Sylvester Genin Williams Ohio Wesleyan 77 graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. For a number of years he practiced law in Cincinnati making a specialty of insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any other lawyer. In 1890 he moved to Denver Colo where he now resides For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School. He was mayor of Montclair Colo for three terms. He has served as special examiner in a number of noted causes especially the case of the United States vs. the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He has been very active in matters concerning the Fraternity. He was the editor of the Beta Theta Pi from 1879 to 1888 and author of the Minutes of the Diogenes Club. He was a member of the board of directors of the Fraternity from 1880 to 1888 and secretary of the board for two years.
(Betas of Achievement, Being Brief Biographical Records of Members of the Beta Theta Pi Who Have Achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor)
Sylvester G Williams, who since 1890 has made a national reputation as an insurance lawyer resides and maintains offices at Denver Colorado. He was born at St Clairsville Ohio March 21 1857, a son of Francis S and Adelia (Earle) Williams. Both parents were natives of New York state. On the paternal side Mr Williams is of Welsh English extraction, his ancestors having settled in this country in 1609. His great-great grandfather, Joseph Williams, was a member of the General Convention at Westminster in 1777, by which the territory known as the "New Hampshire Grants" was declared to be a free state under the name of "New Connecticut", afterwards changed to Vermont. Joseph Williams was afterwards a major in the Vermont militia, in active service in 1777, and was also a member of the Convention at Windsor, July 2 1777. The Rev Benajah Williams, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Methodist minister of the Genessee, NY conference, whose name figures prominently in the annals of Methodism, the "Williams Diaries" being a valued possession of the church. Francis, the father of Sylvester G, was an educator and superintendent of public schools. He had charge of the public schools at Wheeling, West Virginia, for many years. He was active in establishing free schools during the reconstruction period after the Civil war and, aided materially in framing the present school laws of West Virginia.
Sylvester G Williams graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware with the class of 1877, with the degree of BS, and from the Law School of the Cincinnati College in 1880 with the degree of LL B. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880, practiced at Cincinnati until 1890, when he went to Denver, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. Having made a specialty of insurance law, he represents a large per cent of the insurance companies doing business in Colorado, and has been identified with most of the important insurance cases decided during the past fifteen years, not alone in Colorado but throughout the western states.
While not participating actively in party politics, he served three terms (in 1896-97-98) as mayor of Montclair, now a part of the city of Denver. He is a member of the Greek Letter college society Beta Theta Pi. Among his classmates and associates at the Cincinnati law school were Hon William H Taft and Hon Willis Van Devanter, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr Williams shared class honors with Mr Taft, the latter taking the Dexter prize in oral examination and Mr Wiliams the like prize for thesis on the "Common Law in the United States". He is considered authority on all matters relating to insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any attorney in the country. His field of practice has included Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and the Dakotas. For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School and has delivered addresses before various business associations; he has also contributed extensively to the leading insurance publications of the country and to the public press upon various topics. As a marked recognition of Mr Williams' high repute he was in September, 1908, appointed by the United States Circuit Court of the Eighth Circuit as special examiner in the "Harriman Anti Merger" case of The United States vs The Union Pacific Railroad et al, the appointment having been made by consent of both parties to the suit.
Mr Williams was married in 1886 to Miss Martha E Taylor, daughter of George R Taylor, of West Virginia, one of the leading merchants of Wheeling. An only daughter Esther was born in 1894.
(Semi-Centennial History of the State of Colorado, Volume 2)
(Betas of Achievement, Being Brief Biographical Records of Members of the Beta Theta Pi Who Have Achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor)
Sylvester G Williams, who since 1890 has made a national reputation as an insurance lawyer resides and maintains offices at Denver Colorado. He was born at St Clairsville Ohio March 21 1857, a son of Francis S and Adelia (Earle) Williams. Both parents were natives of New York state. On the paternal side Mr Williams is of Welsh English extraction, his ancestors having settled in this country in 1609. His great-great grandfather, Joseph Williams, was a member of the General Convention at Westminster in 1777, by which the territory known as the "New Hampshire Grants" was declared to be a free state under the name of "New Connecticut", afterwards changed to Vermont. Joseph Williams was afterwards a major in the Vermont militia, in active service in 1777, and was also a member of the Convention at Windsor, July 2 1777. The Rev Benajah Williams, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Methodist minister of the Genessee, NY conference, whose name figures prominently in the annals of Methodism, the "Williams Diaries" being a valued possession of the church. Francis, the father of Sylvester G, was an educator and superintendent of public schools. He had charge of the public schools at Wheeling, West Virginia, for many years. He was active in establishing free schools during the reconstruction period after the Civil war and, aided materially in framing the present school laws of West Virginia.
