Bear, an Indian chief who had joined Louis Kiel, and while engaged in this service he contracted a cold which resulted in his death soon afterward.
WILLIAMS, Barney (the stage name of Bernard Flaherty), actor, b. in Cork, Ireland, in 1823; d. in New York city, 25 April, 1876. He
came to this country as a boy, and in 1836 was connected with the old Franklin theatre, New York. In 1845 he was the manager of the Vaux-
hall garden, in the Bowery, and after his marriage in 1850 he played, with his wife, in Irish comedy. After a successful visit to San Francisco in 1854
they went abroad in 1855, but returned to the United States in 1859, and filled a long engagement at Niblo's garden. In 1867 Williams became
manager of Wallack's old Broadway theatre, and subsequently he played with success in this country, Great Britain, and Canada. Mr. Williams
attained a wide reputation as an Irish comedian.
Among his last plays were " The Emerald Ring,"
" The Connie Soogah," and " The. Fairy Circle." —
His wife, Maria Pray, b. in New York city in
1828, became a ballet-girl at fifteen years of age,
performing at the Chatham theatre, and shortly af-
terward married Charles Mestayer. After his death
she married Mr. Williams in 1850, and thereafter
generally appeared with him, playing star engage-
ments. She is a sister of Mrs. William J. Florence.
WILLIAMS, Benjamin, governor of North
Carolina, b. in North Carolina in 1754; d. in Moore
county, N. C, in 1814. He entered the Revolu-
tionary army as a captain, and did good service at
Guilford, for which he was promoted colonel. Col.
Williams served many years in the legislature, sat
in congress in 1793-'5, and was governor of . his
state in 1799-1802, and again in 1807-'8. In
1808-'9 he was a member of the state senate.
WILLIAMS, Catherine R. (Arnold), author,
b. in Providence, R. I., about 1787; d. there, 11
Oct., 1872. She was a granddaughter of Oliver
Arnold, attorney-general of the state of Rhode Isl-
and, and daughter of Capt. Alfred Arnold, and in
1818 married Mr. Williams ; but the match was un-
fortunate, and, after a separation from her husband,
she supported herself by literary work. She was
the author of " Original Poems " (Providence, 1828) ;
" Religion at Home " (1829) ; " Tales, National and
Revolutionary " (2d series, 1830 and 1835) ; " Aris-
tocracy " (1832) ; " Fall River, an Authentic Narra-
tive " (1833) ; " Biography of Revolutionary Heroes "
(1839); "Neutral French, or the Exiles of Nova
Scotia " (1841) ; " Annals of the Aristocracy of
Rhode Island " (2 vols., 1843-5). See " Bibliograph-
ical Memoirs of Three Rhode Island Authors," by
Sidney S. Rider (Providence, 1880).
WILLIAMS, Channing Moore, P. E. mission-
ary bishop, b. in Richmond, Va., 18 July, 1829.
He was graduated at the College of William and
Mary in 1853 and at the theological seminary at
Alexandria, Va., in 1855, ordered deacon in St.
Paul's church, Alexandria, 1 July, 1855, and sailed
for China as a missionary under Bishop Boone in
November of that year. He was ordained priest
in the mission chapel, Shanghai, China, by Bishop
Boone, 11 Jan., 1857, and shortly afterward, by
direction of the foreign committee, he was trans-
ferred to Japan. He was consecrated missionary
bishop of China, with jurisdiction in Japan, in St.
John's chapel, New York, 3 Oct., 1866. lie received
the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia in 1867. The
convention of 1874 relieved him of the China mis-
sion, and changed his title to bishop of Yedo.
WILLIAMS, Charles Langdon, lawyer, b. in
Rutland. Vt., in 1821 ; d. there, 10 Feb.. 1861. He
was graduated at Williams in 1839, admitted to
the bar in 1842, and practised in Brandon, Vt.„
in 1844-'8, and afterward in Rutland. He pub-
lished " Statistics of the Rutland County Bar,"
with biographical sketches (Brandon, Vt., 1847);.
" Statutes of Vermont " (Burlington, 1851) ; and
vols, xxvii.-xxix. of " Vermont Supreme Court
Reports " (Rutland, 1856-'8).
WILLIAMS, David, patriot, b. in Tarrytown r
N. Y., 21 Oct., 1754: d. near Livingston ville,'N. Y. y
2 Aug., 1831. He enlisted in the Revolutionary
army in 1775, served under Gen. Richard Mont-
gomery at St. John's and Quebec, and continued
in the army till 1779. During his service his feet
were badly frozen, and this partially disabled him
for life. With John Paulding and Isaac Van
Wart, he was one of the captors of Maj. John Andre
on 23 Sept., 1780. (See Paulding, John.) Many of
the details of the capture are related in Williams's
deposition that he made on the following day.
Some time after the war he bought a farm near the
Catskill mountains, that had been the property of
Daniel Shays, leader of Shays's rebellion. Will-
iams was very generous, and indorsed freely for his
friends. The farm became heavily mortgaged, yet
he succeeded in retaining it, and received also a
pension of $200 a year from the government. The
estate is now in the possession of his grandson,
William C. Williams. Williams was given a silver
medal by order of congress, and also received in
New York city a cane that was made from the
cheval-de-f rise for obstructing the Hudson at West.
Point. In December, 1830, he visited New York
by invitation of the mayor, who gave him a horse,
harness, and carriage, and the pupils of one of the
city schools presented him with a silver cup. A
monument has been erected to his memory, by the-
state, at the stone fort near Schoharie court-house.
The purity of the motives of Andre's captors has
been called in question by some historians, but it
has been vindicated by Horatio Seymour and Henry
J. Raymond in addresses at Tarrytown in 1853,
by Samuel J. Tilden and Chauncey M. Depew at
the same place in 1880, and by Grenville Tremaine-
and Daniel Knower at Schoharie in 1876.
WILLIAMS, David Rogerson, soldier, b. in Robbins Neck, S. C, 10 March, 1776; d. in Lynch's creek, S. C, 15 Nov., 1830. He was graduated at
Brown in' 1797, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In addition to his practice he conducted a large plantation. He served in congress in
1805-'9, and was again chosen in 1810 as a Democrat, serving till 1813. In the latter year, on 9 July, he was appointed a brigadier-general in the-
regular army, but after seeing some service he resigned on 6 April, 1814, and in 1814-'16 was governor of the state. He was killed by accident at a
new bridge over Lvnch's creek.
WILLIAMS, Edward, English author, lived in
the 17th century. He published " Virgo Trium-
phans, or Virginia richly and truly Valued " (Lon-
don, 1650 ; 2d ed., u With Addition of the Discovery
of Silkworms, etc.," 1650). The book is said by
some authorities to be in substance the work of
John Farrer, of Geding.
WILLIAMS, Edward P., naval officer, b. in Castine, Me., 26 Feb.. 1833 ; d. in Yeddo bay, near Yokohama, Japan, 24 Jan., 1870. He was graduated at the U. S. naval academy, 10 June, 1853 and was commissioned a lieutenant, 16 Sept.. 1855. During the first year of the civil war he served in the steamer " Paul Jones " on the South Atlantic blockade, and subsequently he was executive of the steamer " Powhatan." He was promoted to lieutenant-commander, 16 July, 1862. William was one of the volunteers that were called for by
