Sentimental Sunday

 

My mother Mary Eleanor Davis Slade died on 3 October 2005.

Momma
6 Jan 1929 - 3 Oct 2005

Jack Coleman, husband of my great-grandmother’s sister Emma Jollett, died 4 October 1947.

1929 - Mary Frances Jollett Davis,
Jack Coleman, Emma Coleman

Lucretia Jollett, sister of my 2X great-grandfather James Franklin Jollett, married Thomas Shiflett 8 October 1871.

 

My grandmother Lucille Rucker (Davis) was born 9 October 1904.

Lucille in the stroller
Big sister Rosalind

Wendy

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52 Ancestors - BEARDS: Beards on Parade

No story. Just photos of bearded ancestors whom I have never met.

 

2X great grandfather
James Franklin Jollett

 

James Franklin's brother
John Wesley Jollett and wife 
Sarah Elizabeth Smith Jollett

William H. Jollett
aka William P. Boyd and wife
James Franklin Jollett's nephew

at a reunion
Susan Clementine Morris and Austin Morris
(James Franklin Jollett's brother-in-law and 
sister-in-law) and Ambrose Vernon
(brother-in-law)

Jennetta Dovel Shiplett 
and Philip Pendleton Shiplett
(brother of my 2X great-grandmother Segourney Eppard)

 

My great-grandmother
Mary Frances Jollett Davis
with sister Emma and
brother-in-law Jack Coleman

family of Jack and Emma Coleman
in their younger years

2X great-grandfather
Mitchell Davis

Amy Johnson Crow continues to challenge genealogy bloggers and non-bloggers alike to think about our ancestors and share a story or photo about them. The challenge is “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.” 

Wendy

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