Background
Williams, Charles Richard was born on April 16, 1853 in Prattsburg, New York, United States. Son of Ira C. and Anna M. (Benedict) Williams.
Williams, Charles Richard was born on April 16, 1853 in Prattsburg, New York, United States. Son of Ira C. and Anna M. (Benedict) Williams.
Student of University of Rochester, 1871-1873. Bachelor of Arts (head of class), Princeton, 1875, Master of Arts, 1878. Student university of Göttingen and Leipzig, 1876-1877.
Switzerland and Italy, 1877-1878.
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1893. Doctor of Humane Letters, Wabash, 1903.
Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, 1922.
William Henry Smith, manager Associated Press, of Lake Forest, Illinois, October 2, 1884 (died 1895). Married second, Bertha Rose Knefler, June 23, 1902. 1 daughter (adopted niece), Mary Almira (Mistress J. Homer Sherman, deceased).
Principal high school, Auburn, New York, 1878-1879.
Tutor Latin, Princeton, 1878-1881. Editor Potter’s American Monthly, Philadelphia, 1881.
Professor Greek, Lake Forest University, 1881-1883. Literature editor New York World, 1883.
Assistant general manager Associated Press, 1883-1892.
Editor-in-chief Indianapolis News, 1892-1911. Author: In Many Moods (poems), 1910. Life of Rutherford B. Hayes, 1914.
History of the Cliosophic Society, 1915.
Editor: Selections from Lucian (with introduction and notes), 1882. Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes (5 volumes), 1922-1926.
Speaker for National Security League and lecturer before Naval School at Princeton University, 1918. Home: Princeton, New Jersey.
Married Almira, daughter Married second, Bertha Rose Knefler, June 23, 1902.