The picture shows from left to right Susie and Josie
Cross
dtrs of "Sid" Cross, and Edna andCarrie Alford.
Mother recalls that her baby sister,Maudie, and
Maggie Alford
infant sister of the Alford girls, were left in the care
of Josie's
mother whileMaudie Alford mother of Edna and Carrie took
the
four girls to "Uncle Will Dosh" to have the picture made.
He used an old camera with a hood over his head and to
get
to his place they walked down a long dusty road.
The date must have been about 1808/1809 since Mother
was born in 1906 and her baby sister in 1908. "Uncle
Will" told the girls to "Watch the Birdie", so Josie
was really looking for that bird! A copy of this
picture was in the New Boston paper in the early
1970s. Of the four girls, Susie married Clifton
Johnson, Josie married first to Otho Heflin, Edna
married a Brewer and Carrie married a Megason.
Edith Smith
genbug2k@yahoo.com
Family Names:
CROSS,HEFLIN,LANTRIP,RANEY,JOHNSON,WILDER,JORDAN,FULLER,
MILAM,SIDES,DILL
