Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Troy:

J. S. Williams, farmer, Sec. 5; P. 0. Cassell Prairie; born in Seward, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1840; his parents, Thomas and Margaret Williams, were natives of Wales, and settled in Winnebago Co. prior to the Black Hawk war, thus becoming pioneer settlers of the Northwest; J. S. was educated in the common schools in his native county, and lived there until 1856, when he went to Delaware Co., Iowa, remaining there four years. In 1860, he returned to Wisconsin and married in Iowa Co., and made that county his home until 1869, when himself, wife and only daughter, Jeanette,, removed to this (Sauk) county and located where they now live. Mr. Williams is one of the leading farmers in the town of Troy; he owns 270 acres of land; he takes a part in school affairs and other public matters and several terms has been officially identified with the district school interests.

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