Background
Williams, Berkeley was born on October 13, 1878 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Langbourne and Maria Ward (Skelton) Williams.
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Berkeley Williams
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Descendant on paternal side of Colonel John Dandridge, father of Martha, the wife of George Washington, and on the maternal side from Edmund Randolph, attorney general of United States in Washington’s cabinet. Graduate McGuire’s University School, Richmond, 1895. University of Virginia, 1897.
Career
Clerk in superintendent’s office Richmond Traction Company, 1898-1899. Purchasing agent, Rys. & Light Company of America.
1899-1904.
District superintendent Maryland. Life Insurance Company, 1904-1906. Investment broker, 1906-1913.
Vice president The Alabama Company, 1912-1913.
President Richmond Mica Company, 1913-1925. Partner John L. Williams & Sons, investment bankers, 1913-1928.
Postmaster, Richmond, Virginia, 1931-1933. President Derby Oil Corporation, Wichita, Kansas, 1935-1938.
President Brown Oil Сompany.
Vice president Virginia Building and Loan Company. Director Williamsburg Packing Company, Bank of Commerce & Trusts, Virginia Mutual Insurance Company President Virginia Better Trade Association, 1925-1939. Organizer Anti-Diphtheria League of Virginia.
Achievements
Membership
Clubs: Virginia Boat, Country.
Connections
Married Huldah Justice Steel, February 4, 1903. Married second, Kate Harris Skipwith, February 17, 1937. Children: Berkeley, Huldah Justice (Mistress Barron Proctor Lambert).
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican