Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams was born in 1804 in Pulaski County, Kentucky,^[1] and he moved with his parents to Wayne County in childhood. He received a limited education, but had learned the trade of brickmaker in Monticello when about fifteen years of age.^[1] He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced law.

His sons included Thomas Hansford Williams, the former Attorney General of California from 1858 to 1862;^[2] and George E. Williams (1835–1899), a former member of the California State Assembly's 15th District, from 1873 to 1875.^[2][3]

He served as member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1829 to 1834, and in 1846. Williams was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian Whig to the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection.

He moved to California, where he died in San Jose, California on March 24, 1876.^[4] He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, he was moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.^[3]

• Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 274. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Federal government of the United States.

• United States Congress. "Sherrod Williams (id: W000536)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.