Following his mothers death, the three younger children and their father lived among the three elder children's homes. William remembered living with his older sister "Mag" in Joplin, Missouri. He attended school there but never completed the third grade. He married Ethel Phenis. They spent their early married life on 160 acre claim in Beaver Co. The family moved to Stillwater in 1920 for educational reasons. Charter members and helped organize the Church of Christ in Stillwater. Four children: Faye McWethy, Meade McWethy, Marie Keeth and Lunora Payne.
Following his mothers death, the three younger children and their father lived among the three elder children's homes. William remembered living with his older sister "Mag" in Joplin, Missouri. He attended school there but never completed the third grade. He married Ethel Phenis. They spent their early married life on 160 acre claim in Beaver Co. The family moved to Stillwater in 1920 for educational reasons. Charter members and helped organize the Church of Christ in Stillwater. Four children: Faye McWethy, Meade McWethy, Marie Keeth and Lunora Payne.