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FPY 001: ~8x10" albumen print.  Unmarked as to identities or date.

Photographer:  unknown, but appears to be amateur.

Subject:  These are members of the James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) family.  Recognizable from identified photos are shown in detail, below.

Date:  1901-1902.  Mary (Bettis) Pierce (middle) died 4 Jul 1902, yet Berna Langley (at piano) was born in 1884, and probably wouldn't have been courted by James W. Flynn any earlier than age 17. 

FPY 001 Detail:

This man is not a member of the immediate family.  He is assumed to be James Wilson Flynn (1879-1952), a pastor of their church and the future husband of Berna Langley (1884-1967), step-daughter of James Perry Pierce, because he is hanging around near her.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of James Wilson Flynn, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 032 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 001 Detail:

This appears to be Berna Langley (1884-1967), who married 10 Feb 1904 in Marion, KY James Wilson Flynn (1879-1952), a pastor of their church.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of known or suspected images of Berna, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 031 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 001 Detail:

One of the last known photo of Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce (1825-1902), wife of Stanton Pierce (1821-1911).

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Mary (Bettis) Pierce, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 023 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 001 Detail:

Cora A. (Pierce) Crider (1869-1915) standing with her husband, George M. Crider (1861-1917).

Lower Image 1:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.

Lower Image 2:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of George M. Crider, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 047 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 001 Detail:

Judge James Perry Pierce (1841-1916).

Lower Image:
     Comparison of known or suspected images of James Perry Pierce, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.
    

FPY 002: Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer: Willis & Coquilette - a studio photograph using a painted backdrop; location unknown.  Willis & Coquilette are the photographers for FPY 002, CCHS 267, and CCHS 268).

Subject: James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), sheriff of Crittenden Co., KY from 1878-1882, when he was elected County Judge.  Identified by comparison to known photos (see image strip).

Date:  Although no badge is present, this photo probably dates from his time as sheriff, c.1880.  The other Will & Coquilette photos appear to be consistent with 1880.

Lower Image: 
     To compare faces that might be the same person, an image strip is prepared in Adobe Photoshop, all having the same relative size from top to chin, and having their eyes horizontal.  An image is made to be 50% transparent, and moved over another to compare.  With the top image partially transparent, it is obvious whether the eyes are the same width, the nose the same length and shape, and the mouth the same distance from nose and chin.  Other features, such as the shape of the jaw, can also be seen.  When it is the same person, the features of the top photo look like they disappear into the features of the bottom photo.  See MISC 012.

     The strip to the left shows images of James Perry Pierce, taken throughout his lifetime.

FPY 003:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1885; he appears to be about 45 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 004:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Douglas, Evansville, Ind." printed in script on the front bottom of the card.

Subject:  Emeline (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), wife of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by being the same images as the known ALBUM 4 PT1 0055.  Emeline is the mother of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner/collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1890; she appears to be about 50 years old; she died in 1895.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Emeline (Rolston) Pierce, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 013 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 005:  Carte de Visite (2½x4"), marked "Anna" on back; undated.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce (1825-1902), identified by comparison to known images (see strip at left).  The photo looks so much like other images of Mary that the identification of "Anna" on the back is thought to refer to the middle name of Mary (Bettis) Pierce, rather than a photo of another woman whose first name is Anna.  Prior to the study of this photograph, the middle name of Mary Bettis was not known.  Mary must have gone by the nickname of Anna.

     Mary Anna Bettis is the maternal grandmother of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs. 

Date:  c.1860; she appears to be about 35-40 years old.  This is consistent with the era when cartes de visite were popular.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Mary (Bettis) Pierce, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 023 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 006:  Carte de Visite (2½x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Briggs&McCoy, Pana, Christian Co., Illinois printed on the back of the card.

Subject: 
     This person is a puzzler.  That he is important to Florence & family is shown be her having two versions of this image: one, a small carte-de-visite with detail indicating that it is a 1st generation photo, and then Photo 007, a larger, cabinet photo, but, as is clear from the higher contrast, a copy print made from the cdv 006.

     The cdv was popular from the 1860-1870's, when the larger cabinet cards started to be made.  This person is old, probably at least 60 when the cdv was made, and probably not alive by 1880, when she could have gotten a cabinet card from a new sitting.  So his birth date can be estimated to be 1810+/-10, and his death date 1875+/-10.

     Pana is in the middle of Illinois, not near the KY border.  Pana, IL was the intersection of railroad lines in the middle 1800's.  There are coal mines there, but the first one was started in 1884, so mining is not the connection with Crittenden Co.  His grandson, James Perry Pierce was in Illinois (

     One of Florence's great-grandfathers, Eli Bettis (1791-1869), meets our birth and death date estimates.  And, he accompanied the extended family's move to Crittenden Co., KY from Jefferson Co., TN.  He therefore lived in Crittenden Co., KY at the same time as Florence, and she knew in life (at least until she was 8 years old).

     If it is him, did he go to the middle of Illinois for some reason to have a photograph, or did the photographer travel about and visit KY?  The CDV appears from the even, soft lighting to have been made in a studio.

     The guess, Eli Bettis (1791-1869) was the husband of Dorthula Lewis (1800-1869).  Eli and Dorthula were the parents of nine children, including Mary Anna Bettis (1825-1902), the wife of Stanton Pierce (1821-1911), Florence's grandmother.

     The probability is that he is not Eli Bettis, but, nevertheless, Eli seems to be the best guess.

Date:  1860-1869

FPY 007:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Brands Studios  Extra Finish", Chicago, IL, in script on the front bottom of the card.  As indicated by the pose and the high contrast, this is a cabinet-sized copy made from the smaller CDV FPY 006.  Another copy identical to this one is CCHS 262.

Subject & Date:  possibly Eli Bettis (1791-1869).  See FPY 006.

FPY 008:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Douglas, Evansville, Ind.  Enamel", printed on the front bottom of the card.

Subject:  Florence Emeline Pierce (1861-1938), identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date: She appears to be 20-25 years old, so c.1881-1886.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Florence, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 008 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 009: Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Stevens, McVickers Theater Bldg., Chicago.", printed on the front bottom of the black background card.  Only two photographs among the Crittenden County images are from Stevens in Chicago (even the location of Chicago is unusual) the other is image FPY 043.

Subject:  William Bennett Yandell (1857-1940), the son of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863). identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date:  He appears to about 20-25 years old, so perhaps c.1877-1882, but cabinet cards only started to be made about 1880-1885, and only commonly made starting 1885.  Best guess is c.1885; he would be 28.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of all known or suspected images of William Bennett Yandell, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 006 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 010:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.  This is an identical card to CCHS 241.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  William Bennett Yandell (1857-1940), the son of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863). identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date:  He has put on some weight since FPY 009, so c.1890.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of William Bennett Yandell, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 006 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 011:  gelatine-silver print mounted on a buff, textured card (~3x4¼").

Written on back: "taken at the St. Louis World's Fair"

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  William Bennett Yandell (1857-1940), the son of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863). identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date:  The St. Louis World's Fair was in 1904.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of all known or suspected images of William Bennett Yandell, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 006 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 012: Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Douglas (in script), Evansville, Ind. (in plain block print).

Subject:  Cortis Jackson Pierce (1864-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Laura Miles (1875-1963), identification from comparison to identified photographs.  See MISC 014 for details of how such a comparison is done.  That he had a cleft in his chin that not many men have was a great help.

Date:  He appears to be about 20 - c.1885.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 014 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 013:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on an olive, textured card (~4x7"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Stewart & Ringo, Marion, KY - embossed on the front.

Subject:  Cortis Jackson Pierce (1864-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Laura Miles (1875-1963), identification from comparison to identified photographs.  See MISC 014 for details of how such a comparison is done.

Date:  He appears to be 40-50, so the photo is from about 1905-1915.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 014 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 014:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Douglas (in script), Evansville, Ind. (in curved print).  Same card design as FPY015 and FPY 020.

Subject:  Ambie B. Pierce (1867-1888), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895). 
     This is definitely Ambie since the very same image appears in an album with identification (Margaret (Bond) Pierce Album 4 Part 1, Image 0060).
     Ambie looks very much like her sister, Cora, in this photo, in which she has the same hair length and style as Cora in FPY 015.

Date:  She appears to be about 16 years old, which would be c.1883.

FPY 015:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.  Written on the back in script: "Royal Art Co., Marion, Ky".

Photographer:  Douglas (in script), Evansville, Ind. (in curved print).  Same card design as FPY 014. and FPY 020.

Subject:  Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and wife of George M. Crider (1861-1917). 
     Despite looking almost exactly like the photo of Ambie above (FPY 014), this is known to be Cora since the very same image appears in an album with identification (Margaret (Bond) Pierce Album 3 Part 1, Image 0005).
     Because of the identical card design, it is probable that FPY 014, FPY 015 and FPY 020 were taken at the same time, and, therefore, are most likely photos of the same family.  In that sitting, Ambie wore a dress that was all dark, whereas Cora had a light-colored front to her dress and puffier sleeves than Ambie.

Date:  If taken at the same time as FPY 014, c.1883.  Cora's appearance is consistent with her being 14, although she could be a little older as well.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.
    

FPY 016:  Carte de Visite (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Nell A. Walker (1865-1950) on the left and Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915) on the right, daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and wife of George M. Crider (1861-1917).

     Nell Walker is recognizable as an earlier version of the woman identified as her in ALBUM4-PT1 061.

     Cora A. Pierce was identified by comparison to her many identified or captioned photos in this collection (see Lower Image and MISC 011.  

Date:  c.1890; Cora appears to be about 19-20 years old; the two women were probably together in college.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 017:  Gelatine-silver photographic print (~2½x4") mounted on a white, textured mat board (~3½x5½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and wife of George M. Crider (1861-1917), identified by comparison to her many identified or captioned photos in this collection (see Lower Image and MISC 011.  

Date:  c.1890; Cora appears to be about 19-20 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 018:  Probably a gelatine-silver, sepia-toned photographic print, cut from a 3½x2½" print, which was then mounted on a buff colored mat board; unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.".  Fort Smith, Arkansas was the home of Ella J. (Cox) Langley, who would become the second wife of James Perry Pierce, the father of Cora Pierce, in 1896.

Subject:  Nell A. Walker (1865-1950) on the left and Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915) on the right, daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and wife of George M. Crider (1861-1917).

     Nell Walker was identified from other photos, such as  ALBUM4-PT1 061 and FPY 016.

      Cora Pierce was identified, as usual, by comparison with previouslu identified images (see Lower Image and MISC 011).

Date:  c.1895; Cora appears to be in her mid twenties.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 019:  Photographic print mounted on mat board; unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky.

Subject:  Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915) (left), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and George M. Crider (1861-1917).  

Date:  c.1890's.  This is probably a portrait taken on or around their wedding date, which was sometime in the 1890's (apparently not recorded in Crittenden Co, KY, despite both of them living there).

Lower Images:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider (top) and George M. Crider (bottom), in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 011 and MISC 047 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 020:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On the front, in raised script: "Douglas,  Evansville, Ind."  Same card design as FPY 014 and FPY 015, portraits of Ambie Pierce (1867-1888) and Cora Pierce (1869-1915), both members of the same family.

