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Name: WILLIAMS, John Henry Basher (Rev.)
Birth Date: 14 Apr 1883 Belleville, Kansas
Death Date: 17 Apr 1921 Mombasa
Nationality: USA
Last Date: 1921
Profession: Missionary treasurer
Area: Mombasa
Married: In Belleville, Kansas 30 May 1906 Alma Ball b. 19 Mar 1885 Belleville, Kansas, d. 1 July 1925 Elgin, Illinois
Children: Olive Louise (7 Oct 1907 Belleville-1907); Ora Charles (1909 Elgin, Illinois-1961); Mildred B. (1911 Elgin-1985); Bonnie Pearl (23 Dec 1916 Elgin-1982); Jay Homer (27 July 1919 Elgin-1919)
Book Reference: Barnes, Red Book 1912, Foster
General Information:
Mombasa Mbaraki cemetery - John Henry B. Williams (Rev.), American Citizen, died 17 Apr 1921 - Rev J H Williams / Elgin ? USA / Secy and Treas of the General Mission Board of the / Church of the Brethren / died at Mombasa / hospital on the / 17th of April 1921 / aged 38 years
Red Book 1912 - J.H. Williams - Nairobi
Foster - Rev. J. Williams - 1918 drafted first Mombasa Diocese Constitution; 1926 at Buxton High School; married?
Secretary of the General Mission Board, Church of the Brethren, U.S.A. in 1920. Went on a world mission tour in 1920-1921. Contracted typhoid fever in India; became ill while at sea between India and Africa and died in the Mombasa Hospital in British East Africa while on the tour. Mourned by the church nation-wide.