Elias H. Williams

WILLIAMS, MCGLATHERY, DAVIS, BISHOP

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 23:03:14

The next judge elected was in 1858, Hon. Elias H. Williams was placed on the bench over this district (Thirteenth Judicial District), and held his first term in July, 1859. The district attorney was Milo McGlathery; clerk, James W. Davis; sheriff, W. H. Bishop. Mr. Williams was considered one of the best judges who have ever presided over the district; stern and decisive; a man of few words; yet versed in law and always trying to do justice to all whose cases came before him. He presided for the full term, from 1858 to 1862, and was then re-elected for another term, and held until 1866.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 324