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Charles Phelps Williams, B.A. 1862

Born August 19, 1840, in Stomngton, Conn.
Died August 23, 1916, in South Pasadena, Calif.

Charles Phelps Williams, whose parents were Ephraim and Hannah (Denison) Williams, was born in Stomngton, Conn., August 19, 1840. His father was the son of Ephraim and Hannah Eliza (Denison) Williams, and a collateral descendant of Col Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, who commanded a regiment of Massachusetts troops m the French and Indian War, being killed in an ambuscade. The earliest member of the family to settle in America was Robert Williams, who came from Great Yarmouth, England, to Roxbury, Mass, in 1635. Charles P Williams' mother was the daughter of Amos and Hannah (Williams) Denison, and through her he was descended from Capt George Denison, who emigrated to this country in 1631 from Stratford, England, settling at Roxbury.

He was fitted for college in his native town, and entered Yale in 1858. He was forced to withdraw in Junior year on
account of a severe and dangerous illness, but his degree was voted to him by the Corporation m 1893, and he was then enrolled with the Class of 1862. While in college he received a First Dispute Junior appointment.

Mr. Williams went to Europe shortly after leaving Yale, and did not return until June, 1863. The next two years were spent at Stonington. In 1865, his health having been completely restored, he entered the brokerage business in New York City. He was a member of the firm of Williams & Prentice, in which his partner was Mr Sartell Prentice, for a number of years. In December, 1890, he sold his seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and retired from business Believing that a knowledge of the law would be useful in the management of his affairs, he entered the New York Law School m 1893, and two years later received the degree of LL.B. In July, 1895, Mr Williams was admitted to the New York Bar, and, although he never practiced, for several years had a desk in the office of his classmate, Frederic A Ward. He was a member of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church of Brooklyn.

The latter part of Mr. Williams' life was marked by impaired health. In an endeavor to find a climate favorable to his condition he traveled extensively for several years In 1903 he settled in South Pasadena, Calif , where the remainder of his life was quietly passed. He was interested m various chanties, and a few years ago built and equipped Williams Hall, a recreation building at the Barlow Sanitarium for Consumptives at Los Angeles In December, 1912, he had a cerebral hemorrhage, and since that time his condition had been serious. His death occurred at his home on August 23, 1916. Burial was in the Elm Grove Cemetery at Stonington .

Mr. Williams was married October 28, 1868, at Mystic Bridge, Conn., to Fanny, daughter of Charles Henry and Eunice (Gift) Mallory, who died June 13, 1915. Their three children survive. Fanny Mallory, the wife of Albert Lincoln Mason of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Charles Mallory, who took his Ph B at Yale in 1892 and his MD at Columbia m 1898, and Kate Mallory, a graduate of Smith in 1896, who was married June 30, 1903, to Henry Perkins Moseley (B.A. 1894, MD. Columbia 1898). Among Mr. Williams' Yale relatives were his nephews, William P Dixon (B A 1868) and Ephraim W. Dixon (B A 1881), and his grand-nephews, Henry B. Barnes, Jr., Courtlandt D Barnes, Theodore P Dixon, Courtlandt P Dixon, 2d, and Thomas S Barnes, graduates of the College in 1893, 1902, 1907, 1908, and 1910, respectively Philip R Mallory (B A. 1908), John H Mallory, a non-graduate member of the same Class, Robert Mallory, Jr , and Charles H. Mallory, who received the degrees of B A in 1909 and 1915, respectively, and Holmes Mallory, a member of the Class of 1918, are nephews of his wife.