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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Correction.....

O.k. change what I just said about Jesse and Lula living close to Rehobeth when the picture was made. Joe tells me that they lived in Holmes County, in the Eleanor community, close to Bethel Baptist where they are buried.
Jesse was, as far as we know right now, killed on the bridge north of Rehobeth School on Rehobeth Highway.

Working on Family Tree

Wow what an exciting week I have had. My cousin Niki helped me locate my grandmothers cousin Joe Watford and he has been working on the family tree also and had a lot of information to share with me. Joe and Fran Watford are the children of my Grandmother Luvern's Aunt Alma Viola English.....sounds complicated. Joe has filled in the blanks for me all the way back to the names of my Great, Great, Great Grandfather and Grandmother, Rev. Elie English and Martha E. Yarbrough born in 1848 and 1850 in Georgia. They are buried in Bethel Cemetery between Bonifay and Graceville.
I am adding all of this information to the family tree I am working on. Soon I will be able to share that with you too. Joe helped identify the childeren and gave me Lula's name, it was a missing piece of the puzzle.

Left to right
Allie B. English, Jesse E. English,father, Effie Mae standing next, Lula Anderson English seated Alma standing next to Lula, Ruby in front of Jesse and Anderson is in Lula's lap. Anderson was born in 1912 and he looks to be around 1 year old so we are guessing that this was taken around 1913.
I'm not sure where the house was located but in 1926 Jesse was killed while walking home, on a bridge on the Rehobeth highway. We think it was the Bridge north of the school before Piney Grove Church.
So I am guessing again that the house was not far from Rehobeth.