Charles Kennard Williams

1869 - 1917

• Name	Charles Kennard Williams
  Born	5 Jan 1869	Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Feb 1917	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
  Person ID	I509	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Jesse Maris Williams,   b. 9 Sep 1821, New Trenton (Emerson), Jefferson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 22 Aug 1901, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Mother	Anna Maria Milner,   b. 21 Mar 1839, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 20 Dec 1920, Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
  Married	11 Apr 1866	Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  Photos		Friends Church Friends Church, Mount Pleasant, Ohio
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Florence Eleanor Hayes,   b. 20 Apr 1875, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1958, Oregon, USA
  Married	14 Dec 1905	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Eleanor Hayes Williams,   b. 2 Oct 1908, Oregon, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 2004, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   2. Charles Kennard Williams,   b. 26 Mar 1910, Oregon, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1997, Washington, Oregon   3. Carol Louise Williams,   b. 24 Dec 1913, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,   d. 24 Oct 1995, Seattle, King, Washington, USA
  Photos		Charles Kennard Williams House Charles Kennard Williams House Portland, Oregon
  		Charles Kennard Williams and Florence Eleanor Hayes Home Charles Kennard Williams and Florence Eleanor Hayes Home Portland Oregon
  Last Modified	17 Sep 1999
  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Jan 1869 - Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, United States Married - 14 Dec 1905 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Died - 7 Feb 1917 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Charles Kennard Williams Charles Kennard Williams 1869-1917
  		Charles Kennard Williams Charles Kennard Williams 1869-1917
  		Charles Kennard Williams Charles Kennard Williams 1869-1917
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• Notes

  «b»National Register of Historic Places «/b» Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page # 118 #84 Historic Name: Williams Residence Owner: Middlecamp, Address: 2168 S.W. Main Walter Portland, OR Original Owner: Williams, Charles K. Use: Residence Architect: A.E. Doyle Tax No: R43160-0100 Year Built: c. 1908 Plat: Johnson's Addition Style: Colonial Revival Block: 1 Alteration: Minor Lot: E 45' of lot 10 Classification: Primary Contributing Description! This two and one half story Colonial Revival style residence is rectangular in plan and faces away from the street with the side elevation facing north on S.W. Main. The house has a steeply pitched side facing gable roof embellished with modillions and eave returns. The front elevation is symmetrical with a central entrance beneath an arched hood supported by squared posts. Windows on the first floor have crown moldings and are eight-over-one double hung wood sash. The windows on the upper floor are eight-overone double hung wood sash. Three gabled dormers with arched windows pierce the roof at the front facade. A single arched window is located in each gable end An oriel window is located in the center of the rear elevation. A shed roof dormer directly above the oriel window appears to be a later alteration. The house is surfaced in stucco. The foundation is covered with ivy and a garage is built into the basement level at the street edge. Significance: The Williams Residence is significant according to criteria b and c: for its associations with original owner, businessman Charles K. Williams (1869-1917); for its architectural style and designer, A. E. Doyle. Charles Kennard Williams was a Portland investment banker who worked for the national banking firm of Morris Brothers. He was bom in Westbranch, Ohio, and came to Portland at the turn of the century. Williams was involved with various financiers before becoming manager of Morris Brothers. His other activities included promotions for the Giles Lake project, Laurelhurst, and the Lewis & Clark Exposition. Williams married Florence Hayes in 1905. [Charles K. Williams telephone interview of July 6,1990] The Rev. Richard M. Steiner, a Unitarian minister, and Florence and Herbert Stratum took legal possession of the property in 1937. [Ticor Title Company] (Research):Graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1886. Listed in the Mt. Pleasant Yearbook 1920, page 56 Listed as living in Steubenville, Ohio From OHJEFFER-D Digest V01 Issue #71

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] IGI Records (Reliability: 0). Film 1985493