Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Jennie Swagerty 1911, Ripley, Oklahoma


"Jennie Died May. 9 1922
Miss Jennie Swagerty
taken in Ripley Okla
Feb. 19, 11
Age 16
to my Sweetheart-"

Jennie Swagerty was born in Missouri in 1894 to parents John and Etta Swagerty. She worked on the family farm in Cimarron, Oklahoma until 1911, when she married Ray Buxton (probably the "sweetheart" mentioned on the card). The marriage certificate gives Jennie's age as 18, which means the age written on the back of the card may be incorrect. She died in 1922, at only 28 years old.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Phoebe Shearer 1890's, Rushville, Illinois


Inscription on the back:
"aunt Phoebe Shearer
Spinster sister of
Grandma (Mary Ann) Smith"

Phoebe Shearer was born in Pennsylvania in 1827. She had many siblings, including her sister Mary Ann Shearer who later married John Keysar Smith. I can't find much else on Phoebe, though the inscription on the back of the photo indicates she never married.

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