Samuel Clayton Williams
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Title
Samuel Clayton Williams
Subject
Williams, Samuel Clayton (1923-2001)
Description
Photograph of Samuel Clayton Williams, Sr., as a young boy standing in the studio.
Samuel was born and raised in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Clayton Eppes Williams (1890-1968) and Willie Joe (Tompkins) (1889-1965) Williams. His father was the Dean of Washington and Lee University’s School of Law.
After graduating from Lexington High School, Samuel’s college studies at Washington and Lee were interrupted by the outbreak of WWII. Samuel enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served with the 15th Air Force, known as the Black Panthers. He was based in Italy as a B-24 bomber pilot.
After the war, he married Andree Louise (Wood) (1924-2013) in 1944, and moved to Baltimore a few years later. There, he started a contracting business that built homes. He also attended night school earning his bachelor’s degree from John Hopkins University and a master’s degree in education from Towson State College.
Samuel got out of the building business and went to work as an educator at the St. Paul’s School for Boys in Baltimore County, in 1957. He stayed for 28 years before retiring in 1985. Over the course of his time there, he served as assistant headmaster, head of the Upper School and chairman of the math department. He was head guidance counselor when he retired. He and his wife, also a teacher, spent many years living in Bethany Beach after Samuel retired.
His wife, Andree Louise (Wood) Williams, was originally from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. They had three children together: S. Clayton Williams, Jr., Susan (Williams) Copper, and Andree (Williams) Wright.
Samuel was born and raised in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Clayton Eppes Williams (1890-1968) and Willie Joe (Tompkins) (1889-1965) Williams. His father was the Dean of Washington and Lee University’s School of Law.
After graduating from Lexington High School, Samuel’s college studies at Washington and Lee were interrupted by the outbreak of WWII. Samuel enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served with the 15th Air Force, known as the Black Panthers. He was based in Italy as a B-24 bomber pilot.
After the war, he married Andree Louise (Wood) (1924-2013) in 1944, and moved to Baltimore a few years later. There, he started a contracting business that built homes. He also attended night school earning his bachelor’s degree from John Hopkins University and a master’s degree in education from Towson State College.
Samuel got out of the building business and went to work as an educator at the St. Paul’s School for Boys in Baltimore County, in 1957. He stayed for 28 years before retiring in 1985. Over the course of his time there, he served as assistant headmaster, head of the Upper School and chairman of the math department. He was head guidance counselor when he retired. He and his wife, also a teacher, spent many years living in Bethany Beach after Samuel retired.
His wife, Andree Louise (Wood) Williams, was originally from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. They had three children together: S. Clayton Williams, Jr., Susan (Williams) Copper, and Andree (Williams) Wright.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "1931" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Margaret William Adams who had the same photograph at home.
Biographical information was extracted primarily from the subject's detailed obituary published in the Baltimore Sun Newspaper on June 10, 2001, page 16B.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
008120
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Samuel Clayton Williams,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28119.
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