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Jimmy and Martha Jane (with dog, "Prince") on front steps, 1932.
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Left: 1930 Photo showing front porch of house. Lily holding baby "Jimmy" (James H.). Wes Vance and Martha Jane sit on wagon next to dog, "Prince". Right: Jimmy on tricycle with cat, "Micy No. 1" (1932)
Wes and Martha Jane riding bicycles. Jimmy on tricycle (1933)
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Left: 1931, Jimmy preparing to do daily chores. Right: 1933: Jimmy and Wes pictured in front of chicken houses. This is the view looking east from house.
1932: Jimmy sledding at age 3.
Jimmy, next to large chicken house (1943).
Wesley
Vance Williams
with mom (Lily) in 1944. Wes was a fighter pilot in WWII. For photos of
Wes with his planes, see "Wesley Vance Williams, WWII
Fighter Pilot"
Frank
Wesley Morris (father of Lily A. Williams), also known as "Poppy") is
shown here in his later years (1948). Frank and Martha Amy Morris moved to a
east section of the Williams farm, residing in a small house, overlooking the
creek. This picture is poppy standing before a trellis at his daughter's house
(James O. and Lily Williams' place). They had previously resided at 4511 San
Francisco street (in the city of St. Louis), after his daughter's family moved
from that house to the county. Poppy was a retired electrician, having installed
electric wiring and lights in Union Station and at the St. Louis' World's Fair.
Martha
Amy Morris (nee Carter) (mother of Lily A. Williams) sitting at the door of her
small apartment built as an addition. Besides a bedroom, it contained its own
kitchen. "Big Mommy" as she was known to her grandchildren, moved to
the Williams house after "Poppy" (Frank W. Morris) died on 13 Apr
1954. This picture was taken sometime in 1954. Great Grandma Morris (Martha Amy
Carter) family came from Irondale, Washington County, Missouri. Her father was
James Knox Polk Carter and he was a miner (as well as a Baptist preacher).
He became disabled from a mining accident. Martha Amy Carter came to St.
Louis to find work to help support her aging parents. Here she met her
husband, Frank Wesley Morris. She resided here until her death on Feb 8, 1960.
How
the house appeared in March of 1960 after a late snow.
Lily
A. Williams standing before garage in January 1962. Two kitty cats are also in
the picture. Note: on top of the lamppost is a wooden red bird. When the wind
blows its wings would rotate.
Christmas in the dinning room was one of my favorite memories. Here is the family living in St. Louis during the Christmas of 1963. Those pictured from left to right: Scott, Betty, Mark, Jim, Wes, Audrey, Ron, Carol, Lily and James "Ollie" Williams. Scott and Mark are Jim's and Betty's boys. Audrey and Ron are Wes' and Audrey's children. [Not sure where Martha Jane's family was at this time but it is likely they were in Phoenix, Arizona where many still live today.]
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