The Family
Newport, Kentucky
Collected and researched by Shirley Ann Eshem Sullivan
Images: 1 Baby Tootie; 2 Baby Tootie with her father Clyde Wilmot; 3 Margaret with Marcia and Jay Sullivan; 4 Mema and Papa at Marcia’s wedding; 5 Mema and Papa’s 50th Anniversary
Grandma Henn's House
Wilmot Family Bar
William Clyde Wilmot
April 12, 1907 -
Father of Margaret Jane Wilmot
Eshem
Photo of him drinking, while sitting
on a whiskey barrel outside
the family bar during prohibition.
The Esham* Family
William Franklin Esham*, Frank, May, Angeline Ackley Esham (Nanny Mom)
Frank Esham married Margaret Jane Wilmot
*“The spelling of Esham was changed to Eshem by Vi. I think she hated the other branch of the family because of the brother's treatment of her father. Dick Esham hit his brother Bill in the head with a shovel because he took the horse and wagon when he was courting Nanny Mom. It was Bill’s turn to use it, but brother Dick was a mean drunk. Bill survived but had a dent in his head the rest of his life.”
Story recorded by Shirley Ann Eshem Sullivan
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