Thread: Williams Shaving Soap History

James Baker Williams was born in 1818 in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1834 he worked for a general store and became part owner for a few years then sold his half because he was founding Williams & Brothers in 1840 when he developed Williams Genuine Yankee soap.



By popular demands for his soaps and other products in 1847 Williams moved the company to William Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut. And the company name was changed to the James B. Williams and Company.



By 1885, the company change name again to J. B. Williams Company, its line of produts including shaving creams, talcum powder and
other toilet preparations.




In 1907, the original founder of the company died and the family took over the business until 1957 when it was purchase by a New York based conglomerate, Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In 1960, the Williams Company moved to Cranford, New Jersey. In 1971, the J.B. Williams Company was sold to Nabisco and still to this day making the Williams Shaving Mug Soap.