Smith/Nealy/Locklear
My paternal grandfather was William Smith (1916-1972) and he was born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. His parents were John Smith (1885-1960) and Georgia Harris (1890-1937).
Yes, my ancestor’s name was John Smith; it is the most common name in the world! Needless to say, that name presents serious challenges to family history research on this line.
John and Georgia appeared together in the 1930 federal census as a family, and also in the 1935 and 1945 Florida State Census records.
The 1920 census, oddly and unexpectedly, reported Georgia as head of household with the surname Gardner. She had several Gardner and Smith surnamed children in her household. That suggested a prior marriage (or relationship) for Georgia, something no one in my family knew about.
The Smith Children
The birthdate of the first Smith child suggests John and Georgia married sometime around 1912, but I haven’t located their marriage license yet.
They had the following known children together: Iris, William, Eugene and Lillian. They lived on the East Side of Jacksonville, a house that my father and his father grew up in:
John Smith Origins
John Smith was born in Georgia, but records pointed to different counties in Georgia. Jacksonville city directories identify this John as early as 1907. He worked for the Mason Lumber Company for many years and purchased his home from them.
John died on June 8, 1960 and his obituary reported him as a member of the Spring Hill Baptist Church.
John reported Simon Smith as his father on his SS5 Social Security Application, and his mother as “unknown-died at birth.” That information kept me spinning in the wrong direction for many years. It was DNA that finally solved the mystery of John Smith’s origins, at least partially.
DNA revealed that John’s father was Nelson Locklear, a member of the Lumbee Tribe from Robeson County, North Carolina. You can read more about that amazing discovery in this post. A DNA test of my father confirmed his Y-DNA as tracing back to European heritage, in line with the mixed heritage of this tribe (African-American, Native-American and European-American).
Georgia’s Roots
Sources indicate John’s wife Georgia was born ca. 1890. She died in 1937 at the young age of 45. Georgia’s 1920 census listing as Georgia “Gardner” helped me uncover her previous marriage to Isaac Garner. The couple married in 1906 in Madison County, Florida. They had the following children together: Pete, Marie, and Cornelius.No one in my family knew that she had a prior marriage.
The Garners appeared in the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Madison Co., but by 1920, Georgia had migrated to Duval County. Isaac likely died by then, though no state death certificate records his death.
I also found Georgia’s mother Matilda living in Madison County. She was enumerated with her husband Perry Davis in 1900 and 1910.
Perry Davis was not Georgia’s father; Perry was a stepfather to Georgia and her sister Ruth. Georgia and Ruth had the surname Harris, suggesting a prior marriage for their mother Matilda.
I discovered Matilda’s name from my grandmother’s bible. Matilda was born abt. 1874. In September 2012, I had an exciting breakthrough about her. This led to discovering that Matilda’s parents were Charles and Lavinia Neely of Taylor County, Florida.
After many years, I finally discovered Matilda’s marriage to Peter Harris in Hamilton County, Florida. Peter is likely the father of Georgia and Ruth.
In 2012 , I found that Ruth Harris married a man named Nish Torrence, and migrated to Philadelphia where the family was found in 1920. Ruth and Nish had 5 children: Leonard, Ruth, Alma, Nish Jr., Katie and James. I hope to one day reconnect with my Torrence cousins.(Update: I have done just that through DNA!)
Research into both John and Georgia’s histories continues.
William Smith
John and Georgia’s son William Smith was my grandfather.
William, born 1914, attended the public schools of Jacksonville. He completed high school at Edward Waters College in 1935. At the age of 9, this enterprising boy started running deliveries for a local drug store called Bernies.
He spent years apprenticing and thoroughly learned the pharmacy business. William married Pauline Waters in 1938.
They met while she was teaching at the Boylan School, a private Methodist school for “negro” girls located in Jacksonville.
William kept his promise to Pauline to build a good life for them. He went on to become the owner of two very successful drug stores in Jacksonville, known as the Willie Smith stores.
William died too young, at the age of 57 in 1972, so I did not get to personally know him. However, my family has shared many stories about his kind, generous and hard-working nature.
Other Smith and Garner Children
John and Georgia had other children. Their daughter Lillian, was a graduate of Xavier University who worked for many years in DC.
