The Hart Angels?
Photo and story contributed by Matt Underwood
The Fielden Fallen Angels?
I'm not sure if they are Bonnie & Clydes Pals
or possibly Elliott Ness's hired deputies?
In real life they are William Floyd Fielden and Charley Fielden (standing) along with Amos Fielden and Everett Fielden (sitting).
Amos is a half brother to the other three
With a little imagination you can probably see a bit of resemblance to the three in the above photo?
I suppose you wouldn't believe me if I told you they were third cousins to each other? Tis True!!
Amos Lloyd Fielden
Children:
Albert Austin Fielden
Author Howard Fielden
This picture is very special because little Author Howard Fielden died just a few months after it was taken 27 August 1919. Photo contributed by Marguerette Powell who received it from Bill Wilson
&
Dorothea Josephine (Cleaver) Fielden
Author was born 25 June 1917.
Family of
Children:
Martin Laverne "Buddie" Hart, 14 Oct 1929
Opal Geneise Hart July 1939
Marjorie Ann Hart Jan 1935,
Photo contributed by M.A. Hart
Martin M Hart
&
Capitola M (Smith) Hart
Lola Mae Hart 1931,
Married William Wade Smith
Married Elsie Baker
Married Wendell Livingston
Married Glenn Campbell
Maude Avis (Robertson) Swann
With their two oldest children:
Margaret Dean Swann 12 January 1928
Virgia Mae Swann 8 January 1929
Photo taken around 1930, contributed by Judie Boone
&
Virgil Otis Swann
Married Don C. Myers
Married William E. Bahr
Alva Robert & Beulah Edna (Kelly) Wood Family
John Lee and Sarah (Coats) Fielden Family
John Lee and Sarah (Coats) Fielden Family
L to R Back row: Nancy Jane, Sarah Lewiza and James Madison
L to R Front row: Sarah "Sallie" holding Richard Stricklin, Mary Elizabeth and John Lee
Photo contributed by Marguerette Powell
Photo contributed by Judy Hoffman
Martin M Hart & Wife Captola (Smith) Hart
With their oldest child
Jack Gene Hart Photo contributed by M.A. Hart
Born 11 August 1928
Stoddard County MO
There was another older child to the right of the picture but no one knew who he was and can't quite make out what Jackie is sitting on.
William Martin Hart Family
My grampa Clarence is the boy on the far left, and his brother George is the boy second from the right. The other four boys are probably all sons of Martin and Hannah Hart, Henry's brother. So all these other boys are 1st cousins of my grampa.
The other boys MIGHT be: (L to R not counting Clarence on far Left), Miles, Ezra, Amos, (then George Hart), and then ????. maybe a Burris or Walden grandson. My Gr-Grampa Henry Ezra Hart (1877-1965) is the blurriest one in this picture: the man on the far right leaning on the porch post. Gr-Gramma Lillie is standing on the ground just in front of him. Next to Henry is his brother Martin Allen Hart (1879-1959) who lived in Dexter, MO, down in the bootheel. I'm not sure who the couple is next to Martin, except that it might be their brother-in-law Frank Nelson and his second wife.
Frank Nelson was the second husband of their sister Elsa Ann ("Elsie") Hart (1883-1910). She first married Noah C. Melton, then he died. She bore him one daughter. She then married Frank Nelson, bore him three daughters, then she died. Then he re-married, I guess, probably to help him raise the girls.
The ladies in the middle row are pretty easy. From R to L: Lillie Ann (Hedges) Hart (1878-1960), Lou Dica (Emerson) Walden (1856-1941 - Martha Emerson Hart's sister); Martha (Emerson) Hart (1851-1927 - Henry Hart's mother); Hannah Iona (Melton) Hart (Martin Allen Hart's wife); and (I think) Margaret M. (Emerson) Burris (1854-1935 - Martha Emerson Hart's sister).
Gr-Uncle George Hart told me a little about his memories of this day, as did a cousin of his, Amos Hart, of Stoddard Co., MO, both of them fondly remembering the strawberry ice-cream, which was a real treat for country kids. They also remember some good wrestling matches and scuffles with their cousins, and playing tag and the like. They also both remembered getting their heads conked together a couple of times that day, which must have been a very contagious affliction affecting most of the Hart boys when they were all together, both caused and cured by their dads!
I am now curious as to whether not this get-together may have been about the occasion of Amos Emmerson's death in July 1923. He was the brother of the 3 oldest ladies in the photo.
Photo and story related by Matt Underwood
William Ross Family
William Ross and his wife, Sarah Lewiza (Fielden) Ross, pictured here with their only child, Alma Mae Ross. William and Sarah were married 2 December 1894 in Texas Co MO. Alma was born 19 October 1896. Alma married Daniel Henry Altis 10 April 1911 so believe this picture was taken around 1910.
George Wood Family
L to R
John Henry Wood,
Matilda Caylor Wood parents of George and Willie,
Fred Wood s/o George and Mary Elizabeth Fielden Wood. Mary Elizabeth, George W. Wood in doorway sitting, John Wood, s/o George and Mary, small boy is Howard Pickle, son of Pearlie, Earnest Wood s/o George and Mary, Pearlie Wood Pickle and Little Pearl, sitting down, she was the d/o Ella and Clarence Wood.
Henry Alonzo Gossage & Family
Henry Alonzo Gossage was born in 1874, Pope Co IL. He died in May 1952 in Saline Co IL. Henry married Margaret Jane Stone 14 May 1895. She was the daughter of William & Elmina (Barger) Stone, born 1 May 1877 in Eddyville, Pope Co Il. Margaret died 17 December 1926 in Carterville, Williamson Co IL. Both are buried at the New Hope Cemetery in Eddyville.
Their first child Arthur Gossage is pictured in the Photo, he was born in 1895. Arthur died 1 November 1945 in Chicago. Arthur was followed by Floyd 1900 died 1957, Mildred 1903, Henry Cecil 1905, William Leslie 1908, Harold Lane 3 July 1913 married Grace McDonald, Gaylen Lee 1918, Gordon Van 1920 and Robert 1922. Photo contributed by Marguerette Powell, received from Margaret Gossage