WI BIO - Winnebago Co - WILLIAMSON, George M. History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol II, p 1167 George WILLIAMSON, of the firm of Williamson, Libbey & Company, sash, door and blind manufacturers, was born 18 February 1830 in Melrose-on-the-Tweed, Scotland. Came to Schenectady [Schenectady County], New York with his parents in 1833. In 1854 he went to California, where he remained for two years. In September 1856 he came to Oshkosh [Winnebago County], Wisconsin. He was engaged in the carpenter and joiner business here until 1864, when he entered the employ of Morgan Brothers, and was connected with their planing mill until 1866, when he became a partner in the firm of Griffith & Company, who purchased the planing mill of Morgan Brothers. In 1870 the firm of G. M. Williamson & Company was formed, and continued until the establishment of the present firm of Williamson, Libbey & Company, which is composed of G. M. WILLIAMSON, J. J. CAMERON, J. R. JONES and D. L. LIBBEY. Submitted by Cathy Kubly