Andrew Woods Williamson
Andrew Woods Williamson was born at Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota. January 31, 1838. He graduated at Monilta College in 1857 and was a resident graduate of Yale University in 1858 and 1859. He served during the Civil War in the Fifth Minnesota, and 70th United States Cavalry more than four years. In skirmishing at one time, a bullet drew blood from his forehead, and at other times three bullets passed through his clothes, but he was not wounded. At the close of his services, his health was so broken by swamp fever that he was compelled to give up his chosen profession and he followed mecantile pursuits and farming, making several changes in his location. For the past nineteen years, he has been Professor of Mathematics at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. He has always been an active church worker and especially in the Sunday School. He was never married.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900