Subject: 
     Babies and toddlers are often difficult to identify since so many of their facial features have yet to attain the shape they will have as an adult, and this photo is no exception. 

     My first theory was that the three photos, FPY 014-Ambie Pierce, FPY 015-Cora Pierce and FPY 020, all having the exact same card design from the same photographer, were taken at the same time of members of the same family.  The Ambie and Cora photos appear to have been taken c.1883, and this boy looks like he is about 6 years old, which means that he would have been born c.1877.  This fits George Collin Pierce (1877) very well, and possibly Ira Tilden Pierce (1876).

     However, the face appears to be clearly that of Norval Lee Pierce - almost a match to a photo known to be of Norval: Album 4 Pt1 0057.  Therefore, the photo is Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Margaret Ramey (Bond) Pierce (1874-1970).

Date:  c.1877, as the boy appears to be about 6 years old..

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Norval Lee Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 015 for discussion of identification.

FPY 021:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On front, a printed signature: "H. Thomas", location unknown.

Subject:  Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Margaret Ramey (Bond) Pierce (1874-1970).

Date:  c.1900; he looks to be about 30 years old.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 015 for discussion of identification.

FPY 022:  Photographic print mounted on mat board;  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On front, a raised logo reads: "Robertson, St. Louis, MO."

Subject:  Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Margaret Ramey (Bond) Pierce (1874-1970).

Date:  c.1905; he looks to be about 35 years old.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 015 for discussion of identification.

FPY 023:  Loose photographic print (~6x8"). 

Photographer:  Unmarked professional studio portrait.

Subject:  Norval Lee Pierce (Jr.) (1914-1931) and James Robert Frank Pierce (1918-1973), sons of Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951) and Margaret Ramey (Bond) Pierce (1874-1970).  

Date:  c.1928; ages ~14 and ~10. 

FPY 024:  Loose photographic print (6½x8½" photo);  . 

Photographer:  Unmarked professional company photograph.

Subject:  Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895).  Identified from the caption of the exact same image in Album 4 Pt1 0095.

Date:  c.1926; age ~55.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 015 for discussion of identification.

FPY 025:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on card. 

Photographer:  "Robertson, St. Louis, Mo."; professional studio portrait.

Subject:  Florence Emeline (Pierce) Yandell  (1861-1938), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895).   

Date:  c.1905; age ~44.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Florence (Pierce) Yandell, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 008 for discussion of identifications.
 

FPY 026:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on card. 

Photographer:  "Robertson, St. Louis, Mo."; professional studio portrait.

Subject:  Cora A. (Pierce) Crider (1869-1915), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895).   

Date:  c.1905; age ~44.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Cora A. (Pierce) Crider, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 011 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 027:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Lou R. Walker, photographer, Marlon, Ky."  This is the same image from the same photographer as CCHS 245.

Subject:  Ira Tilden Pierce (1874-1924), the son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)(this album No. 235) and Eveline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895)(this album No. 201). .

Date:  c.1886; he appears to be about 12 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of (Jane Thompson) Pierce (1889-abt.1930), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 016.

FPY 028:  Mounted photograph; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown

Subject:  Ira Tilden Pierce (1874-1924), the son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)(this album No. 235) and Eveline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895)(this album No. 201). .

Date:  c.1895; he appears to be in his late teens.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of (Jane Thompson) Pierce (1889-abt.1930), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 016.

FPY 029:  Photograph mounted on a square card diagonally; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  Ira Tilden Pierce (1874-1924), the son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)(this album No. 235) and Eveline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895)(this album No. 201). .

Date:  c.1892; he appears to be about 16 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of (Jane Thompson) Pierce (1889-abt.1930), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 016 for discussion of identification.

FPY 030:  Mounted photograph; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown

Subject:  Ira Tilden Pierce (1874-1924), the son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)(this album No. 235) and Eveline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895)(this album No. 201). .

Date:  c.1905; he appears to be in his late twenties.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of (Jane Thompson) Pierce (1889-abt.1930), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 016.

FPY 031:  Mounted photograph; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown

Subject:  Ira Tilden Pierce (1874-1924), the son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916)(this album No. 235) and Eveline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895)(this album No. 201). .

Date:  c.1905; he appears to be in his late twenties.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of (Jane Thompson) Pierce (1889-abt.1930), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 016.

FPY 032:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"), unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On front of card: "Stewart & Garrity, Marion, Ky." in blue ink.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?).

Date:  He appears to be about 18 years old, c.1895.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 033:  Mounted photographic print, unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?).

Date:  He appears to be about 18 years old, c.1895.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 034:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Columbian Art Co., Anniston, Ala."

     The name Anniston, shortened from "Annie's Town) was chosen for the planned company town for the Woodstock Iron Co. c.1872.  A school for girls, The Noble Institute, was established in 1886.
ked.

Subject:  probably Elvie (Crider) Cochran (1870-1908), daughter of Presley Harris Crider (1829-1884) and Sarah Jane Shipton (1838-1909), and wife of Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1952).  

Date:  c.1885; age ~15.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Elvie, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 051 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 035:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.  Same image and photographer's imprint as CCHS 252.

Photographer:  "R.E. Clark, Owensboro, Ky."  Owensboro is the county seat of Davies Co., KY, and lies on the Ohio River, about 77 miles from Marion and Crittenden Co.  It is roughly the halfway point to Louisville if you are travelling by boat.

Subject:  Probably Joseph Oscar Pierce (1872-1950), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  

Date:  c.1910.  He appears to be slightly older (the time to grow a moustache) than he does in MISC 003 and MISC 004, dated to c.1904.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Joseph, in approximate order of age left to right.  See MISC 009 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 036:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "Douglas,  Enamel,  Evansville, Ind."

Subject:  John Thomas Franks (1858-1926), son of John Marshall Franks (1822-1883) and Nancy Tate Moore (1828-1886), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  He married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Loving (1869-1944).  His identity was confirmed by his photo and name in an ad for his campaign for sheriff in the Crittenden Press.  See MISC 039.

Date:  c.1890; he looks to be about 30 years old.

FPY 037:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Stewart & Garrity, Photographers, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  This photograph of a young mother and her baby has the identical pale yellow card with green photographer's imprint as does Image No. FPY 049.  It also has the exact same image toning (purple-ish) as FPY 049.  The painted background is also the same in the two images, as is the prop chair.  FPY 037 and FPY 049 were undoubtedly taken on the same occasion.  FPY 049 is solidly identified as Stanton and Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce.  Who else would have been so closely related to them but their daughter-in-law, Ella J. Cox (1861-1928), daughter of Alfred E. Cox (1831-1920) and Martha Jane Ramsey (1839-1928), and second wife of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), and her new baby, (by her second husband James Perry Pierce, the son of Stanton and Mary (Bettis) Pierce): Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987).

Date:  1898.

Lower Image 1:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Ella, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 018 for discussion of identifications.

Lower Image 2:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Miriam, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 019 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 038:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked with a normal printed logo or name, but the lower right corned has what looks like a rubber stamp mark that reads: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  1898.

FPY 039:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on mat board (image size: 2¾x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Embossed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  1898.

FPY 040:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on mat board (image size: 2¾x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Embossed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  1898.

FPY 041:  Gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on mat board (image size: 3x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Probably Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1900.

FPY 042:  Printing out paper (1½x2") mounted on textured card (3x3¼"), unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked; card is embossed:  "Pocket Kodak".

Subject:  Unmarked; but identified from other photographs as George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?).  He was also the brother of Florence Pierce Yandell, the owner of this photograph collection.

Date:  c.1900; he appears to be in his early 20's.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 043:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  "Stevens, McVickers Theater Bldg., Chicago.", printed on the front bottom of the black background card.

Subject:  Only two photographs among the Crittenden County images are from  Stevens, Chicago, the other being FPY 009, William Bennett Yandell.  For this reason, this image is thought to be of Thomas Jefferson Yandell (1860-1934), the son of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863).  This family only had two sons that survived childhood, so it is not improbable that they would have had their pictures taken at the same studio at some time.

Date:  c.1885; as he appears to be about 20-25 years old.

FPY 044: Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Cortis Jackson Pierce (1864-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Laura Miles (1875-1963), identification from comparison to identified photographs.  See MISC 014 for details of how such a comparison is done.  That he had a cleft in his chin that not many men have was a great help.

Date:  He appears to be in his teens, high school or early college age, perhaps about 18 - c.1882.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Cora A. Pierce (1869-1915), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 014 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 045:  Miniature Carte de Visite (~2x3" card); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929). identified by comparison to known photos.

Date:  c.1885; he appears to be about 20 years old.

Lower Image:

     The comparison of images known or suspected to be of Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 020 for discussion of identifications. 

FPY 046:  Carte de Visite (~2¼x4" card); marked on the back: "Willis Champion Pierce and Willis Conway Pierce Aug 7, 1896".

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929). identified by comparison to known photos, and his son, Willis Conway Pierce (1895-1974).

Date:  7 Aug 1895; as per caption on the photo.

Lower Image:

     The comparison of images known or suspected to be of Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 020 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 047:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."; red ink on cream card.

Subject:  Four Generations of Crittenden County Pierces; from left to right: Jacob Ahart (Generation 2) Pierce (1842-1930), Willis Champion (Generation 3) Pierce (1864-1941), Willis Conway (Generation 4) Pierce (1895-1974), and Stanton (Generation 1) Pierce (1821-1911).

Date:  1895, several weeks after the birth of Willis Conway on 2 Dec 1895.

Lower Images:
     Comparison images of Jacob Ahart Pierce, Willis Champion Pierce, and Stanton Pierce.  See MISC 020, MISC 021, and MISC 022.

FPY 048:  Gelatine-silver photograph mounted on board (3½x5" oval photo); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."; embossed on warm grey card.

Subject:  Stanton Pierce (1821-1911), identified by comparison with known image.

Date:  c.1895; he looks pretty much the same in all his photos.

Lower Image:
     The comparison of images known or suspected to be of Stanton Pierce (1821-1911), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 022 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 049:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Stewart & Garrity, Photographers, Marion, Ky."; green ink on cream card.

Subject:  This photograph of a young mother and her baby has the identical pale yellow card with green photographer's imprint as does Image No. FPY 049.  It also has the exact same image toning (purple-ish) as FPY 049.  The painted background is also the same in the two images, as is the prop chair.  FPY 037 and FPY 049 were undoubtedly taken on the same occasion.  This photo is solidly identified as  Stanton Pierce (1821-1911), and wife Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce (1825-1902), identified by comparison with known images.  His beard is quite unique.

Date:  c.1898; slightly earlier than most of the photos of Stanton and Mary, which are in the early 1900's.

Lower Images:
     Comparison photo strips of known and suspected images of Stanton Pierce and Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce.  See MISC 022 and MISC 023.

FPY 050:  Gelatine-silver print (~5x7") mounted on a gray card (~8x10").  The name "Florence" (apparently to remind someone to whom to send the photograph) is written in black ink in the upper left hand corner.  The bottom of the image itself has the inscription: "Residence G.C. Pierce & wife / St. Louis, Mo".  From the 1910 census, they lived at 3421 Hartford St., St. Louis, MO.

