Joseph F. Williams

Joseph F. Williams (August 15, 1809 – December 11, 1882) was an American politician from Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Columbiana County from 1845 to 1846 and from 1847 to 1848. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 1854 to 1856.

Early life
Joseph F. Williams was born on August 15, 1809, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Edward Williams. His father was of Scottish-Irish ancestry.

Career
Williams worked as a blacksmith in Columbiana County, Ohio, and built mechanical devices for mills and factories.

Williams was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Columbiana County from 1845 to 1846 and from 1847 to 1848. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 22nd district from 1854 to 1856. He was justice of the peace of Salineville.

Later in life, Williams was an oil prospector in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Personal life
Williams married Mary Gilson. Their son Richard G. Williams served in the Ohio House of Representatives. He lived on a farm in Salineville. His grandson Curtis C. was a prosecuting attorney and judge of common pleas in Franklin County, Ohio. He also married Miss Northdrift who predeceased him. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Salineville. He was chosen as an elder of the search at its founding in 1864.

Williams died following a fall on December 11, 1882, at his home in Salineville.