Samuel and Mary Williamson
Samuel Williamson was a native of Norfolk, Virginia born 1785, who then moved to Charleston, Virginia where he married Mary Slack in 1808 and made his home there until 1825. He was one of the first men who discovered salt on the Kanawha in 1809 or 1810. He taught school for awhile, having received a good education. In 1825 he concluded to move west with his family and started down the river in a flatboat and when he reached Portsmouth, Ohio, he stopped near the mouth of the Scioto and remained there for four or five months.
Samuel and Mary moved across the river to a farm in Kentucky and followed farming until the spring of 1833, when they removed to Newport. This occurred, unfortunately, during the cholera plague, which was fatal to so many in 1833, and of which disease Samuel died soon after his arrival at Newport, being forty-eight years of age. He was buried in the Newport Cemetery. Mary was born 25 Sep 1790 a native of Pennsylvania and died in Newport 7 Apr 1878, aged eighty-nine years.
Children of Samuel Williamson and Mary Slack
1.
Euclid
Williamson b-1814 in Charleston Virginia; d-1856 in Newport Ky. m-Mary Kirby
6 Apr 1842 in Cincinnati
2. Samuel Williamson b-1820 in Charleston Virginia
3. John
A Williamson b-9 June 1826 in Portsmouth Oh; d-7 July 1898 in Newport; br-Evergreen;
m-Elizabeth Kirby 1848 in Cincinnati, d/o John Kirby and Charlotte Parker
Children of Euclid Williamson and Mary Kirby
1. Josephine Kirby Williamson b-22 Feb 1843 in
Cincinnati; d-8 Jan 1928 in Versailles KY; m-Alonzo Henry
2. Virginia Williamson b-4 Jan 1845 in Cincinnati; d-9 July 1927 in Lexington
KY; br-11 July in Evergreen Cemetery; m-Thomas H MacBride
3. Franklin Williamson b-1847 in Cincinnati
4. Frederick Williamson b-1851 in Newport; m-Emma
5. Mary A Williamson b-Oct 1855 in Newport; d-New York; m-John Corcaran
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Children of John A Williamson and Elizabeth Kirby
1. Harris Williamson b-1849 in Newport;
d-before 1860
2. Lawrence Williamson b-1852 in Newport; d-29 May 1908; br-Evergreen
3. Elizabeth Williamson b-26 Oct 1855 in Newport
4. Charlotte Williamson b-1858 in Newport