Photographer:  "Chas. Trefts, St. Louis, Mo." embossed in the lower left corner.

Subject:  Seated, George Collin Pierce (1877-1965) with 2nd wife Lucy (Farris) Pierce (1885-1975).  The tyke is Norval Stanton Pierce (1906-1975).  The baby is Ruth Rebecca Pierce (1908-1921). Standing are two cousins, sons of Jacob Ahart Pierce: on the left is Jacob Marion Pierce (1878-1968) and on the right is Wirt Ahart Pierce (1871-1956).  For identification purposes, inset images of Jacob Marion and Wirt Ahart are provided, which came from a photograph with identification of all eight sons of Jacob Ahart Pierce in a book or article about the family (see MISC 003).

Date:  c.1909; that there are only two children undoubtedly means that the baby is their second child, Ruth Rebecca, who was born 7 Sep 1908; the baby is sitting up, probably several months old.

FPY 051:  Gelatine-silver print (~2x3") mounted on charcoal-grey card (~3x4¼"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Lucy Ruth Sarah (Farris) Pierce (1885-1975), sometimes referred to in records as Lucy Ruth or Ruth, daughter of John Robert Farris (1844-1933) and Evaline Petty Crawford (1846-1935), and second wife of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965).  Finding her in records as Lucy Ruth is rather confusing, since his first wife was Lucy Ruth as well.  Sometimes she is referred to as Ruth Sarah.

Date:  c.1906; she appears to be about 20 - probably a photo taken around the time of their marriage.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of known or suspected images of Lucy Ruth Sarah (Farris) Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age.  See MISC 026 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 052:  Gelatine-silver print (~5x7"), unmounted; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject: 

     While this copy of this photo is unmarked, another copy of this image, Album 1 Image 0001, is captioned: "Norval Stanton Pierce, Springfield, Ill.".  Norval Stanton Pierce (1906-1975), son of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965) and his second wife Lucy Sarah (sometimes called Ruth in the census) Farris (1885-1975), and nephew of Florence (Pierce) Yandell, the owner of this collection of photographs.

     At one time, I had thought that Willis Champion Pierce (1st cousin of George Collin Pierce) had a son Norval Stanton Pierce who was born in 1898.  However, going back through the data, I only find him referred to as John Stanton Pierce, or John S. Pierce, or Stanton Pierce.  This John Stanton Pierce got a masters degree from the University of Illinois, and the confusion may have arisen because the actual Norval Stanton Pierce never went to Illinois.  He did live in Springfield, Mo in 1941, though, and grandma just put the wrong state in the Album 1 Image 0001.

Date:  c.1924; this appears to be a high school graduation picture.

FPY 053:  Carte de Visite  (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1860; he appears to be in his late teens.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 054: Carte de Visite  (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  unmarked.

Subject:  Possibly Florence Emeline Pierce (1861-1938), identification from comparison to identified photographs.  The comparison of a toddler such as this to adult faces is iffy.

Date: She appears to be about 4 years old, so c.1865.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of Florence, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 008 for an explanation of the process.

     Another consideration in the identification is that this collection of photographs was owned by Florence.  It is likely that she had a CDV of herself as a child passed down to her.

FPY 055:  Carte de Visite  (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1860; he appears to be in his late teens.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 056:  Carte de Visite  (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1853; he appears to be about 12 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 057:  Carte de Visite  (2¼x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1850; he appears to be about 9 years old.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 058:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  He is the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner-collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1866; it is after the Civil War since it does not have a tax stamp, and he appears to be in his twenties.  It was probably taken in Illinois, as he lived there right after getting out of the army.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 012 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 059:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Douglas, Evansville, Ind.  This is the same exact photo as CCHS 209, although it was printed with lesser contrast.

Subject: 
      This cabinet card is thought to be an image of  James Boyce Pierce (1881-1954), the son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).

Date:  c.1903, about the same time that the two book images were taken.

Lower Image:
      The lower image strip is a comparison of all known or suspected images of James Boyce Pierce.  See MISC 007 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 060:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Hunt, Paducah, Ky."

Subject:  George Washington Pierce (1854-1943), son of Stanton Pierce (1821-1911) and Mary Anna Bettis (1825-1902); identification from comparison to a known photo (FPY 189).  In addition, he and his family lived in Paducah, the location of the photography studio of FPY 060.

Date:  c.1880-85; he appears to be no older than 40.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of the known image of George Washington Pierce (left) and this image (right).

FPY 061:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject: 
      This cabinet card is thought to be an image of  Jacob Marion Pierce(1878-1968)), the son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  The identification was made by comparing this image to all other known and identified images of Jacob (see lower image)., the son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  The identification was made by comparing this image to all other known and identified images of Jacob (see lower image).

Date:  c.1895; he appears to be in his late teens.

Lower Image:
     The lower image strip is a comparison of all known or suspected images of Jacob Marion Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right  See MISC 24 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 062:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Unknown.  The subject appears to be about 40 years old, having hair that is still dark in color.  Assuming that the card dates from the center of cabinet card usage, c.1890, the subject would have been born in about 1850.

Date:  c.1890, based on general era of cabinet card popularity.

FPY 063:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Probably John Stanton Pierce (1869-1944), son of Jacob Ayhart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  Identified by comparison to known and suspected images of him (see MISC 010).

Date:  c.1910.  In MISC 010 he appears to be slightly older than the known photos dated c.1903, so probably no more than 1910.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be John Stanton Pierce.  He is slightly younger in the two black and white images (c.1904) than he is where he is mustached.  See MISC 10 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 064:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Probably Joseph Oscar Pierce (1872-1950), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  This image appears to be an enlarged, cropped and vignetted print of CCHS 206.

Date:  c.1910.  He appears to be slightly older (the time to grow a moustache) than he does in MISC 003 and MISC 004, dated to c.1904.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Joseph, in approximate order of age left to right.  See MISC 009 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 065:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Probably Joseph Oscar Pierce (1872-1950), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  

Date:  c.1910.  He appears to be slightly older (the time to grow a moustache) than he does in MISC 003 and MISC 004, dated to c.1904.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Joseph, in approximate order of age left to right.  See MISC 009 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 066:  Gelatine-silver Silver Print (~1.3x1.67") mounted on decorated card (~2x3");  . 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject: 

Location:

     The wrinkles on the floor and inconsistencies in the background indicate that it is an impromptu set thrown up elsewhere than a photography studio, perhaps strung between trees outside.

Male:

     From the prominent ears, this would appear to be one of the eight sons of Jacob Ahart Pierce and Elvira Oliver.  He also has a significantly darker complexion than the women. 

     Comparing a blow-up (left image in the lower line) to the faces of all eight in MISC 003 suggests that he is probably Jacob Marion  Pierce (1878-1968) (image of Jacob Marion from MISC 003 is the right image in the lower line).  Jacob always appears in photos to have a dark complexion, and his ears are more rounded than his brothers, like the male subject in this photo.

Females:

     The four women appear to be about the same age as him, that is in their 30's.  Their faces have been blown up to be compared to women in the photo MISC 004, which shows all the wives of the Jacob Ahart Pierce sons.

     The women on the far left is probably his wife, Sallie (Summers) Pierce (1881-1939).  Since he was married in 1910, one would expect his wife somewhere in the photo.

     The women second from the left looks like the wife of Richard Miles Pierce, Jessie (Davis) Pierce (1876-1975).

     The women third from the left is the wife of John Stanton Pierce, Rosa Clark (Duley) Pierce (1871-1929).

     The women fourth from the right  is the wife of James Boyce Pierce, Hattie Belle (Craddock) Pierce (1879-1957).

Date:  c.1905; they are about the same age as they are in MISC 004, which is c.

FPY 067:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky".

Subject:  Unknown.  Hi long face looks something like George Collin Pierce, son of James Perry Pierce and brother of Florence, but he does not match in other facial characteristics.

Date:  c.1890

Lower Image:

    Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications

FPY 068:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.  This card is one of only two that have the exact same colors, textures and other characteristics.  The other card is FPY 069.  That fact that these cards match, and therefore were undoubtedly taken at the same time, was used as a clue to the subjects of both cards.

Subject:  Florence Emeline Pierce (1861-1938), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. Rolston (1840-1895), and future wife of William Bennett Yandell (1857-1940).

     She was identified by comparing this image to all the other images known or previously confirmed to be Florence (see Lower Image).

Date:  c.1860; she appears to be about 20 years old.  It could have been a photograph commemorating her school graduation, or a pre-wedding photograph.

Right Image:

     Enlarged detail of just the head.  Since the original had rather low contrast, the contrast has been increased.

Lower Image:

    Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Florence Emeline (Pierce) Yandell, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 008 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 069:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.  This card is one of only two that have the exact same colors, textures and other characteristics.  The other card is FPY 068.  That fact that these cards match, and therefore were undoubtedly taken at the same time, was used as a clue to the subjects of both cards.

Subject:  Since this card is a unique design and color except for being an exact match to FPY 068, Florence (Pierce) Yandell, this subject is probably closely related to her.  The likely candidate is her brother, Cortis Jackson Pierce(18(1864-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. Rolston (1840-1895).  This image compare well to the other images known to be Cortis (Lower Image).

     He shares some facial characteristics with Florence's image FPY 068, for example, general face proportion (i.e., not narrow), ears flat to the head, relatively wide nose, and a down-turned mouth.  These support the theory that he is her brother.  Both of them take after their mother.

Date:  c.1860.  Matching photographs taken at the same time of a brother and sister make sense only if they are young and not married.  They do seem to be about 20 years old, which would make the photographs taken about 1880.

Right Image:

     Enlarged detail of just the head.  Since the original had rather low contrast, the contrast has been increased.

Lower Image:

    Comparison of images known or suspected to be of  Cortis Jackson Pierce (1864-1924), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Laura Miles (1875-1963), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 014 for discussion of identifications

FPY 070:  Carte de Visite (2¼x4"), unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Unmarked.

Subject:  Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), wife of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916), identified by comparison to identified photos.  Emeline is the mother of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), the owner/collector of the collection of photographs.

Date:  c.1855-1860; she appears to a late teen to no more than 20 years old; probably a coming of age or graduation-type photo.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 013 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 071:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Steward, Marion, Ky".

Subject:  Jacob Marion Pierce (1878-1968), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929), and husband of Sallie B. Summers (1881-1939), identified by comparison with known images of Jacob.

Date:  c.1895; he looks to be about 17 years old.

Lower Image:
     The lower image strip is a comparison of all known or suspected images of Jacob Marion Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right  See MISC 024 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 072:  Gelatine-silver Silver Print (6½x8½") mounted on cream-colored card (7½x9½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  A copy of this photograph is displayed in the museum of the Crittenden Co. Historical Society, having the caption "Early 20th century Physicians" along with their identities.  They are (left to right): Dr. John O. Dixon, M.D. (1861-1910), Dr. George Stone, optician or ophthalmologist, and Dr. Isaac Henry Clement, M.D. (1862-1940), three professional men of Marion, Crittenden Co., KY.

Date:  c.1905, estimated that they are 40-50 years old.