Lillian had one daughter, Rosslyn. Both of William’s other brothers, Pete and Cornelius Garner (half brothers) and Eugene Smith, all died young. Eugene died in 1950 at the age of 35; he was employed as a stevedore. Pete died in 1949 at the age of 44.
William’s half-sister Marie seems to have died before the 1920 census, and I have found a possible Iris in only one source.
The only lead I have now is to try to trace two of the children of Eugene Smith (Harry and Willie James) forward in time. Perhaps they have living descendants, but the commonality of the Smith surname makes it hard to locate the right people. They migrated to Connecticut. I hope their descendants will find me one day.
I’m not giving up…the search continues!
Joshua Waters
My paternal grandmother was Pauline Waters (1915-1997). She was born in Still Pond, Kent County, Maryland. Her parents were Daniel George Waters (1875-1957) and Beatrice Prather (1888-1974).
Daniel’s ancestry can be traced back to a freed slave named Joshua Waters, who was born ca. 1776. I have Joshua tentatively back to his mother Sarah, born abt. 1755.
Joshua was manumitted in 1819 by his owner Susannah Waters in Somerset County, Maryland.
His descendants appear as free blacks in subsequent census records. Joshua was 43 years old in 1820 and had a wife and at least 6 children. In Maryland, over 60% of blacks were freed before the end of the Civil War.
Daniel James Waters
My direct line traces through Joshua’s son Daniel James Waters. I found several deeds (in 1855 and 1871) of Daniel purchasing land; he had initially worked as a farmer. The deeds proved critical in tracing the family forward.
Daniel later becomes a Methodist minister with the Delaware Conference, which was the segregated conference (all-black). The Methodist church was one of the first groups in the country to ordain black ministers and to advocate for the abolition of slavery.
Daniel James appeared in Methodist records starting in 1875. The church documents his travels as he ministered at different churches on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. Daniel James Waters married Fanny Fountain, and in 1860 they lived in the Potato Neck district of Somerset County, Maryland.
Daniel and Fanny had at least 8 known children: George, Mary, Daniel, Samuel, Henrietta, Sally, Lavinia and Maria. My lineage is through son Samuel.
By 1880, the family migrated to the city of Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. The Methodist church records Daniel’s obituary in 1894. Delaware probate records provided details about his burial and passing.
Daniel’s son Samuel Waters was my second great-grandfather, and he married Mary (Mollie) Curtis. Mary Curtis’ free black roots ran deep in Somerset County, in an area called Westover, just west of Upper Fairmount.
The deeds of the Curtis family helped trace this family as well. Anyone not researching in land records is potentially missing out on a critical component of family research.
Rev. Daniel G. Waters
Samuel and Mollie’s son, Daniel George Waters, was my great-grandfather. He was born April 9, 1875, according to his World War I Draft Registration card.
By 1900, Daniel G. Waters was married to the former Gertude Ennals. They lived in the city of Easton in Kent County, MD with their three young children, Edna, Ralph and Pearl.
By 1910, Daniel was widowed and caring for his youngest son, Ralph, and living in Berlin (Worcester County, MD). He was also a Methodist preacher, following in his grandfather’s footsteps.
Daniel’s second wife, Cassie Smalls, whom Daniel married on 28 June 1910, died in September 1912. In 1914, he remarried for a third time to Beatrice Prather, my great-grandmother.
By 1920 Daniel and Beatrice lived in the city of Preston (Caroline County, MD) with their three oldest children, Pauline, Eugene and Walden. By 1930, the family had grown to eight, with Wellington, Ovington and Daniel Donald rounding out the bunch. Between his three wives, the elder Daniel had 11 children.
Daniel George Waters was a stern parent and a disciplined man of the cloth. He was a powerful preacher, and impressed upon his children greatly, as well as those in the community. He was very active and passionate about the work of the church. When he fell ill, Beatrice lovingly cared for him.
When he died in 1957, his obituary reflects that he was well-known and well-respected, even by the whites of the era.
Family Memories and Connections
The youngest of Daniel George’s children, my Uncle Donald (he’s really my great-uncle), kept alive the memory and embodies the character of the Waters family.
My Uncle Donald was the one person who I remember always talking about and sharing the Waters family tree. He had it printed out on a long paper scroll and seeing that fascinated me as a child.
His eldest sister Pauline, my grandmother, wrote a book about her life. I edited and published her book many years after her death as a birthday present for my father.
