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Old Bill Williams statue in Williams Arizona. Williams was born on January 3, 1787, on Horse Creek, a branch of the Pacolet River, under Skyuka Mountain in Polk County, North Carolina, into a Welsh family. He was the fourth of nine children born to Joseph Williams and Sarah Musick. Sarah's family was from Virginia.
Williams married actress Barbara Hale on June 22, 1946. [2] They met during the filming of West of the Pecos and had two daughters, Jodi and Juanita, and a son, actor William Katt. [citation needed] Bill Williams died of a brain tumor at age 77 in 1992 [3] and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). [4]
The Bill Williams Mountain Men explore the mountains, canyons, and deserts of Arizona during their annual spring 200-mile Rendezvous Ride, held since they organized in 1954. The group is named after " Old Bill Williams ", a legendary fur trapper who hunted in the mountains of the area.
Bill Williams Mountain is a peak and lava dome volcano located about 31 miles (50 km) west of Flagstaff and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Williams, Arizona in the Kaibab National Forest. It is named for Old Bill Williams , a scout, guide, and mountain man, who lived in the 1800s.
Old Bill (comics), a cartoon character created in 1914–15 by Bruce Bairnsfather The Better 'Ole or The Romance of Old Bill, 1917 stage musical comedy based on the cartoon character; The Romance of Old Bill, 1918 British silent film based on the play; Old Bill Williams (1787-1849), American mountain man and frontiersman
Rocky Mountains Trapper (supposedly) William "Old Bill" Williams. Jim Beckwourth (1798–1866) was born into slavery, arrived in Missouri with his parents and was freed by his father. He started working with the Ashley expedition, signed on with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, and became a well-known mountain man.
Photo of the author, 1918, by Pirie MacDonald. Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather (9 July 1887 – 29 September 1959) was a prominent British humorist and cartoonist.His best-known cartoon character is Old Bill.
Mathews was married to Mary Ann Williams until her death and then to her sister Sarah Jane Williams, daughters of William Sherley Williams, better known as "Old Bill Williams" and his Osage wife, A-Ci'n-Ga or Wind Blossom. [13] Mathews was a slaveholder from Kentucky, as evidenced by the baptismal records of the Osage Mission. [14]