OBITUARY OF BEVERLY A. WILLIAMSON 
submitted by Laura Carney

DIED - DECEMBER 6, 1873

Beverly A. Williamson, whose death occurred at his residence in Milan, Tennessee a few weeks ago, was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of that place.  He saw the first house built in the town, and was identified with the movements set on foot there for the advancement of education, religion and indeed all material and moral interests. He was born in Amherst County, Virginia, October 21, 1805, and at the time of his death was a little over sixty-eight years old. His father, Lud Williamson, was one of the early settlers of Rutherford County, Tennessee, having removed to Stone's river in that County in 1811. In the neighborhood in which his father settled, the subject of this notice grew up from childhood, and received such education as his father was able to give him, working most of the time on his father's farm and growing up in habits of industry and virtue which resulted in the estimable character he displayed through life.