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Bethel Holmes 1 follower 373 favorites

02/07/2002

Mary Lewis Donnell

A photo of Mary Lewis Donnell, sister of Dr James Lewis. This is a photo of my grandfathers Aunt Mary from the Family Bible. She was born Jan 7, 1809 and married Thomas Donnell in Kentucky in 1828. They had 3 daughters: Cassandra b. 1829, Margaret 1831, and Eliza 1834. They settled in Decatur Co, Indiana. Cassandra married Rev Joseph Walker from Dublin, Ireland. He was the minister of Springhill Church 1857-1867. Mary died May 1, 1898.

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AncientFaces 350k+ followers 399 favorites

11/23/2018

She was born more than 200 years ago and there's something about photos of the elderly in the 1800s that fascinates us.

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Linda Kachel

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11/23/2018

very elaborate mourning dress … my g g grandmother Martha Miller Hundley, age 40 … taken in 1892 after the death of her husband Walter Balfour Hundley, in Newton KS at the photography studio of my gg uncle CC McDaniel

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Mary (Lewis) Donnell Jan 7, 1809 - May 1, 1898

Mary (Lewis) Donnell was born on January 7, 1809, and died at age 89 years old on May 1, 1898. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Lewis) Donnell.

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Bethel Holmes

Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.

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