When I first started researching this line, I met a cousin online, David Briddell, who was descended from this same Waters family. He and I have collaborated over the years on this family. His ancestor Henrietta Waters was a sibling of Daniel James Waters. Cousin Daniel Briddell became an ancestor in February 2022;(.
Since that time 20 years ago now, I have had the great fortune to meet many more, through DNA testing and through Ancestry.com.
The Prather Family
My paternal great-grandmother was Beatrice Prather (1888-1974) and she was born in Montgomery County, Maryland. She was the wife of Daniel George Waters, whose roots were summarized above.
Her parents were Levi Prather (abt. 1839-1894) and Martha Simpson (abt. 1845-1910). They appeared in the 1870 and 1880 census together. After Levi’s death, Martha appears in the 1900 census, and she died in 1910. Their descendants appeared in census records and still live in the area today.
Levi’s father was Rezin Prather and his mother was named Harriet. Rezin lived in the household with Levi and Martha in 1870. Rezin, Sr., had been enslaved by Nathan Cooke. His son Levi had been enslaved by Dorothy Belt Williams.
Levi and Martha Simpson Prather had 12 children that survived to adulthood. The 1900 census notes that Martha actually mothered 15 children, which implies 3 of her children died.
The 12 known children are: Mamie Jane, Idella, Cornelius, John W., Rezin, Darius, Lucy, Harriet, Beatrice, Ruth, Eugene and Maria.
I found many of their marriage and death certificates, probate and deed records. There are also stories about them that their children, nieces and nephews remembered.
The Prathers were active members, and among the founders, of Brooke Grove Methodist Church.
The Brooke Grove cemetery is the final resting place of Levi and Martha, some of their children, and many other African American community members.
They led rich, interesting lives in the late 19th and early 20th century and my goal is to trace their lives as completely as possible.
The Simpson Family
Levi’s wife Martha was a Simpson. Her mother Louisa was a free black woman, thus Martha and all her siblings were born free. In 1850, they lived in the Howard District of Anne Arundel County.
Louisa’s husband Perry Simpson was enslaved. He lived nearby. His owner was William R. Warfield. It was very common for free blacks in Maryland to be married to enslaved people.
I am fortunate that this family (both the Prathers and Simpsons) had Bible records that provided births, deaths and marriages.
Education was of primary importance and several of the Prather children attended Howard University in Washington, DC and other schools such as Armstrong.
My great-grandmother Beatrice attended the Institute for Colored Youth, which was considered an elite school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It later became Cheyney State University, the first historically black college.
Is this Beatrice Waters any relation to you? This home is known as the Beatrice Waters house and is one of the oldest standing structures in a rural Black community called Upper Hill, Md on the Eastern Shore.
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Hi Norma,
Actually it isn’t, I researched it some time ago. But thank you for asking!
Greetings, my name is Kimberly Waters. I am the great granddaughter of Allen Waters who was from Easternshore, MD. Nothing is truly known about him other than he left MD with a wife but they had no known children togetherand headed to Philadelphia. Allen did however have a daughter names Annie who was raiswd in MD by her mother’s bestfriend. We found out about her years after my grandfather Charles Howard Waters passed away and just before his older brother l, my uncle, Allen Waters passed away. Annie had around 12 children by a man with the lastname Stewart. My uncle and grandpa were greatgrandpa Waters children by his second, Ardele Venter whom he met once he settl3d in Providence RI. I would love to dialogue with you.
