History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 619. [Scott County] [Georgetown City and Precinct]

JUDGE JUNE WARD WILLIAMS; farmer, Glasgow, Howard Co., Mo. The grandfather of our subject, Charles Williams, came from Culpepper [sic] county, Va., and was among the first settlers of Kentucky. He located near the Great Crossings; he raised a large family of children, four daughters and five sons, who were among the most wealthy and prominent citizens of the county; one daughter is living, the grandmother of G. V. Payne; one son, Merrit Williams, the father of our subject, was born in Scott County, Ky., in abut the year 1789. He was a farmer and trader, owning about 500 acres in this county; he was an earnest Democrat, but never would accept an office. He married a Miss Eliza Smith, who was a granddaughter of the Gold Mine "Billy Smith." He died in 1855; he raised four boys and two
girls: Ann E., deceased, was the wife of Charles G. McHatton; Arch P. is a resident of Frankfort; Barnett died n Louisiana; Sarah was the wife of Dr. Henry Craig, of Georgetown and died in December, 1881; Granville is
deceased, June Ward was born in Scott County, near Georgetown in December 1833; he was educated in the Western Military Institute, then under Thornton Johnston, and was a pupil of James G. Blaine; he went to Missouri in 1854, and settled in Howard County, where he engaged in farming; here he married Miss Martha Rucker, who was born in Orange County, Va., in 1834; she was a niece of Sterling Price. They have nine living children, four sons and five daughters. Judge Williams is a Justice of the Peace of Howard County, Mo.