Margaret Rand Shanks - Archives Photos

MARGARET RAND SHANKS' PHOTO ARCHIVES
An Album of Old Family Photos

Many of Margaret's photographs are of the KING family, cousins to the Rands.

The mother of Hal Rand of Texas was Martha "Patsey" Curtis, daughter of John Curtis, Esq., and his second wife, Mary Shaw. Patsey's sister, Burchet, married Harwell Richard King. As the Rands like to marry cousins, there was a lot of that going on, so the Kings are at least cousins, if not double cousins to our branch of the Rand family. Both the Kings and the Rands were prominent in what is now Colbert County, Alabama.

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Interested in four generations from John Curtis & Mary Shaw?
Here are four pages in PDF form, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

MARGARET'S FAMILIES...

1. THE KING FAMILY (immediately below)

2. THE PORTER FAMILY

3. THE RAND FAMILY

CURT KING, JR.
King, Curt with his friend,
Curtis Johnson

Burchett CURTis King, Jr., was Margaret's great-uncle

King, Curtis

The senior version, father of Curt to the left.
This Curt King was Margaret's great-grandfather. He was also
a first cousin, once removed to Hal Rand of Texas.

King, Emma - Mrs Charles Puller
Emma was the daughter of Curt King, Sr., & his wife,
Mary McWilliams "Mackey" Warren.
This makes her sister to "Miss Pattie" King Rand. ("Get the kids and dogs off the streets of Leighton. Miss Pattie's driving to town!")

King, Hartwell Richard

This is the husband of Burchet Curtis.
He died in his 50s. Legend has it that Hartwell died on a business trip to Wake County, NC, and that his body was preserved in a barrel of whiskey, for the trip home to his widow, but my good pal E-Spy says it was more likely Hartwell's father, Richard, who had the pickling.

Here's a link to a page with more pictures of Hartwell and of his wife, our Aunt Burchet...

King, Hugh M.

This is Curt & Mackey's son, brother to the abovementioned Emma, and to Miss Pattie and Lois & Inez, mentioned below.

King, Hugh M.jpg

Ooops! Got a duplicate here. My apologies. It's too much trouble to remove him, believe me...

King, Inez

See above

King, Lois Louise

At one point, I thought Lois was a married lady, but I've rethought that

King, Martha Oswald
This is "Miss Pattie,"
Mrs. Henry Ashley Rand
If I could meet any one person from history, it
would be Miss Pattie. She's always fascinated me.

King, Mary McWilliams "Mackey" Warren

Wife of Curt King, Sr., and mother to Miss Pattie King Rand, Mackey was Margaret's great-grandmother. Mackey's sister, Martha Ann "Puss" Warren, married Professor Robert Bruce King, Curt King's brother. Sisters married brothers.

King, Mrs. Burchet Curtis

Aunt Burchet as a very old lady. From this photo, I wonder if she'd had a stroke.

King, Nancy Emily

1860-1931
Nannie was the daughter of
Prof. Robert Bruce King & Martha Ann "Puss" Warren. Mackie Warren King, above, was her aunt X two.

King, Oswald in 1881

The son of Burchet Curtis & Hartwell King, Oswald married Martha Rebecca Delony, d/o Dr. Edward Broadnax Deloney & Margaret Fox. Oswald outlived his wife by 31 year.

Prof. Robert Bruce King (1831-1905)
& wife,
Martha Ann "Puss" Warren (1839-1900)

Abovementioned.
Robert and Puss were the parents of eight children, Katie, Mattie, Percy, Nannie, Bruce, Mary, Margaret, and Rush.

To the left is a collage from Margaret's old album.

Top left is "Mr. Thomas Jones." Was he the Dr. Tom N. Jones who married Inez King?

Top right, Oswald King. Given his youthful appearance, he is doubtfully the original Oswald King. Most likely, this Oswald was the originals' nephew, Oswald King the son of Paul H. King & his wife, Mary Ann Cummins.

Bottom left, "Mr. William King." Perhaps the one who lived 1852-1924 and was the son of Hartwell Richard King, Jr., and his wife, Mary Henderson Smith (the d/o John Smith & Susan Rogers.)

Bottom right, ANN LaFAYETTE KING, Mrs. Edward Goodwin, abovementioned

THE PORTER FAMILY

Go to the King Family

Go to pictures of the Rand Family

Porter, Arthur Addison

Margaret's grandfather

The next set of pictures is from the PORTER family of Gaffney, SC.

These folks were Margaret Rand Shanks' maternal family--her mother and her relatives. Margaret's mother was Mary Florence "Flossie" Porter, 1893-1974, daughter of Marion Jones Porter and Mary Emaline Crocker.

Porter, Mary Emaline Crocker

Margaret's grandmother

Porter, Mary Emaline Crocker

a second photo of Mary Crocker Porter

Porter, Minnie & Flossie

Margaret's Aunt & Mother

Porter, Minnie E.