FPY 073:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Probably James Wilson Flynn(1879-1952), husband of Berna (Langley) Flynn (1884-1967).  Berna was the daughter of Ella J. Cox and her first husband, John Frost Langley.  Ella married, second, James Perry Pierce, the father of Florence (Pierce) Yandell, the original keeper of this collection of photographs.  Berna and Florence were therefore half-sisters.

     It is difficult to compare photos thought to be James Wilson Flynn because:  1) there are only three, 2) he has a moustache in two of them but not the third, 3) the photos were apparently taken in his 20's and 30's while his hairline was rapidly receding, and 4) FPY 001 was quite distorted due to him being almost at the edge of the image formed by a rapid rectilinear lens.  The correction of the lens to produce straight lines necessarily results in stretching at the corners of its images.  The left hand image was corrected for this distortion.

     Despite the difficulties, he has some rather distinctive facial features, such as the fact that his hairline is receding, his straight hair, his long nose and flared nostrils, the usual relative measurements of eye width, nose to mouth distance and mouth to chin distance, and, most of all, his long ears that have lobes that extend well below where the ear attaches.

Date:  c.1904; probably taken around the time of his marriage to Berna, 10 Feb 1904.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of James Wilson Flynn (1879-1952), son of Mahlan Flynn (1835-?) and Ann Newton Shirley (1839-1911), and husband of Berna (Langley) Flynn (1884-1967), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 032 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 074:  Gelatine-silver Silver Print (~8x10"); unmounted; unmarked as to subject, but date is July 1893.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject: 

Back Row (left to right):  Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941), his wife Jennie Davis (Peay) Pierce (1869-1946), and Jacob Marion Pierce (1878-1968).

Middle Row (left to right):  Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930), his wife Elvira (Oliver) Pierce (1845-1929), and Mary Anna (Bettis) Pierce (1825-1902).

On Ground:  James Boyce Pierce (1881-1954).

     Jacob and Elvira Pierce are the parents of the three young males.  Mary (Bettis) Pierce is the mother of Jacob.

Date:  July 1893. 

FPY 075:  Albumen print (~6x8¼") mounted on a cream-colored mat board (~8x10"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  This is apparently a school photo of children approximately 7 to 9 years of age.  The third student from the right in the back row is probably Jacob Marion Pierce (1878-1968), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  A blow up of him is shown below the group picture.

     He was identified by comparing this detail image to all known or suspected images of Jacob Marion Pierce, where the shape of his jaw, contour and prominence of his ears, the thickness of his ear-tops and slightly slanted eyes pegged him as Jacob rather than another of his seven brothers or many cousins.

Date:  c.1885-1887 (1885 if Jacob is 7 years; 1887 if he is 9 years).

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Jacob Marion Pierce (1878-1968), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 024 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 076:  Unmounted photographic portrait, unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?).

Date:  He appears to be in his 50's, c.1925.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 077:  Mounted photographic print, unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of 1) Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963), 2) Lucy Ruth Farris (1885-?), and 3) Louise Unknown (abt. 1899-?).

Date:  He appears to be in his early 20's, c.1900.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 078:  Gelatine-silver photographic print printed to look like it is mounted on mat board, but it is actually a loose print (the part that looks like an image is 3x4½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "Mecca, Indpls."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1915.

FPY 079:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1905.

FPY 080:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1899.

FPY 081:  Albumen print mounted to and completely covering a stiff card (~1½x2 1/3");  unmarked as to subject, but the date 1896 is part of the border.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. Rolston (1840-1895), identified by comparison to known and suspected images of George.

Date:  c.1896

Lower Image:

     Comparison of known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 082:  Gelatine-silver Print mounted to an elaborate card that is printed: "Holborn's Dainties, 2820 Washington Avenue";  the back is inscribed: "Sister Florence" (indicated who it was sent to); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Holborn, presumably.

Subject:  George Collin Pierce (1877-1965), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. Rolston (1840-1895), identified by comparison to known and suspected images of George.

Date:  1900-1905

Lower Image:

     Comparison of known or suspected images of George, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 017 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 083:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Probably Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1901.

FPY 084:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky".

Subject:  Left:  Florence Emeline (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938); Right: Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), mother of Florence.

Date:  c.1888.  This has the look of a mourning composition; probably taken when Ambie Pierce, Emeline's other daughter, died (27 May 1888).

Line One Image:  Original cabinet card, full image.

Line Two Images: Close-ups of each woman.

Line Three Image: Comparison of known and suspected images of Florence (Pierce) Yandell (to compare to the close-up on the left).  See MISC 008 for discussion of identifications.

Line Four Image: Comparison of known and suspected images of Emeline (Rolston) Pierce (to compare to the close-up on the right).  See MISC 013 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 085:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");   unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Griffin & Watkins, Princeton, Ky."  Princeton is the county seat of Caldwell Co., KY.

Subject:  Rev. John S. Henry (1860-1911), identified from a photograph in the book: "A Pictorial History of Crittenden Co., KY, p.205.  Apparently, churchgoers (including Florence (Pierce) Yandell) would collect photographs of admired preachers (see also Rev. W.P. Fife: FPY 095 and FPY 096).

Date:  c.1890

FPY 086:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "McFadden Extra Finish, Opposite Opera House, Paducah, Ky".  FPY 086 and CCHS 255 have identical card design.

Subject:  Richard Miles Pierce (1874-1959), son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira (Oliver) Pierce (1845-1929), and husband of Jessamine Davis (1876-1975), identified by comparison to known or captioned images of Richard.

Date:  c.1895; he looks about 20 years old.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of all known and suspected images of Richard Miles Pierce, in approximate order of age. See MISC 025 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 087:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1899.

FPY 088:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Wybrant, 329 W. Walnut St., Louisville, Ky.  Three cards in the entire collection bear the imprint of Wybrant: FPY 088, CCHS 251 (a duplicate of FPY 088), and CCHS 272.

Subject: 
This image was thought to be one of the eight sons of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira (Oliver) Pierce (1845-1929), and also of the same man as in Image CCHS 204 and Image CCHS 251. 

The first guess, James B. Pierce (1881-1954) was later shown to be wrong (correction - not James B. Pierce) when two images identifying the eight brothers were obtained, Miscellaneous Image 003 and Miscellaneous Image 004.

These show that this photo is rather the image of Richard Miles Pierce (1874-1959), son of Jacob Ayhart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  He was a farmer in Livingston Co., KY until his 50's, when he and his family moved to Detroit, MI.  In 1930, He and wife Jessie are listed as  performing janitorial duties in the Union Trust Bldg.

Date:  c.1895.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Richard Miles Pierce (1874-1959), , in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 025 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 089:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On the front: "W. Mac[Cormac?], Clarksville, Tenn.".

Subject:  Unknown.
     Images CCHS 234 and FPY 089 appear to be of the same man, having a large chin, a certain set to his mouth, and an unusual ear shape.
     Card CCHS 234 is from a photographer based in Henderson, KY.  Card FPY 089 is from a photographer in Clarksville, TN.  Clarksville is 103 miles about due south of Henderson, just over the TN border.  Henderson is just across the river from Evansville, Indiana, when many Crittenden Co. dwellers went for photos.

Date:  c. 1895.

FPY 090:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On the front: "Charlton H. Elrod & Bro.  313 West Jefferson Bet. 3rd & 4th Sts."  According to "Photographers of Louisville, Ky" (http://www.anthonyfoster.com/afoster/bc/photogs.html), the name Charlton. H. Elrod & Bros. or C.H. Elrod & Bro. was at 313 W. Jefferson between 1892 and 1904.

     Images RW 009 and CCHS 254 are also cabinet cards from the Elrod studios, but not the same design as this one.

Subject:  Unknown.

Date:  c. 1890

FPY 091:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Back of card is stamped: "W.S. Lively, Photographer, McMinnville Tenn.".  McMinnville is in Warren Co., TN.

Subject:  Unknown.  

Date:  c.1890.

FPY 092:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Klauber, Photo. Louisville", printed on the front bottom of the card in a wave-like logo.

Subject:  Florence Emeline Pierce (1861-1938), identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date: She appears to be in her late teens, so c.1880.

Lower Image:
     The tentative identification comes from a comparison of all known or suspected images of Florence, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 008 for an explanation of the process.

     Additional strength is added to the identification in that the only other Klauber studio photos in the Crittenden Co. images are: FPY 092 probably Florence Emeline Pierce, CSHS 214 Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), CCHS 227 probably Cora A. Pierce, and CCHS 250 Florence Emeline Pierce.

FPY 093:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Printed: "Cook & Garrity, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933).

Date:  c.1898.

FPY 094:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Genelli, 923 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo."

Subject:  Probably Ruth Sarah (Farris) Pierce (1885-1975), daughter of John Robert Farris (1844-1933) and Evaline Petty Crawford (1846-1935), and 2nd wife of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965).  Identification by comparison to known images of Ruth (see Lower Image).

Date:  c.1905.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Ruth Sarah (Farris) Pierce (1885-1975), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 026 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 095:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  a caption printed on the card when manufactured reads: "W.P. Fife, 'The Drummer Evangelist', Charlotte, N.C.". 

Photographer:  "McClung, Photographer, Charlestown, W.Va.".

Subject:  William Pell Fife (1858-1907), a well known preacher and revival organizer in the south during the 1890's.  He is the subject of the book "W.P. Fife, the Drummer Evangelist, a Son of North Carolina" by William Fife Long and Anne Hammond Long, Mocksville, NC , 2002. 

     This is one of two slightly different, but taken at the same sitting, images (FPY 095 and FPY 096) of Fife in this collection.  They were probably purchased at one of his revivals as souvenirs.

Date:  c.1890s.

FPY 096:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  a caption printed on the card when manufactured reads: "W.P. Fife, 'The Drummer Evangelist', Charlotte, N.C.". 

Photographer:  "McClung, Photographer, Charlestown, W.Va.".

Subject:  William Pell Fife (1858-1907), a well known preacher and revival organizer in the south during the 1890's.  He is the subject of the book "W.P. Fife, the Drummer Evangelist, a Son of North Carolina" by William Fife Long and Anne Hammond Long, Mocksville, NC , 2002. 

     This is one of two slightly different, but taken at the same sitting, images (FPY 095 and FPY 096) of Fife in this collection.  They were probably purchased at one of his revivals as souvenirs.

Date:  c.1890s.

FPY 097:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  inscribed on the reverse: "G.C. English, Fairfield IL July 15, 1887".

Photographer:  Unmarked.  If it can be assumed that this photograph was taken at the same time as CCHS 240, the photograph of his daughter (in which she does look about the age as she should have been in Jul 1887), then the photographer would have been the same as the one printed on CCHS 240, i.e., "Geo. Newton , Fairfield, Ills."

Subject:  Charles C. English (Mar 1862-?), husband of Nellie Hickman (Cook) English (Dec 1862-bet.1900-1910).  His daughter, Mary Corrine English (b. Feb. 1885), is the subject of a cabinet card (CCHS 240) mounted in one of two albums at the Crittenden Co., Historical Society.  These sorts of cross-referencing photographs are the reason that it is thought that Florence (Pierce) Yandell probably had a hand in making up and keeping those albums.

