John Stanton Williams with William H. Guion (c1810-c1890) owned and operated the Williams and Guion Black Star Line‎.

He married Mary Maclay Pentz (c1810-1891) and they owned a 121 acre (0.48967006 km²) tract in Somerset, New Jersey

Somerset, New Jersey

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 which was inherited by their son: Stephen Guion Williams on February 28, 1891.

Stephen Guion Williams

Tulipwood (home)

Tulipwood (home)

Tulipwood is an historic home at 1165 Hamilton Street in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey.-Williams family:The property has been owned by the family of Mary Maclay Pentz Williams since 1877. An 8-1/4 acre portion of the original tract, was granted to Stephen Guion Williams by...

 was built for Stephen Guion Williams in 1892 and was the third house built by Williams family members on that site. Stephen Guion Williams earned the first Ph.D.

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 from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in Political Science

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 in 1883; by the year 1892 he was a practicing law in New York City

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