. Britton Williamston, his father, was a native of Massachusetts and died in St. Joseph County; Mary (Smith) Williamson, his mother, was born in Michigan where she died. They were pioneers of St. Joseph County. Mr. Williamson lived in the county where he was born 28 years, and in the spring of 1875 became the possessor by purchase of 80 acres of wild land in Deerfield Tp. He has made fair progress in the process of reclamation, and has a good farm house and 55 acres of land in tillage. Responsive to his country's call for aid, he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, enrolling in the Eleventh Mich. Inf., and served about two years, receiving honorable discharge at the end of the war. He is a zealous Republican. The family are attendants at the M. E. Church. Mr. Williamson was married at Coldwater, Mich., March 9, 1870, to Amanda, daughter of David and Huldah (Wells) Hazzard, born in St. Joseph County, June 18, 1851. One child died in infancy. Estella was born Jan. 24, 1871. |