Digging Up Your Family

Not-So-Wordless-Wednesday: Ina Lee Ellis 1919

The back of the photos says:

Ina & cousin Barney Ellis

in South St. Louis

Age about 12

Her age puts the photograph around 1919.

The Frazer Family in Kentucky ca. 1909

I wish I knew what newspaper this write-up was in, or the year (though from the article we know the photograph was taken in 1909).  I’m actually not even sure why this was written, except to announce the children all lived to adulthood.

 Realizing that they had been blessed to the limit of God’s goodness in the gift of twelve children, all living and all highly respected men and women who with their respected parents appear in the above picture the proud father and mother concluded for once since their birth to have them home for a family reunion, which took place at their home near Dalton, Ky., July 11th, 1909, when the above picture was made.  Surely there are few parents in Kentucky so fortunate to rear to noble man and womanhood, an even dozen children to call them blessed.  The re-union was a happy and long-to-be-remembered one with every member present and in splendid health.

They are, from left to right, bottom row, Annie L. born Nov. 12th, 1871; Lizzie O. born Jan. 6th, 1878; the father, Thos.. A Frazer born Jan. 22nd, 1835; the mother, Mary J. Frazer, born March 24th, 1849; Kitty H. born Jun 11th, 1883; an Mattye B. born Oct. 23rd, 1892.

Top row, left to right, Jos. H. born Jan. 1st, 1868; Dr. T. Atchison, a highly respected physician, of Marion, and president of the board of health, bon Nov. 12th, 1869; Isaac S. born Nov. 17th, 1871; Jno. S. born Nov. 1875; Thadens A. born Nov. 18th, 1880; Wm. A. born July 3rd, 1884; Clifton R. born Oct. 19th, 1887; and George P. born May 1st, 1890.

Three of the twelve children were born in January, 1 in May, 1 in July, 2 in October and five in Novembe.  If there be a more remarkable family than this in Kentucky let their pictures appear.

Wordless Wednesday: Mattie Belle Frazer

Mattie Belle Frazer (1892-1975)

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