Month: June 2012
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Photo of Eli W. McKenney with Friend in the Philippines
From L. McCombs, we have a photo of Eli W. McKenney and a friend taken in the Philippines. This photo would have been sent to his niece, Mabel Clair McKenney.
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Military Postcard from Eli McKenney to Mabel Clair McKenney
This postcard is one that would have been sent from Eli to his niece, Mabel Clair McKenney. The postcard was undated so would have been possibly enclosed in a letter. I’m unable to determine which soldier is Eli, or if he is even in this postcard. He was tallish and slender and the only potential…
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Lewis Brewer with Mule Team in Dade County, Missouri
Lewis Brewer, b. 1880 May 19th in Barton county, Missouri, was a sibling of Bettie Brewer Noyes, and son of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana L. Jane Fowler. This photo, contributed by Jim and Dieanna Swearngin, would likely have been taken in Dade County, Missouri, where Lewis lived. He died May 19, 1932 so we’re…
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Herman Jones with Mule Team
Herman Jones, b. 1906 in Missouri, died, 1977 in Selah, Yakima, Washington, was a son of Levy Jones and Jessie Brewer Jones. The photo shows Herman with a mule team and likely would have been taken in Dade County, Missouri before the move to Washington State. Jessie Brewer Jones was a sister of Bettie Brewer…
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Before 1939 Brewer, Spurling and Jones Family Gathering
This photo of a family gathering, supplied by Nancy Benton, is of an event which would have occurred before 1939 as Delana Fowler Brewer is shown and she died November 4, 1939 at Oscaloosa in Dade County, Missouri. The first photo is the original. Just wanted to show that because I needed to mock up…
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Photos of David Nathaniel Brewer, Rachel Jane Brewer Henderson and Lewis Brewer
The digital file of this photo came to me via Dieanna and Jim Swearngin. They were uncertain of who the woman in the photo was. Fortunately, I have a photo of Rachel Jane Brewer Henderson from this era and it matches her in appearance. David Nathaniel Brewer b. 1850 Oct 31 at Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana,…
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Possible Photo of Robert Walter Brewer and Edith S. Gilmore
Dieanna and Jim Swearingen sent me the below photo, which came down through the Jessie Brewer Jones and Levy Jones family, hoping for a possible ID. I was unable to make one at the time but I’m now of the opinion it is possibly a photo of Robert Walter Brewer and Edith S. Gilmore. I…
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Possible photo of Elmer Brewer and Rosa Bell Jones
When Dieanna and Jim Swearngin sent me this photo, I was unable to make a positive identification, but my thoughts are now that it is possibly Elmer Brewer and Rosa Bell Jones. I did a little touch-up of it below. The photo is fuzzy on Elmer’s left side of his face (our right). I am…
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Family of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Louise Jane Fowler
Courtesy of Nancy Benton is the below image of the family of David Nathaniel Brewer and Delana Louise Jane Fowler. Here, I’ve tried to add a little more body to it. Rarely do I have a photo showing a full family and am lucky to have this as it has enabled me to make possible…