Williams Siblings
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Williams Siblings
Subject
Nelson, Sarah Bird (Williams) (1924-2023)
Dodd, Rebecca Paxton (Williams) Ehrlich (ca 1925-2000)
Williams, John P. (ca 1923-2018)
Williams, Philip Jr. (1918-1955)
Williams, William Twyman
Williams, Margaret Paxton
Description
Photograph of six Williams siblings, all of whom have been identified.
Standing, (l to r): Rebecca Paxton (Williams) Ehrlich Dodd, Sarah (Williams) Nelson, John P. Williams;
Seated: (l to r) Philip Williams, Jr., William Twyman Williams, and Margaret Paxton Williams.
These were the children of Philip (1888-1942) and Rebecca Crenshaw (Paxton) (1891-1986) Williams. Their father was a lawyer and had a private practice in Woodstock. The family lived in Woodstock as well.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Standing, (l to r): Rebecca Paxton (Williams) Ehrlich Dodd, Sarah (Williams) Nelson, John P. Williams;
Seated: (l to r) Philip Williams, Jr., William Twyman Williams, and Margaret Paxton Williams.
These were the children of Philip (1888-1942) and Rebecca Crenshaw (Paxton) (1891-1986) Williams. Their father was a lawyer and had a private practice in Woodstock. The family lived in Woodstock as well.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "July 1942" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Sarah (Williams) Nelson in 2010, one of the pictured siblings.
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
016507
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Williams Siblings,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 24, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/46487.
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