Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family
history through old photographs.
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt suggests any number of
alliterative possibilities including brushes, bellies, British bobbies, bums,
and beards. Unfortunately – or not – I
come from a long line of clean-shaven men.
But there are a few memorable beards.
There is a DISTINGUISHED beard:
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| Billy Long, the father of neighbors of my great grandparents in Shenandoah, VA |
Some GOAT beards:
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| My 2X great-grandfather James Franklin Jollett |
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| 2X great granduncle John Wesley Jollett |
Some GRIZZLEY beards:
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| Unknown -- I suspect he is a Davis, maybe my 2X great grandfather Mitchell Davis |
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| Family of Daniel and Lydia Kohne |
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| Family of Adam and Caroline Kohne my husband's great grandparents (the littlest girl is his grandmother) |
And even some FAKE beards:
I don’t know where I had been – grocery store probably,
but this is the scene I came home to in August of 1993.
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| Left to right: Kim age 10, Jordan age 12 Meghan age 13, Zoe age 10 |
Masking tape beards and rolled paper cigarettes always
make a game of cards more fun. (And for
the record, the beer was NOT opened, thank-goodness.)
Whether the idea sprang from boredom or mischief, those girls
set the bar high on creativity.
For more beards and maybe some bellies and bobbies, get
your bum over to Sepia Saturday.
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