George Clinton Fairchild Williams (February 26, 1857 – November 15, 1933) was an American medical doctor, genealogist, and historian who served as president of the
Connecticut Historical Society from 1919 to 1922 and 1926 to 1934.
He was born in
Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of John and Lucinda (Fairchild) Williams.
He represented his hometown of Cheshire as a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives in 1881.
A graduate of
Yale University, he was a member of the Acorn Club and the National Society of
Sons of the American Revolution.
He was president of the
Capewell Horse Nail Company
The Capewell Horse Nail Company is a historic brick industrial complex located in the Hartford, Connecticut neighborhood of Neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut#Sheldon/Charter Oak, Sheldon/Charter Oak. It was built in 1903 by industrialist Geor ...
of Hartford.
He died in 1933 and was buried at
Cedar Hill Cemetery in
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
.
References
*''The Fine Historical Library of Dr. George C.F. Williams, Hartford, Conn. to be sold at Auction'' (1926)
External links
George C.F. Williams papers finding aid*
Personal bookplate
1857 births
1933 deaths
American historians
American genealogists
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
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