Friday's Photo: Large Group Photo from Marguerite Cook Clark's Collection

As most of Marguerite Cook Clark's photos came from in or around Bienville Parish, Louisiana, these people are assumed to live in the Bienville area. The photo has no markings to indicate the occasion, place, or date. However, many of the large hats and some of the dresses indicate that this took place about 1910. 

Could this be a large family reunion or a church gathering? Do you have this photo? 

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Diana

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Group Photo, n.d.; digital image held by D. B. Quinn, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. 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.

Friday's Photo: Six Men on Horseback

This photo is another found in the collection that once belonged to Marguerite Cook Clark of Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Her mother identified the two boys in the middle - "John Wimberly (Harriet)" and "Sledge" with no first name. Question marks can be seen under the other young men's photos. I have tried to enlarge the photo, but it became pixilated with only slight changes. 

I am unable to identify five of the young men, but John Wimberly with "Harriet" under his name reminded me of another photo labeled "John (Harriet) Wimberly." This may be John L. Wimberly, son of Andrew Lawson Wimberly and Harriet Elizabeth Knighton. Does anyone know? 

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Diana

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Men on Horseback and "John (Harriet) Wimberly," photographs, n.d.; digital images, 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.

Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), pages 182-183.

Friday's Photo: James Bryan Martin

James Bryan Martin, the son of Thomas Jefferson Martin I and Laura Frances Bryan, was born on 31 October 1875 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. He married Annie Cook, daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte Cook and Sophronia Pauline Porter.

These photos and the obituary are from the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. James Bryan Martin was her mother's brother. 

See additional photos of James and his family at these posts: 

From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: 60th Wedding Anniversary - James Bryan Martin and Anne Cook Martin 

Friday's Photo: The Family of Thomas Jefferson Martin and Laura Bryan Martin


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Diana

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James Bryan Martin Photos and Obituary, digitals image held by D. B. Quinn, from the privately held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2023. Photos and documents 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.

Twelve Years Blogging - How and Why I Persevered

Happy 12th Blogiversary!

I started this blog after attending Thomas MacEntee's Blogger Summit at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in June of 2011. I had my blog title researched and the first posts planned before my return flight to Virginia. On 3 July 2011, I posted W.O.W. revealing a photo of my grandfather attending the Woodsmen of the World conference in the late 1890s. 

I soon became an avid blog reader both for genealogy and my much-loved profession of speech-language pathology. Within months of starting this blog, I started a professional blog, The Budget SLP, featuring inexpensive activities for speech-language pathologists and special educators. 

For a few years, I posted at least once a week on both blogs. Thousands of people read my professional posts. Over 24,000 readers alone read my 2015 post 35 + Mitten Links and Activities for Speech and Language.  I was ecstatic (and still am) when 200 readers clicked on one of my genealogy posts. 

As work (and sometimes life) got busier, my posts decreased on my professional blog, but I usually found time for my genealogy blog. Retirement ceased any new posts on The Budget SLP, but I continue to regularly write for this blog. 

I recently read that 80% of blogs fail each year. How and why did Moments in Time, a Genealogy Blog survive 12 years? Here are five reasons this blog is still a part of my life and why I persevered.  

• I do not blog for financial gain. 
• I am passionate about genealogy. I like writing about my ancestors and writing posts that might help other researchers. 
• Blogging is a priority but is not always my top priority.  I try to post at least once weekly. However, if I just don't have the time OR if I cannot give my best effort, I don't post. There's always next week. 
• This blog allows me to share my research now and make it available to future researchers. 
• Blogging has proven to be extremely beneficial to my genealogical research. There are so many good reasons to blog about family history research. Read about this at Why I Blog About My Family History Research. 

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Diana

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Happy Birthday, unused postcard, no date; digital image held by D. B. Quinn, from the privately held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2022. Photos and other items 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.

MacEntee, Thomas.  "Blogger Summit Part 1 – Beginner to Reader to Blogger." Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport, Burbank, CA. 11 June 2011.

Pedro Okoro "Percentage of Blogs that Fail – Why 80% of Blogs Will FAIL this Year and How NOT to FAIL!" blog entry, 26 January 2023, AstuteCopyBlogging (https://www.astutecopyblogging.com/percentage-of-blogs-that-fail-why-80-percent-of-blogs-will-fail/: accessed 29 June 2023).