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The Williams and Thurman Families
The Williams and Thurman Families lived near one another in Taney County, Missouri. Two Williams girls married two of the Thurman boys: Mary Ann Williams married William Henry Thurman, and Charity Ellen Williams married Walter Thurman.
Photo 4 Back L/R: William Hiram (Bill), James Amos, Oscar Lee Mannon; 2nd Row: Cora Belle, George Emanuel, Rolland Thomas, Minnie Alice, Francis Alice (Raines), Mary Ann; Front Row L/W: Harriet Lou, Martha May, Charity Ellen. Three more children were added to this family by 1909: Florence Manerva, Robert Ernest, and Lee Edward.
Mary Ann Williams Thurman with husband Henry and their children.
L-R: Bill Williams, Charity Ellen Williams, Rolland (Roe) Williams, Alice Raines Williams -- Mincy, Missouri 1915
Great-Grandpa John Thurman -- photo courtesy of Opal Lee (Morgan) Gilmore, descendant of Calvin Jefferson (Kerb) THURMAN and James Granville (Dee) THURMAN
Bill Williams feeding elk & livestock in the St. Louis Gamepark near Mincy, Taney County, Missouri -- Winter 1916. (Roll T. Williams' family farmed near Vanzant and Branson, Missouri. The farm was turned into a game park after they left. )
The Williams Family in 1923