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John Skelton Williams Sr.

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John Skelton Williams Sr.

Birth
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
Death
4 Nov 1926 (aged 61)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Comptroller of Currency by appointment of President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.A Banker,railroad financier and organizer of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.At the time of his death he was head of the Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit Company.President of John L.Williams and Sons,Bankers,of Richmond.
Died at his home"Paxton"


Railway president.
Member of the firm of John L. Williams & Sons since 1886; president and organizer of the Bank of Richmond and Ga. & Fla.
Son of John Langbourne and Maria Ward (Skelton) Williams.
Educated at Richmond, Va. and Univ. of Va. President and organizer of Seaboard Air Line Ry. System, 1899-1904. Clubs: Metropolitan (N. Y. City), and Maryland (Baltimore). Address: Richmond, Va.
Comptroller of Currency by appointment of President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.A Banker,railroad financier and organizer of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.At the time of his death he was head of the Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit Company.President of John L.Williams and Sons,Bankers,of Richmond.
Died at his home"Paxton"


Railway president.
Member of the firm of John L. Williams & Sons since 1886; president and organizer of the Bank of Richmond and Ga. & Fla.
Son of John Langbourne and Maria Ward (Skelton) Williams.
Educated at Richmond, Va. and Univ. of Va. President and organizer of Seaboard Air Line Ry. System, 1899-1904. Clubs: Metropolitan (N. Y. City), and Maryland (Baltimore). Address: Richmond, Va.


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