Hi Robyn:
Maybe you can help me and I can help you…My maternal x3 grandmother was Cornelia Fountain…she was born about 1840 in Maryland..I believe her mother was Sarah Fountain born about 1800 as she was 80 years old on (a census report in 1880…in Maryland…Cornelia Fountain-Frazier(occupation laundress) was living in Alabama in 1880 census with my grandmother Octavia Frazier Foster and her brother George and a baby brother Charles(?) near or in Montgomery County Alabama….the one person that is a link is Cornelia’s Brother ..Moses Fountain born in Maryland…he is in every census report in Montgomery Alabama also found in residential listing ..Cornelia disappeared after 1880….there was a typhoid and yellow fever outbreak during that time so she may have died after the census…Moses Fountain married twice and there were other siblings..Frances Fountain Lynch and Alberta Fountain Matthews…My maternal great grand mother had a cousin by the name Thomas Fountain(that lived in Alabama and California )Thomas Fountain was a member of the 7thday Adventist ….I remember him well …as a teenager my great aunt and I visited him in California….and he was a vegetarian……Octavia Frazier (mulatto)grew up with family but she married at an early age to William Albert Foster(race not seen). I know the Fountains were close as they later raised Octavia’s children (when she died in 1900 of TB)..and their father abandoned them …they were found in the household of Frances Fountain Lynch (who was a nurse) Octavia’s children as follows…Claudia Octavia Foster Bryson….Dr. Myrtle Carrie Foster Gallimore….Sarah Mercedes Foster DuPont…William Foster and Charles Albert Foster…all deceased with Claudia Octavia having had 2 children and descendents and Sarah Mercedes Foster DuPont had 12 children with many descendents and I am one of them…I hope I helped helped with the Fountains…so now I need help with the DuPonts ….Augustus I DuPont born 1830 St Luke’s Parish South Carolina…father no other than the Judge C.C DuPont Quincey Gadsden Florida……the other names found in the family in an off the record way is Fisher..and..Orr….I believe the Fraziers Fosters Fountain Fisher DuPont families all knew each other during slavery as my aunt would take me to visit family in South Carolina… Savannah Georgia ….Alabama…Florida…I was too young to understand all of the relationships…I know any white connection to my family died when she died….as my great aunt was a pharmacist and worked for the Fisher family in Savannah at their Fisher Rexall Drugstore..for about 7 years…during the 1960’s.
Hello, I myself am out of ranks just a little bit. Wow. I am a Copes and a Hankerson which from my mother’s sister,Rosalee married Herschel Johnson. His Mother’s name was Lavinia married Buster Johnson from fairmount.Never knew Mr, Buster’s name. Uncle Herschel and Ant Ro are faithful to be down
Fairmount Every August for his family gatherings eating crabs beer and fishing. Uncle Herschel can grill pretty good. When I was younger I hung with my first cousins, their daughters, Mozelle and Serina and Uncle Billy’s kids Jeneen and Sherri. Gloria , Kevin I don’t know them all. There are several Johnsons.
Geneva Waters was a caring woman
whom was my neighbor in Snow Hill, Md. I think very highly of her. She was
76 in 2003. We looked out for one another. I don’t know if she is your kin but I was proud to know her. It has been so nice to have been able to run up on this
site. My mom is looking for a good lawyer. My father passed sept 10 this year.
She was telling me about her classmate, Anthony whom is a lawyer and I said mom, ” whats your classmates last name ?” Waters. I love to research especially Black/African American Heritage, our history anyway and when it is
your own its another level of excitement cause in the end your friends just may
be your relative. Please feel free to email me at copesgennel211@gmail.com. I would like to pass this along to my family, see how these lines unfold and find my mom’s classmate. They went to the old Washington High School which was Somerset High in Princess Anne. I look forward to seeing the reviews. Thank you and Bless you.
Hello my family on my father’s side is from the eastern shore, and my mother’s side of the family are Curtis from Prince George County, Maryland. There are Fleets living in the area of Southern Maryland. I am very familiar with Brook Grove United Methodists Church, my former mother in-law, last name Boyd, deceased was a member and president of the usher board. Do you know the Plumbers ? I will send some family history and pictures later and our families may cross paths.
Hello my family on my father’s side is from the eastern shore, and my mother’s side of the family are Curtis from Prince George County, Maryland. There are Fleets living in the area of Southern Maryland. I am very familiar with Brook Grove United Methodists Church, my former mother in-law, last name Boyd, deceased was a member and president of the usher board. Do you know the Plumbers ? I will send some family history and pictures later and our families may cross paths.
We are large extremely large family.
On the Native American side we are from the Nanticoke Tribe. They have a powwow in Delaware every year. Some of the Johnson side of the family live in Annapolis, MD. I am related to Waters in it was also called upper and lower Fairmount. My father and his brothers were all Methodists ministers 3 . We are related to the Conways.
I’m searching for descendents of Peter Williams from Savannah Tn (Hardin County). We have traced our history back over 200 yrs. A family member has met some descendents of our slave owner however we have not been able to find other relatives from Savannah tn.
