Introduction

Biography

Milan was the son of Will­iam Brad­ford Will­iams and Ma­ry Han­cock Bag­ley. He mar­ried twice, to Jen­nie Rose (1880) and Ju­li­ette Mead (1905, York, Ne­bras­ka).

In 1884, he was Ge­ne­ral Sec­re­ta­ry for the Young Men’s Chris­tian As­so­cia­tion (YMCA) in La­Crosse, Wis­con­sin. He was YMCA State Se­cre­ta­ry in At­lan­ta, Geor­gia, 1887–92.

From 1894–1902 he held ev­an­gel­is­tic meet­ings with song lead­er Charles Al­ex­an­der. Then, in the spring of 1902, he spent a few months tra­vel­ing in the Ho­ly Land.

In 1911, he was elect­ed Kan­sas State Rep­re­sent­a­tive for the 109th District. In 1917, he was pre­si­dent of the In­ter­de­nom­in­ation­al As­so­cia­tion of Ev­an­gel­ists. In the 1930s, he was di­rect­or and cu­rat­or of the St. Pe­ters­burg His­to­ric­al So­cie­ty Mu­se­um, St. Pe­ters­burg, Flo­ri­da.

Works

• Where Sa­tan Sows His Seed: Plain Talks on the Amuse­ments of Mo­dern So­cie­ty
• Among Ma­ny Wit­ness­es: A Book for Bi­ble Stu­dents (New York: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1891)