LOST ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS - MCDONALD ALBUM - WULFJEN, FENNER, HAIL, SNYDER, COFFEE, SHELTON, RAGAN

3/01/2022 09:43:00 AM

 I seek to digitally preserve historical photos for others that might be looking for them. When possible I reunite the original copies with descendants, free of charge. Here are more photos in my ever growing collection. 

If any of these are your ancestors please contact me. 

A few weeks ago I scored big at a local antique store. I spotted a large family photo album and peeked inside, expecting to be disappointed. Most of the time albums have been emptied of photos. But not only were there photos on every page, nearly all of them were identified. I couldn't wait to get home and make all the connections. This will be the first of several posts listing each photo in this precious family album.

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This photo is identified as Bennett W. RAGAN and Sarah McDONALD RAGAN, 1875. 
Bennett and Sarah had a baby girl, Laura, born in 1859 but she died young. 
They had no other children and so, have no living descendants. 



This photo is identified as Bennett W. RAGAN and Sarah McDONALD RAGAN. However, an indirect descendant who owns the photo but with a different Sloan cardstock back has them identified as William Egbert REEVES and Cynthia Dulcina WILLIAMS. We're trying to piece together which couple they really are. 



Dr. Thomas HAIL, ca. 1864




Sallie H. SHENTON HAIL 
(Dr. Thomas Hail's second wife)

(Daughter of Dr. Hail and his first wife Catherine Dyer)


(Daughter of Susan HAIL and her first husband)


(Son of Susan HAIL and her first husband)


(Wife of John Wesley pictured above)





(Daughter of Mary Ann Oatts Snyder)



Susie SNYDER ATWELL
(Daughter of Mary Ann Oatts Snyder)


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