Robyn,
Great information…It’s wonderful the connection of our family (Prather) roots. My ggg grandmother, Altia Prather Jackson, was the daughter of Edward Prather, who is the brother of George, Reazin, Levi, Howard, and James Prather who father was Wesley Prather. They also had four sister born from Wesley Prather, who are Jane, Ellen, Lou, and Mary which some of our descendants still live in Montgomery County, MD. Thanks for sharing, Rob Jackson
This is really awesome! Much blessings to the Waters family. It is awesome to see family come together! God bless you all!
Pastor Michell Bennett-Ayers
Robyn,
Wonderful and informative post! It’s amazing, I just ran across a “Waters” line on my paternal side of the family that I didn’t know about. What’s unique is the name “Pauline Waters”. This line of “Waters” is from Georgia.
As always, thanks for sharing!
Hi Robyn
My name is Barbara Waters. My great grandfather was George Thomas Waters born in Maryland in 1864. He died in a fraternity house fire in 1945. I am wondering if we are kin in some way.
am the son of chico waters ,grandson of Daniel Eugene Waters, brother of Pauline, Ralph, Ovington, Wellington, Donald, & Uncle Walden.
My grandfather was Daniel Eugene Waters!
this is so amazing
this is so cool and sad
I finally took you advice about looking through the indexed Somerset Maryland deeds. Apparently, your ancestor Daniel Waters, along with my ancestors James Johnson and John Waters, were given land in 1855 from the deceased estate of a white planter named Littleton Dorsey by his son Henry L Dorsey and son-in-law Whitty Colbert! Other free people of color who received the land were John W Boggs, Samuel G Waters, Levin Waters, and William Wilson. John W Boggs was step-brother to my James Johnson and William Wilson was a brother in-law. Interestingly before this land became know as Freetown Hill, it was called the End of Strife, which was held mainly by the Maddox family, as shown in the Maryland Historic Inventories. Also, I found out my other ancestor Anthony Waters was freed by Susan Waters between 1827-29. Anthony Waters appeared on the 1832 Somerset free people of color list and 1850 Tyaskin, Somerset Census. Again I am trying to figure out this connection between my Waters family and yours, which is getting closer and closer!
Hello. My name is Barrington Wilson. Robyn, my compliments to you for making this information accessible. A while back, I noticed that your Waters ancestors and other family members in the Upper Fairmount (Potato Neck) region of Maryland’s eastern shore were neighbors to my great great grandparents, William Wilson and Mary Wilson (specifically, I noticed this in the 1870 census record). My great grandfather was one of the children living in the home of William Wilson and Mary Jane Wilson. They can be seen in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records.
From what I have learned from a cousin who actually trailblazed the research into this line of our family, my great great grandmother Mary Jane Wilson’s maiden name was Johnson (she was Mary Jane Johnson Wilson). I was struck by Jahrod Pender’s comment that his ancestor James Johnson was a brother in-law of William Wilson; this seems to be compelling evidence that the James Johnson he is referring to was very likely the brother of Mary Jane Johnson (my great great grandmother – and William Wilson’s wife). The implication here is that Jahrod Pender and I are cousins (via the Johnson line). I am now inspired to attempt a confirmation of this.
You have motivated me to research the actual Somerset County deed records as well. Though the Internet is indeed a wonderful tool, it cannot always replace researching the actual paper records of birth, death and deed information. Thank you again for making this information available.
Hey Barrington! Its always great to meet a new cousin!!! Feel free to email me at jahrodpender@gmail.com. Do you still live on Upper Hill? I was wondering if you had this piece of handwritten information, by my great great great Aunt, who started Johnson Day on Upper Hill back in 1953.
Aunt Cecelia said the oldest Johnsons she knew and heard of were their great grandfather and great
grandmother, Noah and Augusta Johnson and their children James, Edward, William, Amanda, Mary
Jane, all who were born and reared at Back Creek (Somerset, Maryland), and remained there until
they moved their houses here(Freetown Hill or Upper Hill, Somerset Maryland). They were all free
negroes and the name of this road Upper Hill was Free Town Hill. Most of these people are related.
There were once four families, Johnson, Gillis, Boggs, and Waters. This later generation made a
living by Tonging oysters, shucking oysters, crabbing, fishing, and gardening. Each family man
owned a sail boat.
