Fannie Hughes (Timbers) Butler
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Title
Fannie Hughes (Timbers) Butler
Subject
Butler, Fannie Hughes Timbers (1893-1984)
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of Fannie Hughes (Timbers) Butler from Woodstock.
Fannie Hughes Timbers was the daughter of William B. and Sarah (Bibbs) Timbers. She married Lucien P. Butler (1900-1963) in June 1921, in Woodstock. The person who performed their marriage ceremony was W.H. Polk, a well-known African American minister in Woodstock. Lucien was the son of W.O. and Alice Butler of Strasburg. He had worked as a bell boy at the fashionable Loch Lynn Hotel in Mt. Lake Park, Garret County, Maryland, when he registered for the WWI draft. When he married, his occupation was “cook”.
By 1930, the couple lived at 239 E. High Street in Woodstock in a home they owned. Lucien worked as a cook at Massanutten Military Academy and they had two young daughters: Fannie Timbers and Esterlean Rawes Butler. Fannie’s half-brother, Harper Timbers, lived next door with his large family.
In his later years, Lucien worked at Wender’s Department Store in Woodstock before suffering a fatal heart attack. Fannie stayed in her home on High Street and lived another 21 years until she, too, reached the end of her life.
Fannie Hughes Timbers was the daughter of William B. and Sarah (Bibbs) Timbers. She married Lucien P. Butler (1900-1963) in June 1921, in Woodstock. The person who performed their marriage ceremony was W.H. Polk, a well-known African American minister in Woodstock. Lucien was the son of W.O. and Alice Butler of Strasburg. He had worked as a bell boy at the fashionable Loch Lynn Hotel in Mt. Lake Park, Garret County, Maryland, when he registered for the WWI draft. When he married, his occupation was “cook”.
By 1930, the couple lived at 239 E. High Street in Woodstock in a home they owned. Lucien worked as a cook at Massanutten Military Academy and they had two young daughters: Fannie Timbers and Esterlean Rawes Butler. Fannie’s half-brother, Harper Timbers, lived next door with his large family.
In his later years, Lucien worked at Wender’s Department Store in Woodstock before suffering a fatal heart attack. Fannie stayed in her home on High Street and lived another 21 years until she, too, reached the end of her life.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Jan 1921" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Pat Corley, granddaughter of the subject.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Fannie (Timbers) Butler appears in Morrison photos 000608, 000783, 0005717, 007811, 011948, 012916, 016333 and 022677.
Identifier
007811
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Fannie Hughes (Timbers) Butler,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/27094.
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