Nellie Hickman Cook was the daughter of Levi Edmond Cook, Sr. (1835-1913) and Pernicia Ann Walker (1836-1893), and the sister of Levi Edmond Cook, Jr., whose photos are present here as CCHS 208 and CCHS 233. 

Pernicia Ann Walker, and therefore also Nellie Cook and, by marriage, Charles English, is a very distant relation to the husband of Florence (Pierce) Yandell); Florence collected and kept these photographs.

Date:  15 Jul.1887, just over two years after his marriage.

FPY 098:  Loose gelatine-silver photographic print, ~5x7";  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898 - 1987), daughter of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and his second wife Ella J. (Cox) (Langley) Pierce (1861-1928), and wife of William Harold Dobyns (1902-1933), holding her son, James Harold Dobyns (1924 - 2011).

Date:  c.1928.

FPY 099:  Snapshot gelatine-silver print (~2½x3½");  inscribed on the reverse: "Sep. 2, 1934, age 90 years".

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  Elvira (Oliver) Pierce (1845-1929), daughter of John W. Oliver (1814-1877) and Mary Jane Gee (1826-1898), and wife of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930).

     Elvira's birth date was 28 Dec 1845, according to her death certificate. 

Date:  2 Sep 1934.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Elvira (Oliver) Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 033 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 100:  Snapshot gelatine-silver print (~2½x3½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  One of two snapshots (ALBUM4 PT1 0065) and FPY 100) taken moments apart, probably by James Perry Pierce, since he is the only family member to be absent from the photos..

Subject:  The James Perry Pierce family, including five Walker girls, some of whom were wards of James.

     Back Row (L-R): Cortis Pierce (1864-1924), Ira Tilden Pierce (1876-1924), Martha J. Walker (1879-bet.1920-1930), George M. Crider (1861-1917), Cora (Pierce) Crider (1869-1915), William B. Yandell (1857-1940), Florence (Pierce) Yandell (1861-1938), Ella (Cox, Langley) Pierce (1861-1928).

     Front row:  (L-R): probably Perdie Walker(~1891-?), the partially hidden face of Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (1898-1987), probably Harriet Ann (Walker) Chapman (1887-1971), Myrtle Nancy Walker (1896-1975), Maggie Walker (1894-1954).  See Album 4 Part 1 Image 0063 for discussion of Walker sister identification.
  

     Middle kneeling person:  She is not in the Album 4 version of this group.  She could be yet another Walker sister - Martha (1879-1919).

     Another difference to the Album 4 version of this group is that Miriam Pierce (dau. Ella) is not present, perhaps only present as the shadow of the person taking the photo.

Date:  c.1915.  James P. Pierce, the patriarch, is missing, and a date after his death (1916) makes sense, were it not Cora's presence (d.1915).  Miriam seems to be older than 17, but cannot be. .

Lower Images: 

     For each person in the photo, a strip comparing known or suspected images other photographs in this collection is shown.  Within each strip, images are approximately in order of increasing age from left to right.  Discussions of which images are known and how the unknown images were identified are to found at the links, e.g., MISC 014 for Cortis Jackson Pierce.

FPY 101:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Sawyer  112 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita, Kan." - same color and markings as FPY 102. 

Subject: 
     Only two cabinet cards, FPY 101, a portrait of parents, and FPY 102, a portrait of two small children, are present among the Crittenden Co. photos that are marked Sawyer's from Wichita, and the cards are identical in color and printing.

     FPY 102, fortunately, identifies the children as Fayellina 3yrs old and Milton Wilson Dorr 18 mo.  We can therefore assume that FPY 101 is their parents:  Richard Nicholas Dorr (1874-1948) and Jessie Faye (Degroffenreid) Dorr (1873-1952).

Date:  c.1900.

FPY 102:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Sawyer  112 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita, Kan." - same color and markings as FPY 102. 

Subject: 
     Only two cabinet cards, FPY 101, a portrait of parents, and FPY 102, a portrait of two small children, are present among the Crittenden Co. photos that are marked Sawyer's from Wichita, and the cards are identical in color and printing.

     FPY 102, fortunately, identifies the children as Fayellina Dorr 3yrs old  (b. Aug 1896) and Milton Wilson Dorr 18 mo (b. Apr 1898).

Date:  c.1900.

FPY 103:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "T.D. Kingston, Photographer", operated out of Marion, Crittenden Co., KY.  FPY 103, FPY 104 and FPY 105 all have Kingston markings as well as identical color and texture, as if they were taken at near the same time.

Subject:  These tots, dressed in identical gowns, appear to be the same height and the same age.  They therefore appear to be twins (fraternal rather than identical, since they are different). 

     The only twins in the close family of Florence (Pierce) Yandell are Electra Florine Pierce (1898-1965) and Ethel "Letha" Maurine Pierce (1898-?), twin daughters of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965) and his first wife, Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963).  Their maternal grandmother was named Electra M. (Carnahan) Boaz, and it is likely that her middle name was Maurine, in which case both the daughters were named after her.

     The location of the photography study: Marion, Crittenden Co., KY, is where George Collin Pierce and Lucy lived (as shown by their enumeration in the 1900 census) for a short time after the babies were born and George and Lucy were still married.  They soon moved to St. Louis, MO, though, where George would spend the remainder of his life.  When divorced, Lucy moved back to Marion with Electra and Letha.

     FPY 185 and FPY 186 are also photographs of twins that could also be Electra and Letha, but those twins appear to be identical and the photographer was located in Princeton, Caldwell Co., KY.

Date:  c.1900

Lower Images:

     FPY 105 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Left, and FPY 104 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Right.  The images of each are juxtaposed for comparison.

FPY 104:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "T.D. Kingston, Photographer", operated out of Marion, Crittenden Co., KY.  FPY 103, FPY 104 and FPY 105 all have Kingston markings as well as identical color and texture, as if they were taken at near the same time.

Subject:  Either Electra Florine Pierce (1898-1965) or Ethel "Letha" Maurine Pierce (1898-?), twin daughters of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965) and his first wife, Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963).  See FPY 103 for history.

Date:  c.1901; she probably had to be about 3 years old to stand there, looks taller than 2 years, and her face is leaner and longer than it is in FPY 103.  This would mean that the three Kingston logo photographs were not taken at the same time, as the appearance of their card mounts would suggest.

Lower Images:

     FPY 105 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Left, and FPY 104 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Right.  The images of each are juxtaposed for comparison.

FPY 105:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "T.D. Kingston, Photographer", operated out of Marion, Crittenden Co., KY.  FPY 103, FPY 104 and FPY 105 all have Kingston markings as well as identical color and texture, as if they were taken at near the same time.

Subject:  Either Electra Florine Pierce (1898-1965) or Ethel "Letha" Maurine Pierce (1898-?), twin daughters of George Collin Pierce (1877-1965) and his first wife, Lucy Ruth Boaz (1880-1963).  See FPY 103 for history.

Date:  c.1900; this child appears to be younger than the one in FPY 104 - probably about 2 years old.  It could have been taken at the same time as FPY 103, as the heads of this child in FPY 103 and FPY 105 have identical shape.

Lower Images:

     FPY 105 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Left, and FPY 104 appears to be the same baby as FPY 103 Right.  The images of each are juxtaposed for comparison.

FPY 106:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Bertrand, Spokane, Wash."

Subject:  Unknown.  FPY 170 and FPY 171 are both the same woman, only an older version, and the photographer for those is based in BC, Canada.  Rossland is about 200 miles due north of Spokane.

Date:  c.1890-1900 is most likely, during the heyday of cabinet cards.

FPY 107:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  the back has written in pencil: "Mrs. W.B. Yandell" and "Han d Bro" or "Harr d Bro".

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Jennie Dorothy (Pierce) Clore (1897-1991), daughter of Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941) and Jennie Davis Peay (1869-1946), and wife of William Lindsay Clore (1886-1977).  She is identified by comparison to a known photo of her at about the same age.

     "Mrs. W.B. Yandell" on the back indicates the recipient of the card (i.e., Florence, the wife of William Bennett Yandell).  The meaning of "Han d Bro" or "Harr d Bro" is not known.

     Jennie Dorothy (Pierce) Clore is the author of the article about the descendants of Jacob Ahart Pierce (her grandfather) that allowed the identification of probably half the photos in this collection.  Thank you Jennie!

Date:  c.1907.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Jennie Dorothy (Pierce) Clore, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 027 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 108:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  the back is unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  The girl is obviously the same one as in FPY 107:  Jennie Dorothy (Pierce) Clore (1897-1991), daughter of Willis Champion Pierce (1864-1941) and Jennie Davis Peay (1869-1946), and wife of William Lindsay Clore (1886-1977).

     The boy is her brother, Warren Vinson Pierce (1901-1989)., who is identified by his wild hair in MISC 004.   

Date:  c.1905, assuming that she is about 8 years old and Warren is about 4.

Lower Images:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Jennie Dorothy (Pierce) Clore, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 027 for discussion of identifications.

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Warren Vinson Pierce.  See MISC 028 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 109:  Real photograph post card (RPPC), unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject: 

     For years,, I was prepared to believe that this was Willis Champion Pierce and his lovely, straight-haired wife, Jennie Davis Peay (see FPY 074), especially since they had a daughter Dorothy (FPY 107 and FPY 108) who looked much like this woman.  But that is incorrect (corrected 16 Feb 2017).

     However, it did seem that Jennie in FPY 074 had less chin than this one.  Finally, I noticed that Willis habitually parted his hair on the right, whereas other brothers having wavy hair (namely Henry, John and Richard) parted theirs on the left.

     I think that the correct identifications are Richard Miles Pierce (1874-1959) and wife, Jessie (Davis) Pierce (1876-1975), identification from comparison to identified images in the lower photographs.

Date: This could very well have been taken on the occasion of their marriage in 1902, when he was 33 and she was 31.

Lower Images:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Richard Miles Pierce.  See MISC 025 for discussion of identifications.

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Jessie (Davis) Pierce.  See MISC 029 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 110:  An oval gelatin-silver print mounted to an embossed tan card.

Photographer:  Embossed on front: "Dalton's Studio, Scottsville, Ky."

Subject:  Previously thought to be Jennie (Peay) Pierce (corrected), she is probably Jessie (Davis) Pierce (1876-1975), daughter of Blackhawk Davis (1851-1938) and Sarah Elizabeth Kiplean  (1857-1949), and wife of Richard Miles Pierce (1876-1975), identification from comparison to identified photographs (see MISC 029).

Date:  Probably c.1902 - same year as FPY 109.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Jessie (Davis) Pierce.  See MISC 029 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 111:  Albumin photographic print mounted on mat card in a rhombohedral orientation; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Elvie (Crider) Cochran (1870-1908), daughter of Presley Harris Crider (1829-1884) and Sarah Jane Shipton (1838-1909), and wife of Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1952).  

Date:  c.1890; age ~20.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Elvie, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 051 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 112:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion".

Subject:

     Photographs FPY 112, FPY 113 and FPY 114 all appear to have been taken at about the same time (early 1900's) and appear to be of members of the same family.

