Benjamin Franklin Williams:

Born in 1868 most likely in Warren County, GA to

Matthew Williams & Rosella Nunis Williams.

It is sourced that Benjamin was married 3 times.

Wife 1- Susie Foals 1874-1901* (Married February 20, 1896)

They had 3 children:

• Florence Williams 1888–
• Frank Williams 1898–1984
• Casper Walter Williams 1901–1987

Side note: My father claimed his great grandmother was Cherokee Indian. His father Casper W. Williams told him that she had died when he was just a baby (*abt 1901-1902) but that his father Benjamin had traded a horse for her. (Is the maiden name Foals a connection to the trade?)

Wife 2- Susie Prather 1889-1925 (Married May 5, 1907)

They had 2 children:

• John Williams 1908–
• Frances Love 1915-1985

Wife 3- Leila Prather Johnson 1889-1953 (Married Abt: 1925)

Side note: Leila is a sister to his second wife Susie.

They had 2 children together:

• Florence Lilybelle Williams 1912–1996
• Bennie Mae Ellison 1929-2003

Benjamin’s occupation was a Farmer until his death on March 8, 1929 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He is buried in Westview Cemetery in Augusta, GA.