Dr. S. L. Williams was born in Franklin County, Ill., Nov 13, 1839. Is a son of S. M. and Francis (Shaw) Williams.  The father was born in North Carolina January 25, 1792, and emigrated to Franklin County in 1837, and  there died in September, 1875.  The mother was also a native of North Carolina, and died in Franklin County in July, 1874.  Subject was next to the youngest of a family of fourteen children, and of this number seven are living.

   Subject's education was recieved in schools in Franklin County.  Until twenty-four years of age, he remained at home with his father, then started out in life for himself on a farm in that county.  There he remained until 1865, when he went to Cincinnati, and there attended the Physio-Medical College for a short time.  From that institution he returned to Franklin County, and commenced the practice of his chosen profession.  He only  remained there a short time, however, and then came to Spring Garden Township, where he has since built up quite an extensive practice.   Since his coming to this county, he has been here all the time, with the exception of 1878 and 1879, when he attended lectures in St. Louis American College, from which institution he graduated in 1879.  The Doctor was married, January 22, 1869, to Miss Margaret J. Arnold, a native of Robertson County, Tenn., and a daughter of James M. and Nancy (Felse) Williams.  This union has resulted in four children, of whom three are living Hugh, Curtis, and Alsa.  In politics he is a Democrat.