There had been out from this place & Berlene Md. more preachers than any other place in the Del.
conference, and uncle William (Buddie) Johnson was the first ordained sent from Upper Hill.
Grandfather James Edward Johnson and his wife Christiana Talafara Johnson were parents of 8
children, all married, owned their homes and boats.
Grandfather James Edward Johnson, was the first free negro to move to Free Town Hill, purchase
land and built his house, and the others followed until all left. Back Creek were they lived is
now Green Mount Cementery, still owned by us here on Free Town Hill were our papa and his children
were born. Grandfather James his wife, papa, mamma, and lots of Free Town folk were buried there.
Papa and Mamma parented 11 children, Alecia, Irving, Effie, Cecelia, Charles, Carolyn, Anthony,
Esther, Evelyn, Roberta, and Celestine.
This road running past our homes is Free Town Hill Road and is on our deeds.
Grandfather Anthony Waters Jr. (father of our mother Mary C Waters), parents were Anthony and Leah
Waters. They were from White Haven, MD and were slaves. I do not know or have heard much about
them. Mamma’s parents were Anthony Waters Jr. and Carolyne (Hunter) Waters and were slaves, they
and all of their children but Mamma. Mama was born the year of the emancipation. Their owner was
Judge James Dennis of Princess Anne, MD. Papa and mamma were married in his house. The residents
have moved and made homes elsewhere. Mammas name was Mary Cecelia Waters., (I later found out
Cecelia was the name of Mary’s parents slave owning Mistress).
About Waters:
Grandfather Anthony Water’s home was White Haven, Md. He lived there before he came to Princess
Anne, (I later found out because he was inherited to James Dennis by his father John Dennis upon
his death and will). He was suppose to have been of indian (native american) decent. He really
looked the part. He had a grocery store of his own and like other indians, he gathered many herbs,
barks and other things that grew in the fields, these were used for many illnesses. His family
seldom had a doctor.
Mamma (His daughter) inherited this gift for healing other folk in Upper Hill. They called her
whenever there was illness in there families. She always went willingly, day or night. She cured
many of their illnessess including her own family. Many of us never had to call in a medical
doctor until we left home (Upper Hill) to work elsewhere
(This information was hand written to Celestine Johnson Rasberry by her older sister Cecelia
Johnson on May 3 1978 at the age of 89 years. She passed away 5 years later at age of 94.)
My name is Kelsey LeeAnn Briddell. I have been trying to research my family origin/history online< more so recently< and all throughout my life. This article came to me through research and brought me the name David Briddell…any chance anyone can tell me more about this person?
This is so interesting. My grandfather was Daniel Eugene Waters!
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hey my name is Jahrod and my family are the Johnsons of Upper Fairmount, which use to be potato neck, where your family of waters lived. I was told I am related to the waters and I had a great great —– uncle William Johnson who was also sent to be a ordain minister. On the 1860 census your Daniel Waters and My Great Great Great Great Grand father James Johnson where sure enough living next to each other. Family lure has said my ancestor James Johnson was the first settler to purchase land in Upper Fairmount which was called first Freetown Hill. And the rest of the Free people followed our family is still there to this very day. I noticed that your Daniel Waters had a land deed in 1855, well Im guessing thats when he followed the rest of the family. There was once four families Boggs, Waters, Gillis, and Johnson. All of them were sailors. Please email me I think I pieced some more info between our families Im so glad i found this website my email is wlouana@aol.com
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!! I am fascinated to read about my linage. Seems like since the elders have gone, we’ve lost touch but hopefully I pray that is a thing of the past. I am the granddaughter of Daniel Eugene Waters, brother of Pauline, Ralph, Ovington, Wellington, Donald, & Uncle Walden. Looking for ANY of my cousins.
Robyn, the picture above of my parents, Daniel and Beatrice standing together, was taken in the back yard of our house in Bridgeville, DE which was the parsonage. Of course, this is the house in which we lived while dad pastored at the Methodist Church which was across the street. The house in the background was the last house we lived in. Dad bought this house when I was in the 10th or 11th grade.
HI UNCLE DONALD!!!! MISS YOU MUCH!!!!!!
and you look so much like Lillian, your grandfather’s sister:-)
Tericka
Robyn,
It is so amazing how much Alice looks like your great grandmother Beatrice.
You have done such a great job with the site…Keep up the great work!!
Tericka