Albert Smiley Williams Explained

Albert Smiley Williams (1849–1924) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1904 to 1906.

Early life

Williams was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on November 15, 1849.^[1]

Career

Williams served as Mayor of Edgefield (now part of East Nashville) from 1876 to 1877, and of Nashville from 1904 to 1906.^{[2] [3] [4]} He was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.^[5]

Personal life and death

Williams was married to Amanda Rear on December 3, 1879.^[1] They had four children: Albert, Beryl (Mrs. Stanley Horn), and two children who died in childhood.^[1] He died in 1924.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN . 2013-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313015642/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html . 2016-03-13 . dead .
2. http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_nash_history_mayors.asp Nashville Library
3. John Allison, Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with Portratis, Volume 1, Southern Historical Association, 1905, p. 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=Fag-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Albert+S.+Williams%22+nashville
4. William Henry McRaven, Nashville, Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 273 https://books.google.com/books?id=qjAXAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Albert+S.+Williams%22+nashville
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=6yjnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Albert+S.+Williams%22+nashville The Eastern Star, Volume 16, 1903, p. 81