Sylvester G Williams graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware with the class of 1877, with the degree of BS, and from the Law School of the Cincinnati College in 1880 with the degree of LL B. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880, practiced at Cincinnati until 1890, when he went to Denver, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. Having made a specialty of insurance law, he represents a large per cent of the insurance companies doing business in Colorado, and has been identified with most of the important insurance cases decided during the past fifteen years, not alone in Colorado but throughout the western states.
While not participating actively in party politics, he served three terms (in 1896-97-98) as mayor of Montclair, now a part of the city of Denver. He is a member of the Greek Letter college society Beta Theta Pi. Among his classmates and associates at the Cincinnati law school were Hon William H Taft and Hon Willis Van Devanter, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr Williams shared class honors with Mr Taft, the latter taking the Dexter prize in oral examination and Mr Wiliams the like prize for thesis on the "Common Law in the United States". He is considered authority on all matters relating to insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any attorney in the country. His field of practice has included Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and the Dakotas. For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School and has delivered addresses before various business associations; he has also contributed extensively to the leading insurance publications of the country and to the public press upon various topics. As a marked recognition of Mr Williams' high repute he was in September, 1908, appointed by the United States Circuit Court of the Eighth Circuit as special examiner in the "Harriman Anti Merger" case of The United States vs The Union Pacific Railroad et al, the appointment having been made by consent of both parties to the suit.
Mr Williams was married in 1886 to Miss Martha E Taylor, daughter of George R Taylor, of West Virginia, one of the leading merchants of Wheeling. An only daughter Esther was born in 1894.
(Semi-Centennial History of the State of Colorado, Volume 2)
Sylvester Genin Williams Ohio Wesleyan 77 graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. For a number of years he practiced law in Cincinnati making a specialty of insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any other lawyer. In 1890 he moved to Denver Colo where he now resides For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School. He was mayor of Montclair Colo for three terms. He has served as special examiner in a number of noted causes especially the case of the United States vs. the Union Pacific Railroad Company. He has been very active in matters concerning the Fraternity. He was the editor of the Beta Theta Pi from 1879 to 1888 and author of the Minutes of the Diogenes Club. He was a member of the board of directors of the Fraternity from 1880 to 1888 and secretary of the board for two years.
(Betas of Achievement, Being Brief Biographical Records of Members of the Beta Theta Pi Who Have Achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor)
Sylvester G Williams, who since 1890 has made a national reputation as an insurance lawyer resides and maintains offices at Denver Colorado. He was born at St Clairsville Ohio March 21 1857, a son of Francis S and Adelia (Earle) Williams. Both parents were natives of New York state. On the paternal side Mr Williams is of Welsh English extraction, his ancestors having settled in this country in 1609. His great-great grandfather, Joseph Williams, was a member of the General Convention at Westminster in 1777, by which the territory known as the "New Hampshire Grants" was declared to be a free state under the name of "New Connecticut", afterwards changed to Vermont. Joseph Williams was afterwards a major in the Vermont militia, in active service in 1777, and was also a member of the Convention at Windsor, July 2 1777. The Rev Benajah Williams, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Methodist minister of the Genessee, NY conference, whose name figures prominently in the annals of Methodism, the "Williams Diaries" being a valued possession of the church. Francis, the father of Sylvester G, was an educator and superintendent of public schools. He had charge of the public schools at Wheeling, West Virginia, for many years. He was active in establishing free schools during the reconstruction period after the Civil war and, aided materially in framing the present school laws of West Virginia.
Sylvester G Williams graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware with the class of 1877, with the degree of BS, and from the Law School of the Cincinnati College in 1880 with the degree of LL B. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880, practiced at Cincinnati until 1890, when he went to Denver, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. Having made a specialty of insurance law, he represents a large per cent of the insurance companies doing business in Colorado, and has been identified with most of the important insurance cases decided during the past fifteen years, not alone in Colorado but throughout the western states.
