James O. Williams

James Williams was born in Virginia in 1843. While little records of Williams life prior to 1860 exisit, he did enlist in the 5th Calvary Regiment of the United States Colored Troops in 1864. After the war, Williams moved to Carlisle, where he met and married Jane Lane. They had no children, and Lane died sometime before 1915. Williams died on March 27th, 1915 from valvular heart disease, and is buried in Union Cemetery in Carlisle.