Background
Williamson, Thomas was born on May 19, 1867 in Staunton, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Creighton) Williamson.
Williamson, Thomas was born on May 19, 1867 in Staunton, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Creighton) Williamson.
Student Northern Indiana Normal School, 1887, St. Louis Law School, 1890-1891.
Began practice at Mount Olive, Illinois, 1891. Moved to Edwardsville, 1899. Member firm of Warnock, Williamson & Burroughs.
Master in chancery, 1919-1922. Assistant attorney general of Illinois, 1919-1921. United State Attorneys, Southern District of Illinois, by appointment of President Harding, July 1, 1922-August, 1926.
Assistant director Department Purchases and Construction, 1930-1933. Referee in bankruptcy Southern District of Illinois. Director Bank of Edwardsville.
1917-1932. President Board of Education, Edwardsville, 16 years. Chairman Council of Defense, World War.
Mason (33°), Knights of Pythias (Grand Chancellor), Woodman. Clubs: Madison County, Rotary of Edwardsville (president). Delaware to International Rotary Convention, Belgium.
Married Martha L. Binney, October 14, 1891. Children: Bessie Eleanor, Jessie Christine, Thomas Binney (vice admiral, United States Navy), and Robert Warnock.