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| One of my favorite photos! Eliza Jane Coleman and James Franklin Jollett and a dog - wonder what his name was at their home in Harriston, Augusta Co, VA |
On this day, 29 August 1885, my 2X great-grandfather James Franklin Jollett married his second wife Eliza Jane Coleman. His wife Lucy Ann Shiflett had died from “childbed fever,” leaving her widowed husband with 9 children to take care of, although the oldest were quite capable of taking care of themselves.
Eliza Jane was the only grandmother that my grandfather and his sisters ever knew.
Wendy
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I had many, well several that were more recent, second marriages where the father of many children needed someone to cook/clean/care for them. Usually because there wasn't an oldest daughter available, nor sisters nor aunties. I have enjoyed finding some of my half sister/brother ancestors through the years and their line of descendants.
ReplyDeleteThat really is a great photograph, Wendy. If it were of my family, I'm sure it would be one of my favorites, too. He looks like a pleasant person.
ReplyDeleteDo you happen to know about the date this photo was taken?