Orson Welles before her return in late October, whereas Welles did not travel overseas during that period. After the death of Rebecca Welles Manning, a man named Marc McKerrow was revealed to be her son—and therefore a direct descendant of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. McKerrow's reactions to the revelation and his meeting with Oja Kodar are documented in the 2008 film "Prodigal Sons". McKerrow died on June 18, 2010. Despite an urban legend promoted by Welles, he was not related to Abraham Lincoln's wartime Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles. The myth dates back to the first newspaper feature ever written
Orson S. Head hair and beard, sturdy physique and forceful personality, Head was elected prosecutor for Kenosha County three times. In 1851 he served one year in the Wisconsin State Senate, filling a vacancy. Head was the great-grandfather and namesake of famed actor and filmmaker Orson Welles. Orson S. Head was married to Mary Jane Treadwell in 1846, and they had seven children. His eldest surviving child, Mary Blanche Head, married Richard Jones Wells; their son, Richard Hodgdon Head Welles, was the father of Orson Welles. Head died of pneumonia February 19, 1875, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Orson S. Head Orson Sherman Head (October