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On the back of the original is written:
"This is the whole family
Our two sons-in-law on this end.
Perry's family on the other end.
Cora is in front row
Nora behind her.
This was taken 3 yrs ago.
Sol Sweat is on the end and Louis Carr next."
According to the above, Perry Abernathy's family is on the left. His wife was Melissa J. Campbell. It appears that now there are three children. Melissa is holding an infant. Perry is holding an older little girl, and their son who is the oldest, is standing next to an older woman. Could she be Perry's mother, Elizabeth (Penner)Abernathy? Who are the others and how are they related?

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Who is the man on the right?

Frank Norval's birth name was Francis Marion Norval. He was born in 1847 to Parker Norval and Ann (Seely). He married Mahala Jane Bradshaw in 1876. She was the daughter of William Bradshaw and Mary Polly Kirby. I believe Perry is the man on the left, because his name was on the back of four pictures Marlene sent, and his family was pointed out on one of them. Here he has his hat beside him, so he must be visiting one or all of the others. Perry was the son of Kelam Abernathy and his second wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann (Penner). The older man sitting next to Perry may have been his father. On 4 Aug 1865, Perry Abernathy married Susan Ann Norval, the daughter of Parker Norval and Ann (Seely). On 21 March 1878, Perry married Melissa J. Campbell, the daughter of John Dunbar Campbell and Margaret E.(Cox). After Melissa died 17 Jan 1914, and some time before the 1920 census, Perry married a Mattie, whose surname is unknown at this time. Perry's father married Ann (Seely) Norval in 1860. She was his third wife. For more information, please visit my Rootsweb site, bcarl140.
I think the man on the left is Perry Abernathy. I think Frank Norval is one of the men on the right,and I think the other man who looks like him could be either his older brother, George Washington Norval, or his younger brother, Andrew Jackson Norval. Is the older man next to Perry his father, Kelam Abernathy?




Back: Clinton, Clayton, Georgia, Robert Gillespie;
Front: Bill Dean & Ben Lee




Lee's parents were Benjamin Abernethy, and Leota Mary Ann Ferguson Abernethy.
Virgie's mother was Margaret Honeycutt.
All these ancestors of mine were born, and lived in North Carolina.
People in photo include: Ivey Lee Abernathy and Virgie Ann Honeycutt Abernathy


People in photo include: Elijah Albert Turner and Martha Anne Justice Abernathy




His parents were Ivey Lee Abernathy & Virgie Ann (Honeycutt) Abernathy. His paternal grandparents were Leota Mary Anne (Ferguson) Abernethy & Benjamin Franklin Abernethy.
His maternal grandparents were Effie A. (Davis) Ferguson & Robert Nathan Ferguson.
People in photo include: Gerald Lee Abernathy


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