Individual Details

Ben Ames WILLIAMS

(7 Mar 1889 - 4 Feb 1953)

Events

Birth7 Mar 1889Macon, Mississippi, USA
Residence1900with his parents - 181, South Street, Jackson City, Ohio
ResidenceAbt 1902with relatives - Cardiff, Glamorganshire
EducationFrom 1906 to 1910Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Occupation1910newspaper editor - Jackson, Ohio
Graduation1910Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Residence1910with his parents - 249, Oak Street, Jackson City, Ohio
Marriage4 Sep 1912York, York, Maine - Florence Tafton TALPEY
Residence (family)20 Oct 191319, Moreland Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts - Florence Tafton TALPEY
Residence (family)25 Oct 191519, Moreland Avenue, Newton, Massachusetts - Florence Tafton TALPEY
Residence (family)From 1917 to 1920Newton City, Massachusetts - Florence Tafton TALPEY
OccupationFrom 1920 to 1953writer/author - the USA
Residence (family)From 1930 to 1942124, Chestnut Hill Road, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Florence Tafton TALPEY
Death4 Feb 1953of a heart attack whilst playing a game of curling - Brookline Country Club, Massachusetts
Will

Families

SpouseFlorence Tafton TALPEY (1889 - 1970)
ChildRoger Chilton WILLIAMS (1913 - 1989)
ChildBen Ames WILLIAMS Jr (1915 - 1999)
ChildPenelope Ann WILLIAMS (1924 - )
FatherDaniel Webster WILLIAMS (1862 - 1932)
MotherSarah Marshall AMES (1867 - 1959)
SiblingMaude Longstreet WILLIAMS (1891 - 1892)
SiblingHelen Ames WILLIAMS (1893 - 1978)
SiblingRoger Chilton WILLIAMS (1895 - 1898)

Notes

Education

Received his primary education in Jackson, and later attended the Allen School in West Newton, Massachusetts and was privately tutored for a time while living with his family in Cardiff, Wales.

Occupation

In September 1910 he returned to the Northeast. Williams took a job as a reporter at the Boston American and began to write short fiction.

Occupation

Ben Ames Williams Was an American writer who published over thirty novels, including All the Brothers Were Valiant (1919),Come Spring (1940),The Strange Woman (1945), House Divided (1947) and Leave Her to Heaven (1944). His writing traversed a wide range of genres and evinced considerable expertise in a number of divergent fields. Williams achieved his greatest popularity when three of his books were adapted to film: Leave Her to Heaven (1945), The Strange Woman (1946), and All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Other films based on the writing of Williams are Jubilo, Jr (1927), Small Town Girl (1936), Adventure's End (1937).

Residence (family)

Information from WWII Draft Registration Card.

Will

Ben Ames Williams personal estate was valued at $300,000.00. He gives $200 a month for life to his mother Sarah the remainder going to his widow Florence. Real estate in Maine went to his children Penelope Ann, Roger and Ben. His daughter also gets his prize firearms collection.