Another picture of Margaret's Aunt Minnie

THE RAND FAMILY

Four Generation Chart from John Rand & Patsey Curtis

Go to King Family

Go to Porter Family

Rand, Ada Mai, 1893-1969
Mrs. John Sullivan Yarbrough
of Huntsville, Alabama

Ada Mai was the daughter of
Dr. Edgar Rand & his wife, Jessie Hester Rand.

(Edgar was the son of PNG Rand & Martha Ann Smith (d/o John Smith & Susan Rogers). Jessie was the granddaughter of Jackson Curtis "Jack" Rand and his wife, Cornelia Miller (a Mullens cousin, through their Smith connection).

Here's how Ada Mai was related to Cousin Hudson's Rand grandmother.

Rand, John BOOSE, 1867-1896

Boose Rand was the son of Capt. PNG Rand (brother to Hal Rand of Texas) and Martha Ann Smith, d/o John Smith & Susan Rogers.

Boose married Rosalena "Lena" Burton, 1871-1906
d/o John Winston Burton & Mary Louisa Mullens
gd/o William Mullens & Louisa* Rand
(Louisa is the "Aunt Lou Lou" mentioned by Kathleen Rand Reed)
g-gd/o John Rand & Martha "Patsey" Curtis

Rand, Carl King 1892-1950

Margaret's Father

Rand, Carl King

Margaret's Father--Baby Pictures

Rand, Fred Leon,
1889-1957

Brother to Ada Mai Rand Yarbrough
(abovementioned)

Fred Leon Rand, Architect of Atlanta, GA was Cousin Hudson's
gr-grandfather

Rand, Henry Ashley (II) & Carl King Rand
Brothers

Margaret's uncle who died as a young man, with her father, his brother.

Rand, Henry Ashley, I
1858-1938

s/o Capt. PNG Rand & Martha Ann Smith
h/o Miss Pattie King

Rand, Carl King, 1892-1950
World War I Veteran

Rand, Henry Ashley
1887-1909

Rand, Hal of AL, 1872-1933

Namesake nephew of Hal Rand of Texas,
William Harrison Rand was called "Harrison" by the family, "Hal" by others. He committed public suicide, brought on by the Great Depression.

Rand, Hank in 1975
(Henry Ashley Rand, III, 1927-2005)

Margaret's brother. Wonderful and dear, Hank was as special to this compiler as was his sister. He is gone but never forgotten.

Rand, Henry Ashley 1887-1909

Hank's namesake uncle

Rand, Joseph Oscar

Son of Dr. Edgar Rand & Jessie Hester Rand; brother to Ada Mai & Freddie, abovementioned.

Rand, Minnie & Joe, siblings

Minnie Johnson Rand, aka Minnie Rand Dillard, took Margaret under her wing and showed the young girl from Tuscumbia how the other half lived. Minnie befriended many in the family, and even opened her Huntsville home for family weddings.

Minnie was sibling to Fred, Ada Mai, and Joe.

Rand, Dr. John Walter
1820-1890

s/o John Rand & Martha "Patsey" Curtis, Dr. John Rand was, like PNG & Jack, a brother to HAL RAND of TEXAS.

Dr. John Rand married Catherine "Kate" Pearsall, and they were the parents of nine children.

They lived at Violet Hall, near Helen Keller's Tuscumbia home, Ivy Green. It was either Dr. John or his son, Dr. Edward Pearsall Rand, who delivered Helen Keller.

Rand, Joseph Oscar
1887-1959

Abovementioned brother to Ada Mai, Fred, and Minnie.

Joe, who was Director of the International Shoe Company in St. Louis, married Helen Lainier Wynne, and they had three children.

Rand, Martha & Carl King Rand, Jr.

Margaret's elder sister & brother. Carl, while quieter than his brother, was just as wonderful. This compiler never had the honor to meet Martha Rand Winters. Martha died of a brain tumor

Rand, Martha Ann Smith 1834-1907

Wife of PNG Rand, d/o John Smith & Susan Rogers

See her pedigree chart, above

Rand, Minnie Johnson

Abovementioned mentor to Margaret Rand Shanks.

Rand, Minnie

Minnie as a little girl.

Rand, Miss Pattie & her boys

Rand, "Miss Pattie" King (40ish)

Rand, Martha Oswald King

"Miss Pattie"

Miss Pattie with muff

Rand, Mrs PNG

Martha Ann Smith

Mrs. PNG Rand's obituary notice

Rand, Mrs. Mary F. Porter

Margaret's Mother

Rand, PNG

As a young man

Brother to Jack, John, & Hal of Texas
Louisa, Evelina, Cemantha, Anthaline, Martha, Molsey Ann, and Mary

Rand, PNG 60ish

Rand, PNG ca 1860

Rand, PNG middle age

Rand, PNG as an old man

Rand, PNG as a young man

Ada Mai Rand

DUPLICATE

Minnie & Joe Rand

DUPLICATE

Elizabeth Rand and husband, James Whittemore

Elizabeth (1857-1892) lived but 35 years. "Bettie" was the d/o Dr. John Walter Rand and his wife, Kate Pearsall. Bettie and James had six children, Willie, James, John Walter, Frank, Annie, and Bess.

BIBLE
Property of PNG & Martha Smith Rand