     Lewis Walker (1829-1896) and his second wife, Mary L. Belt (1858-1897) left a family of twelve children, the oldest of whom was Andrew J., only 19 years old.  The family continued to farm, but when Andrew died of tuberculosis in 1905, the girls got married and the boys hired out.

     Some of the minors were assigned a guardian, Judge James P. Pierce of Marion.  He had a daughter, Miriam, from his second marriage who was about the same age as the youngest of the Walkers, Maggie and Myrtle.  Snapshots of Miriam Pierce with the four youngest Walkers: Harriet, Perdie, Maggie and Myrtle can be found in the albums of the daughter-in-law of James P. Pierce, Margaret (Bond) Pierce.

     This studio portrait appears to be the same person as on the far left of ALBUM 4 Part 1 Image 0063: a person guessed to be Perdie Walker (1891-?).

Date:  c.1910.

Lower Images:

     Detail of FPY 112 and detail of the person thought to be Perdie from ALBUM 4 Part 1 0063, for comparison.  The long chin angling from the cheekbone looks more like this person than any of the other Walkers for which there are images.

FPY 113:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion".

Subject:

     Photographs FPY 112, FPY 113 and FPY 114 all appear to have been taken at about the same time (early 1900's) and appear to be of members of the same family.

     Lewis Walker (1829-1896) and his second wife, Mary L. Belt (1858-1897) left a family of twelve children, the oldest of whom was Andrew J., only 19 years old.  The family continued to farm, but when Andrew died of tuberculosis in 1905, the girls got married and the boys hired out.

     Some of the minors were assigned a guardian, Judge James P. Pierce of Marion.  He had a daughter, Miriam, from his second marriage who was about the same age as the youngest of the Walkers, Maggie and Myrtle.  Snapshots of Miriam Pierce with the four youngest Walkers: Harriet, Perdie, Maggie and Myrtle can be found in the albums of the daughter-in-law of James P. Pierce, Margaret (Bond) Pierce.

     This studio portrait appears to be the same person as on the far right of ALBUM 4 Part 1 Image 0063: Myrtle Walker (1896-1975).

Date:  c.1910.

Lower Images:

     Detail of FPY 113 and detail of Myrtle from ALBUM 4 Part 1 0063, for comparison.  It looks like she has taken no small amount of trouble to get her naturally curly hair straightened and up into the style of the times.

FPY 114:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½");  unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion".

Subject:

     Photographs FPY 112, FPY 113 and FPY 114 all appear to have been taken at about the same time (early 1900's) and appear to be of members of the same family.

     Lewis Walker (1829-1896) and his second wife, Mary L. Belt (1858-1897) left a family of twelve children, the oldest of whom was Andrew J., only 19 years old.  The family continued to farm, but when Andrew died of tuberculosis in 1905, the girls got married and the boys hired out.

     Some of the minors were assigned a guardian, Judge James P. Pierce of Marion.  He had a daughter, Miriam, from his second marriage who was about the same age as the youngest of the Walkers, Maggie and Myrtle.  Snapshots of Miriam Pierce with the four youngest Walkers: Harriet, Perdie, Maggie and Myrtle can be found in the albums of the daughter-in-law of James P. Pierce, Margaret (Bond) Pierce.

     This studio portrait appears to be the same person as the person second from the left of ALBUM 4 Part 1 Image 0063: a person thought to be Harriet Ann Walker (1887-1971).

Date:  c.1910.

Lower Images:

     Detail of FPY 114 and detail of the person thought to be Harriet from ALBUM 4 Part 1 0063, for comparison.

FPY 115:  Gelatine-silver print (~4x6");  unmounted;  unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Katherine ("Kate") M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), daughter of Gabriel Harrison Shewmaker (1872-1947) and Mattie E. Patterson (1873-1966).

Date:  c.1915 - looks like graduation from high school, i.e. 17-18 years old.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Katherine M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 030 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 117 through FPY 124:  Discussion.

Photographer:

    The images FPY 117 through FPY 124, below, are all from the photographic studio of C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark. and are so embossed in the lower right corner of their mounts.  In addition, photographs associated with the Cochran family of Crittenden County, Kentucky have identical photographer's markings, some of which are copies of the same images here:  C025, C026, C034, C041, C042, C046, and C055.

     The photographer is Christopher Columbus Cook (1846-1910), who had a studio in Fort Smith in the early 1900's.  He was born in Crittenden County, Kentucky, the son of Christopher Cook (1797-1876) and Alice Yeakey (1806-1863).

He was in Fort Smith by the 1880 census, occupation photograph artist.

He married Ann Ellen "Ella" Black in Fort Smith in 1884.

His occupation in the 1900 Fort Smith census was photographer.

1903 Apr 9 Thursday, Fort Smith Times, page 8 of 8:
     Photographer Cook Sells Out.
     C.C. Cook Thursday sold his photograph gallery to J.B. Morris, of Cleburne, Tex. Mr. Cook will take life easy for awhile.
1904 Dec 28, Wed., page 8 of 8:
     C.C. Cook, the old U.C.V., is home again after an absence of several months spent in Kentucky and Missouri.
1906 Jul 13, Friday, Fort Smith Times, page 4 of 8:
     Business Notes.
     I have opened a photograph gallery at 322 Townson avenue, and will make first class oval cabinet size pictures for $2.50 per dozen until August 1st. These are regular $4 per dozen size photographs. Come and see me.
     C.C. Cook.

Subjects:

     FPY 117 and FPY 120 are prints of the same image.  These appear to be images of Elvie (Crider) Cochran (1870-1908) from about 1900.  FPY 124 is an image of her husband, Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1952) taken probably at the same time.

Image FPY 118 is probably of Berna (Langley) Flynn (1884-1967).

Images FPY 119, FPY 122, and FPY 123 appear to be Nancy "Nannie" Moxley Rochester (1891-?), at various ages from about 1893 through about 1910.

     The FPY 121 image is of an unknown person.

Date(s):

     The photographs are all oval prints pasted (not matted) onto mounts that have embossed oval lines around the print - maybe were commissioned at the same time or nearly the same time.  The colors of the mounts, the sizes of the prints and mounts, and exact nature of the embossed oval lines vary, though, which may indicate that they were not taken at the exact same time.  The photographer, Christopher Cook, may have visited his kin on multiple occasions, and may have taken photos on any one or all of those occasions.

     This type of oval, wide mount, larger than cabinet size, and having the photograph pasted on is a type that I consider to have occurred and mostly replaced cabinet carts starting about 1900 and later.  The clothes are consistent with the 1900's.  The dress in FPY 122 also appears to be later than 1900, perhaps as late as 1915.  From the apparent ages of the subjects, many of the photographs appear to have been taken during the time period 1905-1910.  The photographer C.C. Cook died in 1910, but did the connection to Crittenden Co. die also, or continue with another photographer?

FPY 117:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a cream-colored card; unmarked as to subject or date. 

     This image appears five times in the Crittenden County photos.  Photos FPY 117, FPY 120, and C 055 are this image on a cream-colored mat, and photos C 026 and C 041 are the same image mounted on a dark green or black mat.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124 as well as several copies of these in the Cochran Photos).  See discussion of Cook at FPY 116.  .   

Subject:  Elvie (Crider) Cochran (1870-1908), daughter of Presley Harris Crider (1829-1884) and Sarah Jane Shipton (1838-1909), and wife of Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1952).  

Date:  c.1905-1910; she appears to be in her 30's.  Could be as early as 1902, when Berna Langley's portrait was probably taken (FPY 118)

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Elvie, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 051 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 118:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a buff card; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124).

Subject:  Berna (Langley) Flynn (1884-1967), daughter of Ella J. (Cox) Langley (1861-1928) and her first husband, John Frost Langley (1860-1892).

Date:  She appears to be about 18-20 years old, which would make this photo possibly taken in commemoration of her graduation from high school, about 1902.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of known or suspected images of Berna, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 050 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 119:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a light yellow card; unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124).

Subject:  Young people are difficult to accurately identify, and this one is no exception. 

     If the date is in the 1890's, she is possibly  Nancy "Nannie" Moxley Rochester (1891-?), daughter of Joseph G. Rochester (1854-1929) and Anna Cochran (1870-?).  The girl in FPY 119 has the same hair style as Nannie in C 007.

     Alternatively, if this photo was taken in the 1900's, when the other oval portraits are suspected of having been made, then this is a person born about 1900, and not Nannie at all.  One suspect would be Miriam Elizabeth Pierce (b. 16 Dec 1898), the niece of Florence (Pierce) Yandell.

Date:  possibly c.1893, but also possibly c.1902.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Nannie, in approximate order of age, which is shown in the lower image.  See MISC 050 for discussion of identifications. 

FPY 120:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a light yellow card; unmarked as to subject or date.

     This image appears five times in the Crittenden County photos.  Photos FPY 117, FPY 120, and C 055 are this image on a cream-colored mat, and photos C 026 and C 041 are the same image mounted on a dark green or black mat.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark."

Subject:  Elvie (Crider) Cochran (1870-1908), daughter of Presley Harris Crider (1829-1884) and Sarah Jane Shipton (1838-1909), and wife of Thomas Henry Cochran (1862-1952).  

Date:  c.1900-1910,  (see FPY 117).

Lower Image:
     Comparison of all known or suspected images of Ella, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 051 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 121:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a black card; unmarked as to subject or date.  The card is the same color and design as FPY 122.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124).

Subject:  Unknown  

Date:  c.1900-1910 (see FPY 116: Discussion of 117-124).

FPY 122:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a black card; unmarked as to subject or date.  The card is the same color and design as FPY 121.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124),

     Nancy "Nannie" Moxley Rochester (1891-?), daughter of Joseph G. Rochester (1854-1929) and Anna Cochran (1870-?).  

Date:  c.1910; she appears to be about 20.

Lower Image:

Comparison of known or suspected images of Nancy, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 050 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 123:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on an grey card; unmarked as to subject or date.  This is a slightly different color than FPY 124.

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124).

Subject:

     Nancy "Nannie" Moxley Rochester (1891-?), daughter of Joseph G. Rochester (1854-1929) and Anna Cochran (1870-?). 

Date:  c.1900; she appears to be about 8 years old, approximately the same age as she is in image C 042.

Lower Image:

Comparison of known or suspected images of Nancy, in approximate order of age.  See MISC 050 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 124:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on an olive grey card; unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "C.C. Cook, Fort Smith, Ark.", one of a number of photographs so marked (FPY 117 through FPY 124).

Subject:  The husband of Berna, James Wilson Flynn (1879-1952).

     The other images thought to be James Wilson Flynn show a man with a similar receding hairline, the same long ears with ear lobes that hang lower than their point of attachment on the head, the same long nose and the same facial measurements, as far as can be determined.  He sports a moustache in the other two images that he does not have in FPY 124, but all the images do appear to be of the same man.

Date:  c.1900-1910; he appears to be 35-40 years old (see also FPY 116: Discussion of 117-124).

Lower Image:

     Comparison of the three images thought to be of James Wilson Flynn.  None is known for sure to be him, but they do appear to be images of the same man, and are both closely associated with Berna (Langley) Flynn, his wife.  See MISC 032 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 125:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on an black card having a fleur-de-lis on the bottom front; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky." is embossed on the lower right front.

