Presidential family

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Louis W. Truman, his first cousin once removed, examine a cane at the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right, William E. Davidson, Ann D. Martin, Henrietta Davidson, J. Vivian Truman, Luella Campbell (Mrs. J. Vivian) Truman, Lieutenant Colonel Corbie Truman, Mary (Mrs. Corbie) Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, Olive (Mrs. Ralph E.) Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Margaret Stevenson Truman, and Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman gather in former President Truman's office at the Truman Library the day after the funeral of General Ralph E. Truman.

From left to right, William E. Davidson, Ann D. Martin, Henrietta Davidson, J. Vivian Truman, Luella Campbell (Mrs. J. Vivian) Truman, Lt. Col. Corbie Truman, Mary (Mrs. Corbie) Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, former President Harry S. Truman, Olive (Mrs. Ralph E.) Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Margaret Stevenson Truman, and Lt. General Louis W. Truman gather in former President Truman's office at the Truman Library the day after the funeral of General Ralph E. Truman.

Sepia oval portrait of Mrs. George W. Gates (Sarah D. Todd Gates), wife of Bess Truman's great grandfather. From: Truman home.

Sepia oval portrait of George William Gates, Bess Truman's great grandfather. From: Truman Home.

Formal portrait (taken in a studio) of the five Gates brothers. Left to right, standing, are Walter and Edward; sitting are Frederick, Charles, and George. George Porterfield Gates was Bess Truman's grandfather. The brothers were her great uncles. From: Truman Home.

Snapshot of toddler David Wallace, Bess Truman's nephew, clad in heavy winter clothing, sitting on porch steps and supported by the hand of an unseen person. Behind the photo, inside the frame, was a curl of the baby's hair which is now in a sleeve with the photo. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, former President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, where she is having her portrait painted this date. Sitting at left is her daughter, Mary Jane Truman, and sitting at right is the unknown female artist. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her Grandview home, while her portrait is being painted by an unknown woman artist. From: Truman Home.

Full-length portrait of former President Harry S. Truman's mother, Martha Ellen Truman, as an older lady, taken outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, Missouri. (See also 84-66, 60-254, and 62-462.) From: Truman Home.