Williams Siblings
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Williams Siblings
Subject
Williams, Philip Jr. (1918-1955)
Dodd, Rebecca Paxton Williams Ehrlich (ca 1925-2000)
Williams, John P. (ca 1923-2018)
Williams, Margaret Paxton
Williams, William Thomas
Nelson, Sarah (Williams) (1924-2023)
Description
Portrait of six siblings, all of whom have been identified. Standing, (l to r): Philip Williams, Jr., Rebecca Williams, John P. Williams. Seated (l to r): Margaret P. Williams, William T. Williams, and Sarah (Williams) Nelson.
These were the children of Philip (1888-1942) and Rebecca Crenshaw (Paxton) (1891-1986) Williams. He was a lawyer and had a private practice. He and his family lived in Woodstock.
Philip Williams, Jr. was a student at Washington & Lee University in Lexington when he registered for the WWII draft. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After his military service, he became a Professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He died unexpectedly there at the young age of 36 years.
Rebecca Paxton Williams married William V. Ehrlich, Sr. (1922-1982), and lived in Delaware with him. They parted ways, however, and in 1964, she was a teacher at the Gibbs School of Georgetown when she married for the second time. Her second husband was Ronald Frederick Dodd, who worked at “Dodd Carey Funeral Home”. She died in Georgetown, Delaware.
John received his appointment as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in July 1941, during WWII, and was wounded in action shortly afterwards while stationed overseas. It’s possible this photograph was taken just before he shipped out. In 1955, Lieutenant John Williams was still in the Navy and stationed in Madrid, Spain. He retired as a Commander and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1946, Margaret Paxton Williams lived in Washington D.C. and married John Gibbons Adams (1912-2003) a lawyer raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They stayed in Washington for fifty years as her husband rose to prominence after he publicly questioned Senator McCarthy’s actions against the U.S. Army. Adams recalled the experience in his 1983 memoirs "Without Precedent: The Story of the Death of McCarthyism." They retired to Texas in 1996. They had a daughter, Rebecca (Adams) Cavner.
The 1950 census found William T. Williams living in a student dormitory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. A year later, he was pictured in the 1951 UVA yearbook with his fellow Gamma Delta fraternity brothers. After college, he joined the Army and was stationed as a Private at Fort Hauchuca, Arizona.
Sarah graduated from Longwood College and got her Master's in Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), now known as Virginia Tech. She joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC), part of the U.S. Army, as a nutritionist and retired as Lieutenant Colonel. She married Benjamin Nelson in Washington, D.C., in 1967. After retirement, they winters at their home in Florida, and summers in Woodstock.
These were the children of Philip (1888-1942) and Rebecca Crenshaw (Paxton) (1891-1986) Williams. He was a lawyer and had a private practice. He and his family lived in Woodstock.
Philip Williams, Jr. was a student at Washington & Lee University in Lexington when he registered for the WWII draft. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After his military service, he became a Professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He died unexpectedly there at the young age of 36 years.
Rebecca Paxton Williams married William V. Ehrlich, Sr. (1922-1982), and lived in Delaware with him. They parted ways, however, and in 1964, she was a teacher at the Gibbs School of Georgetown when she married for the second time. Her second husband was Ronald Frederick Dodd, who worked at “Dodd Carey Funeral Home”. She died in Georgetown, Delaware.
John received his appointment as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in July 1941, during WWII, and was wounded in action shortly afterwards while stationed overseas. It’s possible this photograph was taken just before he shipped out. In 1955, Lieutenant John Williams was still in the Navy and stationed in Madrid, Spain. He retired as a Commander and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1946, Margaret Paxton Williams lived in Washington D.C. and married John Gibbons Adams (1912-2003) a lawyer raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They stayed in Washington for fifty years as her husband rose to prominence after he publicly questioned Senator McCarthy’s actions against the U.S. Army. Adams recalled the experience in his 1983 memoirs "Without Precedent: The Story of the Death of McCarthyism." They retired to Texas in 1996. They had a daughter, Rebecca (Adams) Cavner.
The 1950 census found William T. Williams living in a student dormitory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. A year later, he was pictured in the 1951 UVA yearbook with his fellow Gamma Delta fraternity brothers. After college, he joined the Army and was stationed as a Private at Fort Hauchuca, Arizona.
Sarah graduated from Longwood College and got her Master's in Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), now known as Virginia Tech. She joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC), part of the U.S. Army, as a nutritionist and retired as Lieutenant Colonel. She married Benjamin Nelson in Washington, D.C., in 1967. After retirement, they winters at their home in Florida, and summers in Woodstock.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Sarah Williams Nelson who is in the photograph.
Additional biographical information was pulled from public records including an obituary for Philip Williams, Jr., published in the Richmond Times Dispatch on March 18, 1955.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Sarah Bird (Williams) Nelson appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 013091, and 016507.
Rebecca Paxton (Williams) Ehrlich Dodd appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 013091, and 016507.
John P. Williams appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 012959, 013091, and 016507.
Philip Williams, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 012959, 013091, and 016507.
Margaret Paxton Williams appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 012959, 013091, and 016507.
William Twyman Williams appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004942, 013091, and 016507.
Identifier
004942
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Williams Siblings,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34873.
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