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John E. Williams

President, Metropolitan Bank

Centurion, 1852–1850s

Full Name John Earle Williams

Born 28 April 1804 in Newport, Rhode Island

Died 20 September 1877 in Irvington, New York

Buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Proposed by Henry L. Pierson

Elected 7 July 1852 at age forty-eight

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1857 and 1860.

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