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his native city, and in 1833-'41 at the College of Montreal, where he was graduated in the latter year. He then followed a course in theology in the Sulpitina seminary in Paris, France, where he was ordained in 1845. He was stationed at the Boston ca- thedral till 1855, when he was ap- pointed its rector, and in 1857 he was transferred to the pastorate of St. James's church in the same city. On 9 Jan., 1866, he was chosen coad- i'utor to Bishop iMtzpatrick and titular bishop of Tripoli, but be- fore his consecra- tion, which took

place on 11 March,

1866, he had succeeded to the bishopric of Boston by the death of his superior. The new sees of Springfield and Providence were created from his original diocese in 1870 and 1872, respectively, and on 12 Feb., 1875, & new ecclesiastic province was established, em- bracing these dioceses and those of Portland and Burlington. Boston became the archiepiscopal see, and Bishop Williams was made archbishop, re- ceiving the pallium from the hands of Archbishop McCloskey. During his administration many edu- cational institutions have been established, of which the most important is the Sulpitian theological seminary, which was opened in 1884. In 1886 his diocese contained 320,000 Roman Catholics, 300 priests, and 167 churches.

WILLIAMS, John Mason, jurist, b. in New Bedford, Mass., 24 June, 1780 ; d. there, 28 Dec, 1868. He was graduated at Brown in 1801, studied law, and, on his admission to the bar in 1803, rose rapidly in his profession. He became associate justice of the court of common pleas in 1821, and its chief justice in 1839-44. In 1844-'56 he was commissioner of insolvency. Among Judge Will- iams's published addresses are " Remarks on Ani- mal Magnetism " (New York, 1837), and orations on the lives of Samuel Howe (Worcester, Mass., 1828) and Peter O. Thacher (Boston, 1843). He was also author of a pamphlet entitled " Nullifica- tion and Compromise " (New York, 1863).

WILLIAMS, John S., lawyer, b. in Lockport, N. Y., 14 Dec, 1825. He received a liberal edu- cation, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in his native place and in Lafayette, Ind., where he settled in 1853. He was elected mayor of that town in 1856 and 1858, and for some time edited the Lafayette " Daily American." He re- cruited the 63d Indiana volunteers in the autumn of 1861, was commissioned as its colonel, and was with his regiment at the second battle of Bull Run, and till July, 1863, when he was compelled through illness to resign. He resumed practice, and in 1866 was appointed by President Johnson collector of internal revenue for the 8th district of Indiana, holding the office till the accession of a new ad- ministration in 1869. Subsequently he became the publisher of the Lafayette " Sunday Times." In April, 1885, President Cleveland appointed him 3d auditor of the U. S. treasury department.— His brother, George Bnrchell, financier, b. in Lock- port, N. Y, 5 Dec, 1841, received his education at Lockport Union academy. In 1858 he removed to Lafayette, Ind., where he became largely interested in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. He be- came supervisor of internal revenue for the state of Indiana in November, 1868, and in July, 1870, deputy commissioner of internal revenue at Wash- ington, D. C.,but resigned at the end of November, 1871, having been appointed by the Japanese gov- ernment, at the suggestion of his own government, which had been requested to recommend some per- son who was qualified to assist in the organization of a financial system, to be counsellor to the imperial authorities in all matters relating to finance, and particularly upon banking, internal revenue, ex- port and import duties, and economic and mone- tary matters. In 1873 he visited the United States and Europe on a financial mission for the imperial government, returning to Japan in the summer of the following year. He was again appointed a commissioner .to Europe and the United States in October, 1875, and resigned the office of financial counsellor in November, remaining in Europe till June, 1876, when he retired from the Japanese ser- vice. He has since resided at Washington, D. C.

WILLIAMS, John Stuart, senator, b. in Mont- gomery county, Ky., in 1820. He was graduated at Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, in 1838, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and engaged in prac- tice at Paris, Ky. He served in the war with Mexico, first as a captain and afterward as colonel, and was in command of the 4th Kentucky volun- teers at the taking of the city of Mexico. After his return he resumed practice, and engaged in agriculture and the breeding of fine stock, took an active part as a Whig in politics, served as a dele- gate to national conventions and as a presidential elector, and was in the legislature of Kentucky in 1851-'2. Although he had opposed secession, he raised a brigade for the Confederate army, received a commission as brigadier r general in 1862, and was serving under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston when the surrender took place. Going back to his home, he urged the people to renew their allegiance to the National government. He served again in the legislature in 1873-'4, and was elected a U. S. sena- tor from Kentucky as a Democrat, and served from 4 March, 1879, till 3 March, 1885. Since that time he has been engaged in farming, in improving lands in southern Florida, and in promoting rail- ways in the mineral regions of Kentucky.

WILLIAMS, John Wilson Montgomery, clergyman, b. in Portsmouth, Va., 7 April, 1820. He was graduated at Columbian college, Washington, D. C., in 1845, and subsequently at Newton theological seminary. After preaching for several years in Virginia, chiefly at Lynchburg, he was called to the pastorate of the 1st Baptist church of Baltimore, Md., where he still remains. He has been president of the Maryland tract society since 1870, vice-president of the Southern Baptist convention, several times moderator of the Maryland Baptist union association, and trustee of Columbian college (now university) since 1851. In 1866 that institution conferred upon him the degree of D. D. Besides several sermons, he has published " Pastor and People, a Lecture " (Washington, 1867) ; " Reminiscences of a Pastorate of Thirty-three Years " (1884) ; " Training of our Members in the Distinctive Principles of our Denomination a Duty and a Necessity " (Philadelphia, 1855) ; and " How to enlarge the Congregation," a tract (1887). WILLIAMS, Jonathan, soldier, b. in Boston, Mass., 26 May, 1750 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 16 May, 1815. His father, of the same name, was a patriot of the Revolution. The son received a