Samuel Williams (American author)

Samuel Williams (1826 – June 30, 1881) was an American newspaper editor and author of Welsh descent. He was born in Utica, New York. He worked for the Albany Evening Journal and San Francisco Evening Bulletin. After his death, his widow Elizabeth Balmer became the wife of William Barnes Sr.[1][2]

References
  1. New York State Bar Association (1913). Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting. Albany, NY: The Argus Company. pp. 713–716 – via Google Books.
  2. Leonard, John W., ed. (1907). Who's Who in New York City and State (3 ed.). New York, NY: L. R. Hamersly & Company. p. 79 – via Google Books.

Sources
  • Smith, Harriet E.; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin, eds. (1990), Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 2: 1867-1868, University of California Press, p. 209, ISBN 9780520906075
  • William C. Bartlett, "Samuel Williams, Journalist", Californian 4 (October): 323-30
  • "Deaths", S.F. Evening Bulletin, July 1, 1881, p. 3


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