Friday's Photo: Mr. William Roger's Niece

This photo was found in the Frye family's collection of photos taken primarily in and near Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Photos in this collection were often people from Fryeburg, Heflin, Ringgold, and areas nearby. On the back of this photo is written "Mr Wm Rogers niece." This young woman's dress with a high neck is indicative of those worn around 1900. 

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Diana

© 2023 

Mr. Wm Rogers niece, photograph, abt. 1900; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. Used with permission. 

A Letter from Sallie Bryan Hammett of Bienville Parish, Louisiana to Lizzie Ragan in Terrell County, Georgia Written in Spring 1915

I scanned this photo at the home of a cousin in Post, Texas, several years ago.
This is Wesley Hammett and Sallie Bryan and their children, Jim,
Eleanor, and Ada. [1] 

This letter and one other were sent to me by a cousin in Georgia.  They were originally copied and sent to him by E. Ragan Pruitt. [2] I love how these posts came together with photos shared by so many different families. 

This letter and others belonged to Lizzie Ragan and their location is not known at this time.  Lizzie was looking for genealogical information. Sallie Hammett wrote this letter sometime in the Spring of 1915 prior to a second letter dated April 28, 1915.

Friday's Photo: Dorothy Emily Regan

David A. Rogers, Annie Rogers, and Dorothy Emily Regan Rogers

This photo was found in the collection of 
Marguerite Cook Clark. 
On the back is written Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Rogers 
and daughter, Annie. 

Dorothy (Dollie) Emily Regan was the 9th child of John Regan and Martha Davis. She was a granddaughter of Elizabeth Regan Bryan (my great-grandmother).  Dorothy was born on March 4, 1852 and was first found on the 1860 census in Bossier Parrish. 

On December 23, 1868, Dorothy married George Pior who died from gunshot wounds in the winter of 1870 in Bienville Parish.  She married David A. Rogers on August 9, 1874 in Bienville Parish and had six children. Annie is their youngest born in 1887.

David died in 1913 and Dorothy died in 1936. They are both buried in the Arcadia Cemetery in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 

Diana

© 2015

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014 and September 14, 2014. Used with permission.

Head, John C. Bienville Parish, Louisiana Marriage Records, 1850-1900. Shreveport, La. (8505 Dixie Blanchard Rd., Shreveport 71107-8176): J & W Enterprises, 1990. Print.

United States. Congress. Congressional Edition. U.S. G.P.O., 1877.  https://books.google.com/books? id=i1xHAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22george+Pior%22+bienville+parish&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Year: 1860; Census Place: Bossier, Louisiana; Roll: M653_408; Page: 716; Image: 275; Family History Library Film: 803408