Antonio Williams (seaman)

Antonio Williams (c. 1825–1908) was a seaman first class serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

He was stationed on the USS Huron (1875) when it departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, 23 November 1877, and proceeded to Cuba on a scientific cruise.

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on 24 November, near Nags Head, North Carolina, the Huron encountered heavy weather and wrecked.

[citation needed] Williams married an English woman and retired to the city of Bristol, England.

He died on 22 July 1908 and is buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.