While not participating actively in party politics, he served three terms (in 1896-97-98) as mayor of Montclair, now a part of the city of Denver. He is a member of the Greek Letter college society Beta Theta Pi. Among his classmates and associates at the Cincinnati law school were Hon William H Taft and Hon Willis Van Devanter, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr Williams shared class honors with Mr Taft, the latter taking the Dexter prize in oral examination and Mr Wiliams the like prize for thesis on the "Common Law in the United States". He is considered authority on all matters relating to insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any attorney in the country. His field of practice has included Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and the Dakotas. For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School and has delivered addresses before various business associations; he has also contributed extensively to the leading insurance publications of the country and to the public press upon various topics. As a marked recognition of Mr Williams' high repute he was in September, 1908, appointed by the United States Circuit Court of the Eighth Circuit as special examiner in the "Harriman Anti Merger" case of The United States vs The Union Pacific Railroad et al, the appointment having been made by consent of both parties to the suit.
Mr Williams was married in 1886 to Miss Martha E Taylor, daughter of George R Taylor, of West Virginia, one of the leading merchants of Wheeling. An only daughter Esther was born in 1894.
(Semi-Centennial History of the State of Colorado, Volume 2)
(Betas of Achievement, Being Brief Biographical Records of Members of the Beta Theta Pi Who Have Achieved Distinction in Various Fields of Endeavor)
Sylvester G Williams, who since 1890 has made a national reputation as an insurance lawyer resides and maintains offices at Denver Colorado. He was born at St Clairsville Ohio March 21 1857, a son of Francis S and Adelia (Earle) Williams. Both parents were natives of New York state. On the paternal side Mr Williams is of Welsh English extraction, his ancestors having settled in this country in 1609. His great-great grandfather, Joseph Williams, was a member of the General Convention at Westminster in 1777, by which the territory known as the "New Hampshire Grants" was declared to be a free state under the name of "New Connecticut", afterwards changed to Vermont. Joseph Williams was afterwards a major in the Vermont militia, in active service in 1777, and was also a member of the Convention at Windsor, July 2 1777. The Rev Benajah Williams, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Methodist minister of the Genessee, NY conference, whose name figures prominently in the annals of Methodism, the "Williams Diaries" being a valued possession of the church. Francis, the father of Sylvester G, was an educator and superintendent of public schools. He had charge of the public schools at Wheeling, West Virginia, for many years. He was active in establishing free schools during the reconstruction period after the Civil war and, aided materially in framing the present school laws of West Virginia.
Sylvester G Williams graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware with the class of 1877, with the degree of BS, and from the Law School of the Cincinnati College in 1880 with the degree of LL B. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1880, practiced at Cincinnati until 1890, when he went to Denver, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. Having made a specialty of insurance law, he represents a large per cent of the insurance companies doing business in Colorado, and has been identified with most of the important insurance cases decided during the past fifteen years, not alone in Colorado but throughout the western states.
While not participating actively in party politics, he served three terms (in 1896-97-98) as mayor of Montclair, now a part of the city of Denver. He is a member of the Greek Letter college society Beta Theta Pi. Among his classmates and associates at the Cincinnati law school were Hon William H Taft and Hon Willis Van Devanter, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr Williams shared class honors with Mr Taft, the latter taking the Dexter prize in oral examination and Mr Wiliams the like prize for thesis on the "Common Law in the United States". He is considered authority on all matters relating to insurance law and has probably appeared in more insurance cases than any attorney in the country. His field of practice has included Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and the Dakotas. For a number of years he lectured before the Denver Law School and has delivered addresses before various business associations; he has also contributed extensively to the leading insurance publications of the country and to the public press upon various topics. As a marked recognition of Mr Williams' high repute he was in September, 1908, appointed by the United States Circuit Court of the Eighth Circuit as special examiner in the "Harriman Anti Merger" case of The United States vs The Union Pacific Railroad et al, the appointment having been made by consent of both parties to the suit.
Mr Williams was married in 1886 to Miss Martha E Taylor, daughter of George R Taylor, of West Virginia, one of the leading merchants of Wheeling. An only daughter Esther was born in 1894.
(Semi-Centennial History of the State of Colorado, Volume 2)
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