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(Names were supplied years ago by Roberts relatives.)
The photograph was probably taken in 1902. Beulah Roberts, daughter of Isaac and Molly Mays Roberts, is the youngest person in the photograph and appears to be between one and two years of age. She was born 17 January 1901. The photograph may have been taken in the spring or summer of 1902. The Sunday School group was probably from the old Bethany Church at Slabtown, Johnson Co., Tennessee.
Front row (boys sitting on the ground) left to right:
Clay Hinkle (son of Andrew J. Hinkle and Mary E. Roberts)
Hillie Pleasant
Burnie Roberts (son of Clayton & Carolyn Clawson Roberts)
George Pleasant (son of James B. and Ida Pleasant)
Son of Tom Morley
Son of Tom Morley
Next three boys on ground slightly in front of the above boys (left to right):
James Oscar Roberts (son of Isaac and Molly Mays Roberts)
Robbie Jones (son of Harrison and Julia Roberts Jones)
Dudley Cole (Newton Dudley Cole, son of Albert Clay Cole and Sylvania Deborah Reece)
Small girl standing behind Burnie Roberts: Beulah Roberts (daughter of Isaac and Molly Mays Roberts)
Five girls behind Dudley Cole and to viewer¹s right (left to right):
Zela Robinson (daughter of Lucinda C. Robinson)
Nora Roberts (daughter of Clayton and Carolyn Clawson Roberts)
Verna Robinson (daughter of Lucinda C. Robinson)
Emma Robinson (daughter of Lucinda C. Robinson)
Myrtle Hinkle (daughter of Andrew J. Hinkle and Mary E. Roberts)
Boy standing behind Clay Hinkle and off to the side of Beulah Roberts:
Rob Hinkle (son of Andrew J. Hinkle and Mary E. Roberts)
Middle row of seven girls, starting behind Morley boys on the ground (left to right):
Mossie Pleasant (daughter of James B. and Ida Pleasant)
Reanie Davis
Jet Hinkle (daughter of Andrew J. Hinkle and Mary E. Roberts)
Nellie Morley
Vadie Roberts (daughter of Clayton and Carolyn Clawson Roberts)
Vadie Hinkle (daughter of Andrew J. Hinkle and Mary E. Roberts)
Flossie Pleasant
Top row of women (left to right)
Lula Jones (daughter of Harrison and Julia Roberts Jones)
Emma Jones (daughter of Harrison and Julia Roberts Jones)
Martha Hinkle (daughter of Andrew J. and Mary E. Roberts Hinkle)
Mollie Morley (married Clay C. Stout)
Louise Walsh (daughter of Robert P. Walsh and Mary "Polly" Roberts)
Mollie or Millie Wilburn
Pearl Cole
Catherine "Cass" Walsh (daughter of Robert P. Walsh and Mary "Polly" Roberts)
Annie Lowe (married John E. Lowe; daughter of Benjamin Brown Cole and Dilla Loyd; died in 1914)
Luraine or Sibitha Rash Roberts (married Jacob Roberts, Jr.)
Back row of men (left to right)
Mason Roberts (son of Isaac and Molly Mays Roberts)
Blaine Cole (son of Albert Clay Cole and Sylvania Deborah Reece)
Albert Cole (son of George Washington Cole and Sarah Ann Shoun)
Bill Walsh (possibly son of Robert P. Walsh and Mary E. "Polly" Roberts)
Jim Jones (son of Harrison and Julia Roberts Jones)
Lemuel "Lem" Pleasant
Bob Jones (son of Harrison and Julia Roberts Jones)
Ed Miller
Isaac Roberts (son of Richard Alexander Roberts and Parle Louisa Rambo)
Jim Walsh
Francis Roberts (son of Elizabeth Roberts)
Dave Morley (son of Thomas Morley)
Harrison Jones (husband of Julia Roberts)
Frank Roberts (son of Isaac and Molly Mays Roberts (holding Bible)
Notes: Emma Jones was a deaf mute. She was signing in the photograph.
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