BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 563.

BRADY O. WILLIAMS, M. D., a leading physician of Martin's Ferry, is a
native of West Virginia, born in Wetzel county, November 13, 1847. He
is the son of Francis E. Williams, who was born in West Virginia,
August 18, 1809, whose life was mainly devoted to farming, though
in his earlier life he was occupied in selling produce on the river.
This gentleman, a worthy and highly respected man, died May 18,
1889. By his marriage, in 1844, to Ann J. O'Neill, also a native of
West Virginia; who died August 29, 1878, he had ten children of whom
five survive besides the subject of this sketch. Dr. Williams in his
childhood attended the schools at his home, New Martinsville, and
afterward studied at Mt. Union college, Ohio. He then spent three years
as a school teacher, during the same time reading medicine with Dr.
R. H. Cummins, of Wheeling. During the winters of 1871-2 and 1872-3,
he attended medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia, where he was graduated in March, 1873. In May of the
same year he opened an office at Martin's Ferry, where he has since
remained. In the years of practice since elapsed Dr. Williams has
gained an honorable reputation as a skillful physician, abreast with
all the advancement of his profession, and devoted to the interests
of his patients. He has taken a due in- terest in social and municipal
affairs, is a member of the Presbyterian church, and has served
three years as a member of the school board. The doctor was married
in 1881 to Mary, daughter of Mrs. Caroline V. Grove, of St. Clairs-
ville, and they have three sons: Brady G., Phil F. and J. Forest.