Individual Details

Elkanah married (1) Sarah S. Farmer, 23 Dec 1847 and (2) Sarah B. McGrew.
He was the first opththalmalogist in the U.S.
Buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.

A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons in 1610-1910, Vol.2, 1912; Howard A. Kelly; p.509
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Williams, Elhanah (1822-1888)
Born in Lawrence County, Indiana, December 19, 1822, Elkanah Williams was one of the thirteen children born to Isaac and Amelia Gibson Williams, both of Welsh extraction, and born in North Carolina.
In 1819 the father moved from Tennessee and settled near the village of Bedford, IN
....matriculated at the State University at Bloomington, IN, 1843, then went to De Pauw University, where he took his degree in 1847.
...taught school for a short time. he matriculated at the University of Louisville, KY and took his M.D. in 1850
While a medical student he married Sarah L. Farmer in December, 1847, and practiced in Bedford until the death of his wife in 1851.
...went abroad in 1852 to study in the eye clinics of Europe.
...returned from abroad in 1855, he settled in Cincinnati
...In 1865, Williams was elected professor of ophthalmology of the Miami Medical College.
...filled the chair of ophthalmology in a most acceptable manner until failing health compelled him to quit. He served for twelve years on the staff of the Cincinnati Hospital.
...one of the founders of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati which was organized in March, 1857, also president of the state society in 1875 and president of the International Ophthalmological Congress in New York City, 1876....
[numerous other offices, accomplishments, titles of articles]
...He died at Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1888, of cerebral apoplexy.

Birth	19 Dec 1822	Lawrence County, Indiana
Death	5 Oct 1888	Hazelwood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Father	Capt. Isaac Williams Jr. (1779 - 1856)
Mother	Amelia Gibson (1786 - 1841)
Sibling	Laban Williams (1802 - 1815)
Sibling	Garrett Gibson Williams (1804 - 1887)
Sibling	Richard Williams (1806 - 1880)
Sibling	Louisa M. Williams (1808 - 1833)
Sibling	Pryor L. Williams (1810 - 1846)
Sibling	Mahala Williams (1812 - 1853)
Sibling	Andrew Jackson Williams (1814 - 1875)
Sibling	James Dixon Williams (1816 - 1856)
Sibling	Abel Williams (1817 - 1839)
Sibling	Ahinoam Williams (1819 - 1820)
Sibling	Bartemus Williams (1825 - 1882)
Sibling	Cornelia Williams (1828 - 1882)