Subject:  Elvira (Oliver) Pierce (1845-1929), daughter of John W. Oliver (1814-1877) and Mary Jane Gee (1826-1898), and wife of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930).

Date:  c.1885; she looks to be in her 40's.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Elvira (Oliver) Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 033 for discussion of identifications.

Images FPY 126 through 134 and image FPY 138:   are all marked "Browning, Charleston, Mo."  They are various photographers of the Solomon Gwaltney family of Charleston, Mississippi Co., Mo.

FPY 126:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a warm grey card (~7¾x6"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  "Browning, Charleston, Mo."

Subject:  The family of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Francis "Fannie" Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930). 

     Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915), seated in the middle of the front row, was the son of Simmons Gwaltney (1811-1896) and Sarah B. Durham (1807-1854) from Hamilton Co., Ohio. 

     Fannie Mary Yandell (1856-1930), seated on the right in the front row, was the daughter of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863) from Kentucky. 

     They were married in 1875 in Crittenden Co., KY, relocating almost immediately to Missouri, eventually settling in Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO., right across the Ohio River from the western end of Kentucky.

     Their children were:

 1.  Alonzo (1877) probably furthest left in rear row

2.  Naomi (1878) seated on the left in the front row

3.  John M. (1881) probably 2nd from left in the rear row

4.  William Simon (1885) probably 3rd from left in the rear row

5.  Thomas Wirt (1888) probably far right in rear row

 
Date:  c.1903; the general style of the pasted photo on card is of the era 1900-1910.  The youngest child of the Gwaltneys, Thomas Wirt, was born in 1888, and the youngest child in the photo, the far right in the back row, appears to be about 15, making the photo 1903.

Lower Image:

      Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Fannie (Yandell) Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 034 for discussion of identifications.

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 035 for discussion of identifications.

      Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 036 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 127:  Cabinet card (4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky." blue ink on cream card.

Subject:  Francis "Fannie" Mary (Oliver, Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), daughter of John Augustus Yandell (1822-1908) and Margaret E. Crouch (1830-1863), and wife of 1) Joseph R. Oliver (1849-1872) and 2) Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915).  Identification was by comparison to FPY 126, a photograph where the mother is almost certainly Fannie.

Date:  c.1895; she appears to be in her late 30's.

Lower Image:

      Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Fannie (Yandell) Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 034 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 128:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a charcoal grey card (~5x8½"); inscribed on back: "Mrs. William C. Brewer"; unmarked as to date.

     This mount is the exact match to the mount in FPY 129, suggesting that they were ordered and taken at the same time, and that the people are closely related.  In this case, the man in FPY 129 is not a member of her family, so is very probably her husband. 

Photographer:  "Browning, Charleston, Mo." 

Subject:   Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer (1878-1968), daughter of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie (Oliver, Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and wife of William C. Brewer (1878-1932).  She is easily identified as the same woman who is a daughter in FPY 126.

Date:  Jan 25, 1905;  it probably was taken at the same time as the dated FPY 129.; she would be 27 and looks like it.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 036 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 129:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a charcoal grey card (~5x8½"); inscribed on back: "William C. Brewer, Charleston, Mo.  Jan 25, 1905".

     This mount is the exact match to the mount in FPY 128, suggesting that they were ordered and taken at the same time, and that the people are closely related.  In this case, the man and woman in FPY 128 and FPY 129 appear to be wife and husband. 

Photographer:  "Browning, Charleston, Mo." 

Subject:   William C. Brewer (1878-1932), son of daughter of William Alber Brewer (1850-?) and Mary J. Snodgrass (1862-?), and husband of Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer (1878-1968).

Date:  Jan 25, 1905;  it is assumed to have been taken at the same time as FPY 128.

FPY 130:  Gelatine-silver photographic print (~2x3") in a black or charcoal grey mat (~4x6"); unmarked as to subject or date.  Unlike most of the photos that are pasted onto their cards, this one has a mat over the photograph, as in today's modern photo mounting.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  He is the same as the man in the far left of the back row of the Gwaltney family, FPY 126, probably Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney (1877-1911), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and husband of Etta May Sabin (1888-1944).  He was easily recognized as the person on the far right back row in FPY 126.

Date:  c.1905;  he appears to be in his 20's.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 035 for discussion of identifications.  

FPY 131: Gelatine-silver photographic print (~3¼x4½") pasted on an art deco-look grey card (~5x7½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "Jenks,  Charleston, Mo."

Subject:  It is usually impossible to identify a baby, and this case is an example.  It is assumed, because it is marked Charleston, Mo. that it is a child of one of the children in the Solomon and Fannie Gwaltney family.  

Date:  c.1930's; these types of decorative cards became popular in the 30's.

FPY 132:  Gelatine-Silver photographic print (5½x3¾"), folded in a tri-fold pattern, and pasted into a paper folder (not shown). 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  He is recognizable as the same person as the 2nd son from the left in the back row of FPY 126: probably John M. Gwaltney (1881-?), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930). 

Date:  c.1905, he looks about the same as he does in FPY 126.

FPY 133:  Gelatine-silver photographic print (~4x6"), whose image has been matted to an oval during printing, then matted in a charcoal grey mat (~5x7½"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Embossed on the lower right: "Dagle's Railway Photo Car".

Subject:  He is the same person as in the far right of the back row of the Gwaltney family, FPY 126, probably the youngest son, Thomas Wirt Gwaltney (1888-1958), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and husband of Edna Elizabeth Lacock (1895-1965).

Date:  c.1898;  he appears to be about 10 yrs old.

FPY 134:  Gelatine-silver photographic print (~5x7") mounted on a cream-colored card (~8x10"); unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  Unmarked. 

Subject:   Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer (1878-1968), daughter of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie (Oliver, Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and wife of William C. Brewer (1878-1932).  She is easily identified as the same woman who is a daughter in FPY 126 and FPY 128.

Date:  c.1915;  she appears to be in her mid 30's.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Naomi Grace (Gwaltney) Brewer, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 036 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 135: Gelatine-silver unmounted photographic print (~8x10"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  An inscription on front in pencil, underneath the wife, is the signature of the photographer: "Walden 1906".  The same photographer took FPY 136.

-Evansville Press (Evansville, Ind.) article, 29 Feb 1916:
"Walden Must Answer
     William Neal Walden, photographer, who is being sued for divorce by Margaret K. Walden, is ruled to answer his wife's complaint March 6 according to Judge Hostetter's decision in superior court Tuesday.  Mrs. Walden alleges that her husband failed to support her properly."

Evansville is across the Ohio River from Marion, Ky.

Subject:  Unknown family with two children.  

Date:  c.1906. 

FPY 136:  Gelatine-silver unmounted photographic print (~5x6½"); unmarked as to subject, but dated "-11-". 

Photographer:  An inscription on front in pencil, underneath the wife, is the signature of the photographer: "Walden -11-".  The same photographer took FPY 135.

Evansville is across the Ohio River from Marion, Ky.

Subject:  Unknown Boy, 3-4 years old, probably another child from the family in FPY 135.  

Date:  c.1911.

FPY 137:  Gelatine-silver photographic print (~5x7") mounted on an off-white, textured card (~2½x4"); unmarked as to subject or date.

     This card design and color is identical to FPY 042, FPY 151, FPY 152, FPY 162, CCHS 263 and CCHS 265.

     FPY 151 and FPY 152 are images of Ora Pickens, servant for James Perry Pierce c.1900, and her son Teddy.  That Florence Yandell and her father's servant's family have the exact same card design implies that Florence took the family to the photographer's as an outing and they all got portraits taken.

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Florence Emeline Pierce (1861-1938), identification from comparison to identified photographs.

Date: c.1905, assuming that it was taken at the same time as FPY 151 and FPY 152.

Lower Image:
     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Florence Emeline (Pierce) Yandell, from various sources in this collection of images, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 008 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 138:  Gelatine-silver oval photographic print mounted on a grey mat (~3x4½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  He appears to be the same as the man in the far left of the back row of the Gwaltney family, FPY 126, despite the Marion, Ky photographer's imprint.

     Probably Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney (1877-1911), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and husband of Etta May Sabin (1888-1944).

Date:  c.1900.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 035 for discussion of identifications.  

FPY 139:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a brown mat (~4½x7"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  He appears to be the same as the man in the far left of the back row of the Gwaltney family, FPY 126.

     Probably Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney (1877-1911), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and husband of Etta May Sabin (1888-1944).

Date:  c.1897;  he appears to be about 20.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 035 for discussion of identifications.  

FPY 140:  Oval gelatine-silver photographic print mounted on a grey card (4½x9"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  The bottom right of the card is embossed: "Stewart & Ringo, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  He appears to be the same as the man in the far left of the back row of the Gwaltney family, FPY 126.  He is definitely the same as the man in FPY 139.

     Probably Alonzo "Allie" Yandell Gwaltney (1877-1911), son of Solomon Gwaltney (1846-1915) and Fannie Mary (Yandell) Gwaltney (1856-1930), and husband of Etta May Sabin (1888-1944).

Date:  c.1910; he appears to be in his early 30's.

FPY 141:  Gelatine-silver print (~4x6");  unmounted;  unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Katherine ("Kate") M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), daughter of Gabriel Harrison Shewmaker (1872-1947) and Mattie E. Patterson (1873-1966).

Date:  c.1925 - she looks to be about 10 years older than FPY 115, i.e. ~27 years old.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Katherine M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 030 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 140:  Snapshot (2¾x4½"); inscribed on back: "Sonny McLaren". 

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  Unknown, ~3 years old.  

Date:  c.1925.

FPY 143:  Gelatine-silver print (~3x4½");  mounted on a art deco patterned card (~4½x6¾");  unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Katherine ("Kate") M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), daughter of Gabriel Harrison Shewmaker (1872-1947) and Mattie E. Patterson (1873-1966).

Date:  c.1930 - she looks to be somewhat older than in FPY 141, i.e. ~32 years old.

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Katherine M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 030 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 144:  Oval gelatine-silver print mounted on a black card ( (~4¾x7"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  The lower right of the card is embossed "Stewart & Ringo, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Unknown, ~25 years old.  She looks somewhat like Ruth (Farris) Pierce, 2nd wife of Collin Pierce (see MISC 026), but the facial measurements are not correct. 

     She could very well be the same woman as in image FPY 145, but that gets us no closer to an identity.

Date:  c.1900-1915.

FPY 145:  Oval gelatine-silver print mounted on a black card ( (~4¼x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  The lower right of the card is embossed "Shellabarger, Horton, Kan."  Horton is in Brown Co., KS, in the northeast corner of the state.

Subject:  Unknown, ~18-20 years old.  She looks somewhat like Ruth (Farris) Pierce, 2nd wife of Collin Pierce (see MISC 026), but the facial measurements are not correct. 

     She could very well be the same woman as in image FPY 144, albeit somewhat younger, but, neither can be traced to a known person, that gets us no closer to an identity.

Date:  c.1900-1915.

