Hazel was the last child born to Edward Seals and Bessie Sluss.She was married at 19 and had her first child ( Edna ) named after her recently deceased father. After that she went on to have 9 other children with Everette Duncan Jr, Shortly after the tenth child was born Everette was shot to death at age 40, leaving Hazel a 39 year old , sing, southern , Mother .She survived, and went on to live a comfortable rest of her life, but lived so long that she saw the death of 13 siblings, both parents,one child, and her only husband.
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...