Daniel Hale Williams (1856 - 1931)

Born 18 Jan 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Husband of Alice Johnson — married 2 Apr 1898 in District of Columbia, United States

Died 4 Aug 1931 at age 75 in Idlewild, Lake County, Michigan

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Biography

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was an African- American surgeon. He performed the second documented, successful pericardium surgery in America. Dr. Williams founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States.^[1]

Daniel Hale Williams, son of Daniel Hale Williams and Sarah Price, was born in 1856. His father was the son of a Black barber and a Scots-Irish woman. In 1898, Daniel married Alice Johnson,^[2] daughter of sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel.^[3]

He passed away in 1931^[4][5][6] and is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale_Williams
2. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F71J-TJM : 11 January 2020), Daniel H. Williams, 1898.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Jacob_Ezekiel#Personal_life
4. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3T-KQR : 13 March 2018), Daniell Hale Williams, 04 Aug 1931; citing Idlewild, Lake, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,836.
5. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKC-R9Z : 23 February 2021), Daniel Hale Williams, 1931.
6. ↑ "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6W9-X4ZM : 14 December 2020), Daniel Hale Williams, 1931.
7. ↑ "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
   Ancestry Record 60525 #5318822 (accessed 11 October 2021)
   Dr Daniel Hale Williams burial (died on 4 Aug 1931) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPQ-R8B : 18 February 2021), Daniel Williams in entry for Daniel Williams, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKCS-F4L : accessed 11 October 2021), Daniel H Williams, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 323, sheet 7B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 245; FHL microfilm 1,374,258.

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• Wikidata: Item Q3014147