Frances “Fannie” Williams:
Was born August of 1872 in Warren County, GA daughter of both Matthew and Rosella Williams.
She was the youngest of all her siblings.
According to the 1900 Census, she had married John Louis “Jack” Wade in 1888.
From this union she had:
-Walter Mathew Wade changed his name to Walter Lee Grover 1888-1933
-Lillie Mae Wade (Welch) (Manders) 1897-1953
-Solomon Louis Wade 1899-1922
-Otis Wade 1903-1946
-Ethel Viola Wade (Hutchinson) 1903-1941
-Mae Belle Wade (Stansell) 1906-1970
-Johnnie W Wade 1907-1980
-Jeremiah “Jerry” Wade 1909-1972
-Elizabeth Wade (Tilton) (Shuman) (Whitener) 1912-2002
In the 1900 Census, we see Frances living in Richmond County, GA with her husband and children. It states she’s been married for 12 years; the number of her living children is 3, with a total of 4 children she has had. She can read, write, etc.
In the 1910 Census, Frances is living in Richmond County, GA on Milledgeville Rd.
In the 1920 Census, Frances is now living in Wrens, Jefferson County, GA.
Sometime between the 1920’s Frances and her husband John divorced.
According to Find A Grave (Memorial ID 83295649, Maintained by Sara Baker Partridge), it states:
“..According to their youngest daughter, Elizabeth, her parents separated and John moved to Aiken County. He may have lived with his son, Walter Matthew Wade (who later changed his name to Walter Lee Grover.) She did not remember when he passed away, but always believed he was buried at Montmorenci Bapt. Church…”
We know from later records Frances remarried James David Foshee of Edgefield, SC. Unsure of their marriage date but we first see them together in the Augusta, Georgia City Directory of 1929. James is a millworker, and they are living on Eve St.
In the 1930 Census, we see her living in Augusta, Ga in the Sibley Mill Settlement Houses with her son in law John Hutchinson, daughter Viola, son Jerry Wade, and her current husband.
On October 4th of 1833, her husband James died and was buried in Westview Cemetery.
We see Frances again in the 1940 Augusta, Georgia City Directory living on Reynolds St., and she is listed as a widow. She moved the same year because in the 1940 Census Record of April 12th, we see her once again in Wrens, Jefferson County, GA living with her daughter and son-in-law.
On November 3, 1945, Frances passed away at the age of 73. Her obituary states that she passed away in the morning at her residence 1119 Fenwick St.
According to the Graveside Project records,
She is buried in Westview Cemetery in the J.C. Hutchinson Section.