My Aunt Effie was my aunt by marriage, but also by blood. She was my grandfather Ernest Stone's sister & married his brother-in-law Dewey Watson. Ernest Stone was married to Charlotte Pauline Watson, Dewey Watson's sister, so a brother & sister married a brother & sister. Also the other Watson sisters Goldie, Gracie, & Luvenia all married brothers Ewel, Gilbert & Walter Combest. Their mother's name was also Luvenia Baize Watson from Baizetown, Ky.
We lived just down the street from Aunt Effie and she was something else, very nice woman. Her and Uncle Dewey were married when they were just 12 years old and had one son James Watson which she idolized.
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...