Son of John Nelson Southern, founder of "Independence Sentinel".
William founded the weekly "Jackson Examiner" in 1898 and published the Independence Examiner. He competed with his uncle and fellow newspaperman William Southern, Sr.
Father of Mary (May) Frances Southern, who married George Wallace, making her Bess Truman's sister-in-law. George was the person who heard the shot, and went into the room to find that Bess Truman's father had shot himself in 1903 (suicide).
Mary Frances was also a neighbor of Madge Gates Wallace and the Harry S. Truman family.
Mary Frances attended the January 1945 inauguration of Harry S. Truman as Vice President of the Unites States, and was a guest at the White House several times after Truman became President.
William Southern Jr. was a friend of Harry Truman's.
He led a movement to rename Van Horn Road to Truman Road, which it is named today.
This information and more can be found at:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wallacem.htm
William founded the weekly "Jackson Examiner" in 1898 and published the Independence Examiner. He competed with his uncle and fellow newspaperman William Southern, Sr.
Father of Mary (May) Frances Southern, who married George Wallace, making her Bess Truman's sister-in-law. George was the person who heard the shot, and went into the room to find that Bess Truman's father had shot himself in 1903 (suicide).
Mary Frances was also a neighbor of Madge Gates Wallace and the Harry S. Truman family.
Mary Frances attended the January 1945 inauguration of Harry S. Truman as Vice President of the Unites States, and was a guest at the White House several times after Truman became President.
William Southern Jr. was a friend of Harry Truman's.
He led a movement to rename Van Horn Road to Truman Road, which it is named today.
This information and more can be found at:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wallacem.htm
Son of John Nelson Southern, founder of "Independence Sentinel".
William founded the weekly "Jackson Examiner" in 1898 and published the Independence Examiner. He competed with his uncle and fellow newspaperman William Southern, Sr.
Father of Mary (May) Frances Southern, who married George Wallace, making her Bess Truman's sister-in-law. George was the person who heard the shot, and went into the room to find that Bess Truman's father had shot himself in 1903 (suicide).
Mary Frances was also a neighbor of Madge Gates Wallace and the Harry S. Truman family.
Mary Frances attended the January 1945 inauguration of Harry S. Truman as Vice President of the Unites States, and was a guest at the White House several times after Truman became President.
William Southern Jr. was a friend of Harry Truman's.
He led a movement to rename Van Horn Road to Truman Road, which it is named today.
This information and more can be found at:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wallacem.htm
William founded the weekly "Jackson Examiner" in 1898 and published the Independence Examiner. He competed with his uncle and fellow newspaperman William Southern, Sr.
Father of Mary (May) Frances Southern, who married George Wallace, making her Bess Truman's sister-in-law. George was the person who heard the shot, and went into the room to find that Bess Truman's father had shot himself in 1903 (suicide).
Mary Frances was also a neighbor of Madge Gates Wallace and the Harry S. Truman family.
Mary Frances attended the January 1945 inauguration of Harry S. Truman as Vice President of the Unites States, and was a guest at the White House several times after Truman became President.
William Southern Jr. was a friend of Harry Truman's.
He led a movement to rename Van Horn Road to Truman Road, which it is named today.
This information and more can be found at:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wallacem.htm
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