A photo of Charles Ledbetter, my dad. I think this was taken in Emporia, Ks, not sure, or this may be Army picture as I have no idea what either of these uniform's looked like. So much I'd like to find out.
Charles Robert Ledbetter of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas was born on April 15, 1901 to Charles Ledbetter and Mary Landon (Mandeville) Ledbetter. He had siblings Robert George Ledbetter-Mandeville and Mary Margaret Ledbetter-Mandeville. Charles Ledbetter died at age 69 years old in December 1970.
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...