Roy Hughes WILLIAMS

Background

Williams, Roy Hughes was born on September 1, 1874 in Milan, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Ronald and Helen Hortense (Hughes) Williams.

Education

He graduated from Milan High School in 1890, attended the Western Reserve Normal School in Milan, and graduated from Oberlin Preparatory School in 1891. He attended Oberlin College for one or two years, and graduated from University of Michigan Law School with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1897.

Career

He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1897. Williams was married to L. Verna Lockwood on December 7, 1898. They had no children.

He served January 1901 to January 1907, opting not to run for a third term.

He prosecuted bridge contractors under the state"s Anti-trust act for bid rigging. He took a leave of absence as a 44-year-old to enlist in the United States Army during World War I. He served at Camp Zachary Taylor in Kentucky.

Williams returned to the bench after his discharge, and was the first judge in Ohio to impanel a jury of twelve women on August 26, 1920. Williams was elected to the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals in 1924, and was re-elected in 1930.

He ran for the Supreme Court of Ohio in November 1934 as a Republican, to fill an un-expired term, and defeated Howard Landis Bevis, who had been appoint after Reynolds R. Kinkade resigned.

He would be re-elected on November 3, 1942. Williams missed much of the 1945 session of the court due to ill health, but recovered enough to work in the fall 1946 term.

Achievements

• Roy Hughes Williams has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served in Field artillery, C.O.T.S., 44th Training Battery, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, World War I. Member Sons of the American Revolution (ex-president Toledo Chapter). Mason (32°), L.O.M. (Past Supreme Governor).

Connections

Spouse Verna Lockwood, December 7, 1898, Milan, O.

Father:

Charles Ronald Williams

Mother:

Helen Hortense (Hughes) Williams

Spouse:

Verna Lockwood