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Lenawee County, Michigan





Charles Henry WILLIAMSON

Had Been Prominent Business Man for Many Years

     Charles Henry Williamson, aged 62 years, prominent Tecumseh business man, died Sunday night Dec. 11, 1938 at 10:30 o’clock after several weeks illness. He was born at Cone, Mich., February 17, 1876, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williamson, and spent most of his life in Tecumseh, graduating from the Tecumseh high school and attending Cleary Business College in Ypsilanti.

     Mr. Williamson was the proprietor of a large produce business here for several years, also proprietor of the Tecumseh Lake Ice Company and was in an extensive celery business with Lawrence Derby. He was married March 10, 1904 to Miss Naomi North (daughter of Lucian Gregory and Ida Stevens North) of Tecumseh who survives.

     He also leaves two daughters Mrs. Edmund R. Childs of Grand Rapids and Miss Margaret Williamson, a senior at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and three sons, Charles Lucian Williamson, an attorney at Monroe, Bernard N. Williamson, an attorney at Morenci and Dr. Edwin M. Williamson of the staff of the Michigan State Hospital at Kalamazoo, five grandchildren, three brothers, Floyd, Leon and Rodney Williamson and one sister Mrs. Anna Heesen all of Tecumseh, also several nieces and nephews.

     The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the residence, 402 West Chicago Boulevard, with the Rev. O. V. Robinson officiating. The burial will be in Brookside cemetery. The pallbearers were the sons Charles L. Williamson, Bernard N. Williamson, Dr. Edwin M. Williamson, the son-in-law Edmund R. Childs and the brothers Leon P. Williamson and Floyd E. Williamson.

Submitted by:
Joyce & John Van Valkenburg
joycevan@gulftel.com
June 23, 2004

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