Rawley Ellis Henderson was born on May 2, 1877 in Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia United States to Mary Elizabeth (Richardson) Henderson and William Thomas Henderson, and had siblings George Washington Henderson, William Edgar Henderson, Florence Prudence (Henderson) Hill, Isaac Thomas Henderson, Pendleton Pope Henderson, Dailey Ellen (Henderson) Cole, Bernice Carson (Henderson) Booth, and Chesley Martin Henderson. He married Nannie A Blankenship Henderson on May 1, 1907 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and they were married until Nannie's death on February 12, 1909 in Chatham, Pittsylvania County. He also married Annie Lawrence (Dawson) Henderson Manley on May 3, 1911 in Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, and they were married until Rawley's death on February 23, 1933. They had children Cordia Elizabeth Henderson Jennings, Ellis Abner Henderson, Chesley Watkins Henderson, George Gunn Henderson, Eugene Carson Henderson, Virginia Lee Henderson Powell, Margaret Taylor Henderson Turner, Beulah Anne Henderson Lewis, and Roy Edgar Henderson.
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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...