Martha Mill Village

4th of July Picnic circa 1940  John and Mildred “Hazel” Keen with son Benjamin at a 4th of July Picnic 1940 with other members of the Martha Mill Village community in Thomaston, Upson Co., GA

Benjamin Franklin Welch, only son of John Harvey and Hazel Keen Welch, was born in Thomaston. His parents lived and work at Martha Mill (better wages, moving from Glenwood farm) until WWII when they moved to Savannah where John worked at the shipyard along with Hazel’s brother George L Keen.

http://home.windstream.net/tuarch/tmhistory.htm “Martha Mill Brief History”

4th of July Picnic