When emigration to the Western Reserve began he was determined to go there; where he arrived in what is now Cleveland, OH in the spring of 1798. Here was good power, a waterfall of forty or fifty feet. There he and Major Wyatt built a grist mill wheel, which generated power for the limited wants of those primitive days. The mill proved a genuine blessing to that pioneer community. Early history of Cleveland speaks of William Wheeler Williams as a busy and energetic citize.
When emigration to the Western Reserve began he was determined to go there; where he arrived in what is now Cleveland, OH in the spring of 1798. Here was good power, a waterfall of forty or fifty feet. There he and Major Wyatt built a grist mill wheel, which generated power for the limited wants of those primitive days. The mill proved a genuine blessing to that pioneer community. Early history of Cleveland speaks of William Wheeler Williams as a busy and energetic citizen.
Years before her death, whe was stricken with blindness....she developed such acute hearing that no one could enter her room, no matter how cautiously, that she would not know and tell who it was.l
Was captain during War of 1812, was killed in the war.