What is Pardon C. Williams?
{{Infobox person | name = Pardon Williams | image = Pardon C. Williams.jpg | alt = A man with black hair and a black beard | caption = Williams in 1895 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1842|07|12}} | birth_place = [[Ellisburg, New York]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|01|18|1842|07|12}} | party = [[Republican Party]] | parents = {{Plainlist| * William Williams Jr. (father) * Jerusha Plumber (mother)}} }} '''Pardon Clarence Williams''' (July 12, 1842 – January 18, 1925) was an American [[lawyer]] and [[judge]]. == Early life and career == Pardon Williams was born on July 12, 1842 in [[Ellisburg, New York]]. His father was William Williams Jr. and his mother was Jerusha Plummer.{{Sfn|Emerson|1898|p=932}}{{Sfn|Haddock|1895|p=274}} Williams went to school in [[Pierrepont Manor, New York|Pierrepont Manor]]. Later, he went to the Union Academy in [[Fort Plain, New York|Fort Plain]] and the [[Clinton Liberal Institute]] in [[Clinton, Oneida County, New York|Clinton]]. He studied at [[St. Lawrence University]] for two years. He started to [[Pedagogy|teach]] in 1856 when he was 14 years old and he tought for six years until 1862. Williams worked on his [[Family farm|families farm]] in the summers when he was a teacher. In [[Spring (season)|spring]] 1862, he moved to [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown]] and started to [[Legal education|study law]] in the [[law firm]] Hammond & Bigelow. Williams was [[admitted to the bar]] in October 1863.{{Sfn|Oakes|1905|p=355}} Then, he became a member of the law firm Hammond & Williams after Bigelow became an editor of the [[Watertown Daily Times]]. General [[Bradley Winslow]] joined the law firm later, and it was renamed to Hammond, Winslow & Williams. In 1867, he started to practice law without a [[Partner (business rank)|law partner]]. In 1868, he was elected [[district attorney]] of Jefferson County, and he served two terms until 1875.{{Sfn|Haddock|1895|p=274}} In March 187