Williams Family of Edwardsville, PA (Biography attached)

I am a descendant of David D. Williams...

DAVID D. WILLIAMS, hotel proprietor, P.O. Edwardsdale, was born June 15, 1842, at Tredegar, Monmouthshire, England, and is the son of John and Ann (Williams) Williams, natives of Wales, the former born in Caermarthenshire, and the latter in Breconshire. Our subject was educated in his native town, and began life for himself, mining in Tredegar at the age of twenty-one. In 1879 he came to America and settled in his present place, engaging in his present business. Mr. Williams was married, December 6, 1862, to Miss Ann, daughter of David and Ann (Lewis) Williams, of Tredegar, England, and they have had children as follows: David, born January 31, 1863, died March 15, 1865; Elizabeth, born October 24, 1864, married Joseph Palmer, a miner, of Summercourt, England; Catharine, born January 30, 1867, married to William Keirle, a miner, of Edwardsville; David J. and Hannah (twins), born December 1, 1868, died in infancy; John, born December 11, 1869, a miner, in Edwardsville, married Mary Richards, of Edwardsville; Annie, born March 15, 1872, died June 18, 1879; Thomas, born June 15, 1874; William, born August 20, 1876, died June 3, 1879; Edward, born November 29, 1878; Annie, born March 10, 1882; and Mary, born July 5, 1884. Mr. Williams is a member of the A.P.A., the I.O.R.M., and the S.P.K., in politics he is a Republican.

Edward Lewis Williams married Caroline Watkins and lived in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. I have researched both of these lines and have information to share. Feel free to post and I will respond.