Butts County GaArchives Photo person.....Knowles Family-Olin A. & Daisy(Wilson)Knowles c.1930
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Larry Knowles knonga@bellsouth.net August 4, 2004, 9:38 pm

Source: Bernard and Thelma Knowles-photographer unknown
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Olin Arastus("Ras")Knowles and Daisy Victoria Wilson married in Butts Co. on 
March 22, 1903. Ras was the son of Oscar B. and Laney A.(Maddox)Knowles. Daisy 
was the daughter of William A. and Ella F.(Fincher)Wilson. They started 
housekeeping near the Wilson place on Fincherville Rd. Sons, Alton and "Bud" 
were born there. When Daisy's father moved to Flovilla, the couple soon moved 
too, renting the "Shirey" place back of that house. Three children were born 
there; Bernard, Sarah, and Olin A. Jr. Donald and Frances were born in a 
smaller tenant house along the main road. About 1917, the family returned to 
Fincherville, to the O. B. Knowles place(he then lived in Jackson). Gladys was 
born there. The remaining children were born across the road at the "yellow 
house"(junction of Ingram Rd.)which Ras built(and painted)having honed 
carpentry skills at Flovilla, while working security & maintenance at the 
campground in Indian Springs with Luther Hoard. At Fincherville, the family 
prospered while farming nearly 400 acres of Knowles & Wilson land; employing 
day "hands" and many tenant farmers. At one point they worked as many as twenty-
one mules! Later, the boll weevil, falling cotton prices, and bad banker advise
(concerning stored cotton)led to financial trouble. About 1930, the family 
moved to Forest Park in Clayton Co., where Ras could use his non-farming 
skills. In their golden years, Daisy and Ras returned to Butts Co.-to Jackson, 
in the mid 1950s. They are buried at Sardis Baptist Church in Henry Co.

This undated photo assembles the complete family! Three children; Alton, Bud, 
and Sarah were very likely married. Older children could not identify the photo 
location, making Clayton Co. more likely. (Left to Right)---Top Row; James 
Wilmer("Bud"), William Alton, Bernard Franklin, Sarah Leoan, Oscar Donald, and 
Frances Virginia. Middle Row; Mary Martile, Olin A.("Ras")Sr., Gerald Sanders 
("Bill"), and Daisy Victoria. Bottom Row; Vesta Louise, Olin A. Jr., and Gladys 
Olean

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