Shepherd Family from Whitetop VA: The woman sitting down is my grandma, Eliza Shepherd. She is holding her youngest child, Clyde Shepherd. The girl behind her is her oldest daughter, Rosie Shepherd Stamper. The one on the left is Blanch Shepherd Greer and the one on the right is my mother, Hazel Shepherd Hamm. Grandma had ten children, only four of them are still alive now.
People in photo include: Rosie (Shepherd) Stamper, Blanch (Shepherd) Greer, and Clyde Shepherd
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
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