Unknown Ancestor

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Shelia Wiseman

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03/03/2020

Unknown Ancestor

I do not know her name. This was a GLASS (or Ambrotype) photo in an album belonging to my Great-Grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (Gleaton) Glover Johnson. Her parents were Daniel Forest Gleaton and Rossie Ida (Thompson) Gleaton.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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