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Unknown Ash Photos
he two photos were stored with photos of Elijah and Mary nee Wallis Ash’s children Sylvester and Jesse. I think these may be photo’s of the other two sons Jackson and Elijah Jr. and their wife’s. Jackson married Nancy Gunn and...
Arlington School
1923 Sedalia, Missouri Sylvania Bryan-Ash is the teacher....
Unknown Photos
Genelli 923 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri Genelli’s Photography was known to be in St. Louis in the years 1894, 1898,1899, 1900. The following photos came from the Ash/Bryan/Hays side of the family. Ancestors in the Familytomb database wh...
The Weekly Reflex-Kaysville, UT
William Perry Epperson  founder of “The Weekly Reflex” is featured in the December 2008, Kaysville City Newsletter. William Epperson was the husband of Noni Ash....
Garvey Babies-Holton KS
Garvey-Hays Children? These photos were taken at W.M. Oaks Studio in Holton, KS. The only family in my data base who were in Holton, KS were the Garvey’s. I believe these photos must be the children of Ellen T. Hays and William Garvey. E...
A Little Genealogy
James Little James Little was born between1856 and 1858 in Ireland. On the 1900 census James reports having been born in May of 1858 and immigrating to America in 1864. There is a passenger list of the ship Ironsides with a James Little age seven...
Unknown Photo Thursday
This young lady is among the many unknown photos in the possession of the Ash Family. The portraits were done at Langan’s Studio in Nevada, MO. It appears she is between sixteen and twenty years old.  From the research I have done Langan...
Sarah Johnston Ash-McPherson
    Sarah Johnston Ash-McPherson     First week of summer vacation is always my favorite week of the year! However, my list of things that need to be done and what I want to spend my time on always exceeds the amount of summer break I hav...
Unknown Photo Thursday
More Epperson’s  At some point some family member identified the gentleman in the center as “Uncle Bill Epperson” I assume they were referring to William Perry Epperson, husband of Noni Ash. I believe this gentleman looks sim...
Unknown Photo Thursday
This photo is one of the unlabeled photos given to me by members of the Ash family. Shipler Photography took the photo in Salt Lake City, UT. Shipler’s was in business as early as 1890 in Salt Lake City and continued in business for several de...
Ash-Colbert Marriage Announcement
I just received this from the Pikes Peak Library. From: Colorado City Iris September 21, 1895 Page 4 Column 3 Ash-Colbert Married, at the residence of Charles Walker, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday evening, September 18, 1895 at 7:30 oR...
John Wesley Ash-Obituary
I found a link to Pikes Peak NewsFinder which contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other local newspapers. Wire stories (e.g. AP or Reuters), syndicated columns, editorials, letters to the ed...
Biographies of Western Photographers
On the right side bar I have added the Google books link to “Biographies of Western Photographers”. I have found this to be an excellent free source to help identify photos.  The book contains hundreds of photographers from several wes...
Unknown Photo Thursday
This photo was taken in Colorado Springs by Chas Emery Studios sometime between 1880 and 1900. Known families in the area at this time were the Colbert’s, Ash and Epperson’s....
Unknown Photo Thursday-Colberts?
Taken between 1880-1890 Photographer:Â Gillingham Place:Â Colorado Springs, Co Suspect Families: Ash, Epperson, Colbert...
Unknown Photos
As with most families we all have our share of unlabeled photographs. Genealogist all know how frustrating this can be and a near impossible problem to fix, especially when dealing with photos from the 1880’s. Needless to say anyone who could ide...
Unknown Photo Thursday
The following photo was taken at Girard, IL. The photographer is listed as Fred Jorns. Known family members living in this area during the time period were Ash’s and Thackers. If you can identify this photo please contact me   Â...
Ash’s to Ash’s
           We just returned from Montgomery County, Illinois where we revisited two family cemeteries. Three years ago we visited the Roberts Cemetery just outside of Honey Bend, IL and the Cass/Bluegrass Cemetery.  When we last visi...
