Harm Willms married Mary Schlicht
on March 16, 1898 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

* After Harm and Mary married, her father (who was apparently quite wealthy) sent them to Mississippi to manage land, which he owned there. It was at that time that John was born, around Nettleton, Mississippi, 

*Harm & Mary (Schlicht) Willms farmed most of their lives south of Atlantic, Iowa which is bordered on the north side of the Atlantic Community High School; the farm ground is currently owned by a Hanson and the farm house is currently owned by Dr. Sharp, after their retirement they moved to Atlantic, Iowa.

Harm purchased the farm in the roaring 20’s and found himself paying for it during the depression of the 30’s. When ever possible Harm and his son John would take what ever job they could find off the farm, leaving the farm work to Mary and her daughter-in-law Ella. The purpose was to save the farm at all costs, which they were able to do. The Atlantic News Telegraph published a column that said that Mary had picked a 100 bushels of corn in a day; when asked if it was true she replied "Yes, and I had to scoop it too."  In the later years Harm would joke and say the reason he had stopped farming was that he couldn’t keep up with her.

Mary (Schlicht) Willms is a sister to Jane (Schlicht) Willms and Lizzie (Schlicht) Willms, Jane married Jabo Willms, and Lizzie married Jacob Willms, both brothers to Harm.

Harm & Mary married in Chickasaw, County Mississippi and after their marriage they stayed there for 3 years before coming to Iowa in a covered wagon and locating on a farm west of Atlantic, Iowa where they resided until moving to 706 Elm Street, Atlantic, Iowa in 1948. Mary was baptized in the Lutheran faith.