Friday's Photo: Minnie Thomas - Who were her parents?

This photo is from the Marguerite Cook Clark collection. Minnie's name is written in green ink, like many others, and was probably labeled by Marguerite's mother, Maggie Martin Cook.

My original scan of this photo was dark. Using the photo-enhancing tool at My Heritage, I was able to clean up the image and get a good look at the young girl's face. 

I did not make headway in the identification of Minnie Thomas. I assume, but I need to know for sure that Minnie or her family lived in or near Bienville Parish, Louisiana, at one time or another. This photo was a tintype and as they were used from the 1850s to the early 20th century, dating the picture is difficult. 

Was Minnie her nickname or her given name? And what about Thomas? Was that her family's surname or her married name? 

Do you have Minnie Thomas in your family tree? 

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Diana

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Minnie Thomas photograph, n.d.; digital image, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2022. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.