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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

LUM WILLIAMS.
    One of the substantial business men of Huntington, Arkansas, is Lum
Williams, who has engaged in the grocery business here for some time. He was
born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, in 1881, a son of Nels and Elizabeth (Burgett)
Williams. His father was a well known and successful physician and his demise
occurred in Oklahoma, to which state he had removed. The maternal grandfather
came from Alabama. Dr. Williams was an army surgeon during the Civil war, having
offered his services to the Union upon the outbreak of the conflict. To the
union of Dr. and Mrs. Williams four children were born: Martha, Mary, Nell and
Lum, whose name initiates this review.

    In the acquirement of an education Lum Williams attended the schools of
McAlester, Oklahoma, and upon putting his textbooks aside made his initial step
into the business world in connection with the meat business. In 1913 he came to
Huntington. Previous to locating here, however, he engaged in the grocery and
meat market business at Bonanza. Mr. Williams has built up an extensive
patronage and has a well equipped store with a butcher shop in connection. He is
one of the prominent and representative business men in Huntington and has
contributed much to the growth and development of that place.

    Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Hayes of Barling, this
state. and to them three children have been born: Harry, Morris, and Louise.
Fraternally Mr. Williams is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen
and the Independent Order of A. M. He takes the interest of an intelligent and
wide-awake citizen in public affairs and in the selection of competent men for
office. He has never become actively engaged in politics, nor has he sought nor
held public office, preferring the quiet home life and the association of a
select circle of friends.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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