FPY 146:  Gelatine-silver print (3¾x4½") mounted on a black card  (~4¼x5¼"); printed on bottom in red ink: "Made with the No. 4 Kodet Junior"; unmarked as to subject or date. 

     The Folding Kodet was a hand-held camera in which the front dropped down to pull out the bellows.  It was made 1894-1897.  It could take the tried and true glass dry plates of the day, but also could accommodate a roll holder for the relatively new roll film.  This photo was probably made in a roll holder, which was subsequently shipped to Kodak still loaded with exposed film, where Kodak developed and printed the photos (hence the Kodak caption at the bottom), and then re-loaded the roll holder.  

Photographer:  Unknown.

Subject:  Possibly James Boyce Pierce (1881-1954), the son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  He married Hattie Belle Craddock (1879-1956).  He was identified by comparison to other known and suspected images of him.

     It is difficult to be sure about a child, for reasons mentioned above, but, in this case, there is a known image almost the same age, so FPY 147 seems to definitely be James Boyce.  FPY 146 is taken from a different angle, so it is not as definite.

Date:  c.1887, in that James appears to be about 6.  That the camera mentioned on the mount was not made until 1894 means that either 1) an earlier photo was printed on the already printed card, or 2) the subject is not James Boyce Pierce, but rather a child born about 1890.  It sure looks like the boy in FPY 074, though.

Lower Image:

      Comparison of images known or suspected to be of James Boyce Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 007 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 147:  Studio posed portrait, gelatine-silver print (2¾x4") mounted on a black card (4¾x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  The bottom of the card is embossed: "Stewart & Ringo, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Possibly James Boyce Pierce (1881-1954), the son of Jacob Ahart Pierce (1842-1930) and Elvira Oliver (1845-1929).  He married Hattie Belle Craddock (1879-1956).  He was identified by comparison to other known and suspected images of him. 
 

     It is difficult to be sure about a child, for reasons mentioned above, but, in this case, there is a known image almost the same age, so FPY 147 seems to definitely be James Boyce.  FPY 146 is taken from a different angle, so it is not as definite.

Date:  c.1887.  See discussion for FPY 146.

Lower Image:

      Comparison of images known or suspected to be of James Boyce Pierce, in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 007 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 148:  Gelatine-silver print (~5x7");  unmounted and left with an uneven border;  unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Katherine ("Kate") M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), daughter of Gabriel Harrison Shewmaker (1872-1947) and Mattie E. Patterson (1873-1966).

Date:  1915-1921 - could have been taken near high school graduation (~1915) or near marriage (1921).

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Katherine M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 030 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 149:  Gelatine-silver print (~6x8½");  unmounted but having a wide border that is meant to mimic a matted photograph;  unmarked as to subject or date

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Katherine ("Kate") M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), daughter of Gabriel Harrison Shewmaker (1872-1947) and Mattie E. Patterson (1873-1966). 

     This photograph has been manipulated by the photographer to make her appear to be thinner.  The clue is that the irises in her eyes are not round, but rather oval, having their longest dimension in the vertical direction.  While this is a trivial adjustment in a digital photograph, it is not so trivial to do photographically, and is so rare that this is the only instance of such a manipulation that I have seen.  I suspected that something affected the scan, but found that it was present in the original photographic print.

Date:  1915-1921 - could have been taken near high school graduation (~1915) or near marriage (1921).

Lower Image:

     Comparison of images known or suspected to be of Katherine M. (Shewmaker) Pierce (1898-?), in approximate order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 030 for discussion of identifications.

     The source of the images (e.g., CCHS 209) are overlain on the images.  They are (left to right):  FPY 115, FPY 149, FPY 148, FPY 141, FPY 143, and ALBUM 2 0056.  Image FPY 149 has been electronically manipulated so as to correct the shape of her irises (see discussion above under "Subject" to round in order to better compare to the other images.

FPY 150:  Rectangular gelatine-silver print (2¾x3¾") mounted on a warm-grey-colored card (~5x6½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

     The image appears to be a studio-posed portrait, and yet it is so out of focus that no professional photographer would allow it out of the studio, much less put his name below it.  This suggests that this print could be from a copy negative of an earlier photo.

    

Photographer:  Embossed: "J.L. Stewart, Marion, Ky."

Subject:  Unknown, of two probable siblings, one a baby and the other, standing, about 5 years old. 

     The standing boy appears to have the protruding ears that is the hallmark of most of the Pierce men.  In fact, when compared to Jacob Ahart Pierce in FPY 047 (lowest image), the images are very much alike.

Date:  c.1900-1915; original: c.1848?

FPY 151:  Photographic print (~2x2¾") mounted on a textured, cream-colored card (~3x4¼"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Ora Pickens (1865-?), servant in the household of James Perry Pierce in the 1900 census.  

Date:  c.1905, assuming that it was taken at the same time as FPY 152.

FPY 152:  Photographic print (~2x2¾") mounted on a textured, cream-colored card (~1½x2½"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Teddy Pickens (1894-?), son of Ora Pickens (abt.1865-?) and servant in the household of James Perry Pierce in the 1900 census.  

Date:  c.1905; he was born Apr 1894 and looks to be about 10 years old.

FPY 153:  Carte de Visite (~2½x4"); unmarked as to subject, but dated 1883 on back. 

Photographer:  On the back, marked with photographer from "Mitchell, Dakota Terr."  This is the only photograph from this area in the entire collection.

Subject:  Unknown.  No connection of the Crittenden Co., KY Pierces to Mitchell, Dakota Territories, or South Dakota is known.

     The image appears to be a boy, about 10 years old. 

Date:  1883.

FPY 154:  Gelatine-silver print, unmounted (~2x3½"); unmarked as to subject or date.  Front is signed in ink: "With Love".  

Photographer:  Signature printed on front: "Scayden?".

Subject:  Unknown, a young woman about 20 years old.   

Date:  c.1910, from look of hair and outfit.

FPY 155:  Photographic print mounted on a square mat board to be viewed as a diamond shape; unmarked as to subject or date.

Photographer:  On front, printed in forest green ink: "Goldsmith, 1012 Olive St."  The Goldsmith Studios (various names) were at 1012 Oliver St., St. Louis, MO., according to the web site "Early St. Louis Photographers" (https://stlouis.genealogyvillage.com/tracylewis.htm).

Subject:  Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), son of James Perry Pierce (1841-1916) and Emeline F. (Rolston) Pierce (1840-1895), and husband of Margaret Ramey (Bond) Pierce (1874-1970).

Date:  c.1895; he looks to be about 25 years old.

Lower Image:
      Comparison of images known or suspected of being of Norval Lee Pierce (1871-1951), in order of increasing age from left to right.  See MISC 015 for discussion of identifications.

FPY 156: Photographic print pasted on a textured off-white  card (~2½x2¾"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  Mary L. (Belt) Walker (1856-1897),  appearing to be in her thirties, consistent with the date of 1897 (see below for discussion of the date and identity).  

Date:  c.1897.

Discussion:

     Photographs FPY 156 through FPY 164 are a group of identical mounts, sharing the characteristics of the exact same: 1) coarsely textured off-white or cream-colored card, ) card size of~2½x2¾"), and 3) rather crude cutting and mounting of the photographic prints.  Being identical, they are thought to have been taken or ordered at the same time.  Visiting the photographer at the same time implies that they are a family.

     They are miniature photos, not CDVs or cabinet cards, so probably post-date the cabinet card heyday, 1895 or later.

     The family appears to consist of the mother (FPY 156), five daughters (FPY 158, FPY 159, FPY 160, FPY 161, and FPY 163), and a baby (FPY 157 and FPY 162, two copies of the same image). 

     Also in the series is a photo of Teddy Pickens (FPY 164), a servant in the James Perry Pierce family.  He was born in 1894, and appears to be about 3 years old in the photo, so the series of photos is assumed to have been taken in c.1897.

     Also to be included here is FPY 137, which is a much larger photo than these that nevertheless shares their card design and color.  FPY 137 is an image of Florence (Pierce) Yandell, the collector of this entire photographic archive.

     The deduced date and the presence of Teddy Pickens in the series are the vital clues to the family's identity.  These people must be very closely connected to the James Perry Pierce family.  The only family close to the James Perry Pierce family to have as many as five daughters in c.1895 is the Lewis Walker-Mary Belt family.  Lewis Walker (1829-1896) and his second wife, Mary L. Belt (1858-1897), had twelve children (he also had nine children from his first marriage to Mary Jane Gober (1837-1874).  Note that he died in 1896 and his wife died in 1897. 

     From the apparent ages of the children, the date of the photos would appear to be 1896-1897.  This would have been after the death of the father Lewis Walker and before the death of the mother Martha.

     In 1896 or 1897 (the last numeral in the date is illegible), James Perry Pierce became the guardian for the "minor children of Lewis Walker ", number not indicated, but, assuming that the definition of minor is <21 years old, the number of wards would have included all twelve children of Lewis Walker and Mary Belt, which included 6 girls.

     It is doubtful that the first thing the family did after the death of the father is to go out and have portraits taken.  So the most likely scenario is that Florence (Pierce) Yandell, the person who assembled this collection of photos, and the daughter of the guardian of the Walker children, took her new foster family to the photographers for portraits for which she paid.  Florence was only 3 years younger than Mary (Belt) Walker, and must have been something of a mother figure for them.  Their actual foster mother, Ella (Cox) Pierce, was about the same age as Florence, but soon (1898) had a child of her own, Miriam Pierce.  The Walker children did not live with the Pierces; they were enumerated in 1900 with their eldest brother, Andrew (21 years old).  The support of the Pierces apparently was legal, money, and moral support.  Miriam Pierce looks to have been close friends with the Walker daughters. (see Album 4 Pt1 0063, Miriam with the four youngest Walker girls, c.1915).

     Fortunately, an early photograph of Lewis Walker, Mary Belt and some of their children (2nd Image at left) is available at Find-a-Grave.  Comparing the woman in this photo to our woman in FPY 156, we find that they appear to be the same woman (Lower Image at left).  This makes it conclusive that the series of images FPY 156 - FPY 164 are of the Walker-Belt family.  The photos were obviously taken before the death of Mary Belt and probably after the assignment of guardianship in April, 1897.

     Further confirmation of the identities of the persons in the series are that the apparent ages of the girls in the photos match the ages that they would have been in 1897.

Lower Images:

     1) Comparison of the face of Mary Belt from her known image (from the family photo 2) below) to the face in FPY 156.  They appear to match quite well, even to the same hair style.

     2) Image of Lewis Walker (1829-1896), Mary Belt (1858-1897) and their four oldest children, who are, from right to left:  George Willis (1883-1839), Martha J. (1879-between 1920-1930), Andrew J. (1878-1905), and Henry (1881-1969).

FPY 157:  Photographic print pasted on a textured off-white  card (~2½x2¾"); unmarked as to subject or date. 

Photographer:  Unmarked.

Subject:  a baby appearing to be lest than a year old, therefore born ~1897: Myrtle Nancy Walker (1896-1975).  

Date:  c.1897.

Discussion:

     FPY 156 though FPY 164 are a series of identically mounted photographs thought to be taken at one time and to be of one family.  See FPY 156 for discussion of date and identity.