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1		Baker, Grover Cleveland and two of his brothers Grover C. is in the center. Their features look very Native American to me. The name Baker appears on rosters of Cherokee and Choctaw regiments raised in the Indian Territory during the Civil War.	Family: Baker/Ervin (F5)
2		Baker,James F. and Tennessee c 1903 An inscription on the back reads, "Grover Baker's parents, age 50, Ft. Worth, Texas."	Family: Baker/Smith (F378)
3		Bonner, Dr. Charles of Holly Springs MS 1865 from Alice Wynne's 1865 photo album. Indexed as "Dr. Bonner." The CDV was in Alice Wynne's 1865 photo album. Dr. Bonner was a neighbor of the Wynnes in Holly Springs, Miss., and the revenue stamp on the back dates the photo to 1864-66. Dr. Bonner was the father of literary figure Kate Sherwood Bonner. He died on 7 Sept, 1878 during the Yellow Fever Outbreak. See Hubert McAlexander's excellent bio of Sherwood Bonner, The Prodigal Daughter.
4		Brady, Edward and Catherine about 1895 Scanned from a book on the White County shelf at the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA).	Family: Brady/Officer (F28)
5		Brady, Rasy. Probably his parents John Patrick and Eliza Jane Pope Brady to Rasy's right. Probably taken in White County, Tenn.	Family: Brady/Pope (F2)
6		Brady? Probably one of Edward Brady's sisters around 1930. Seems to have been taken in White Co TN. I think she must be Mary Jane Brady Johnson, Mrs. Samuel P. Johnson. If so, she is a Civil War vet, a courier for Champ Ferguson.	Family: Brady/Officer (F28)
7		Buford, Ed Jr. c 1918 He shot down eight German planes in WWI. The photo was taken by the US Army Signal Corps.	Buford Edward L., Jr.
8		Buford, Edward L. c 1865 (3rd Tenn Inf, Clack's) Taken at Hall's Gallery in Nashville around the end of the Civil War. Ed was exchanged at City Point, VA in March 1865 (from Rock Island, IL, where he had been held since May 1864). He fell off a moving train in North Carolina near the end of the war, delaying his homecoming till June 1865. He was clerking downtown in 1866, and I would date the photo to about that time. There is a 3cent revenue stamp on the back.	Buford Edward L., Sr.
9		Ervin, G.W. ?? from Alice Wynne's brown leather album, not indexed, but on same page as Alice's 1870 tintype of herself. Taken in Dallas, TX around 1885. Ervin's Addition to the City of Dallas (Texas) was named after him sometime in the 1880s. This CDV was taken by Freeman in Dallas about the same time. The man's age fits that of a man born in 1830, so if not G.W. Ervin, then who?	Ervin George W.
10		Ervin, Hester She married Dr. Isaac Howard. Their son Robert Ervin Howard wrote for fantasy magazines in the 1920s and 30s, and is best known for Conan the Barbarian.	Ervin Hester Jane
11		Ervin, Lulu. . . Mrs. G.C. Baker around 1900 Lulu is on the right, and probably Coralie on the left.	Ervin Lulu E.
12		Ervin, Munger Uniform of a naval officer, probably WWII	Ervin Munger
13		Falconer, Henry from Alice Wynne's brown leather album. This kid managed to squander two family inheritances and then get himself run over by a train. He does not look at all healthy to me. See the 1888 letter of Richard Stanford Stith, posted at the Stith Valley website. Most likely the grave marked H.S. Stith at Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs, Miss. is his.	Falconer Henry Stith
14		Falconer, Howard c 1864 from Alice Wynne's brown leather album. Howard Falconer was a private in the Confederate Army, newspaper editor, and friend of Sherwood Bonner. Wounded at Perryville KY he was left behind and taken POW, then exchanged in Jan 1863. He died in the 1878 Yellow Fever Outbreak. I date the photo to 1864 because he was discharged from the army that year after winning a seat in the Miss state legislature. The lapels are consistent with such a date. No revenue stamp on the back of the CDV.	Falconer Howard
15		Falconer, Kinloch 1860s, from Alice Wynne's brown leather album. Kinloch Falconer was the Assistant Adjutant of the Army of Tennessee with the rank of major. He died in the 1878 Yellow Fever Outbreak, unselfishly doing what he could for suffering victims of the disease.	Falconer Kinloch
16		Falconer, Sophronia 1865-66 Mrs. Christopher Columbus Barrett Indexed as S. Falconer in Alice Wynne's brown leather album. The CDV was taken in Memphis (or copied there) by the same artist who did Dr. Bonner, and like his, it has a green 3 cent revenue stamp on the back. The ring on her finger looks like a wedding band, but her wedding to Sgt C.C. Barrett is supposed to have taken place in 1868. Both the Barretts died about 1870.	Family: Barrett/Falconer (F189)
17		Gates, J. W. 1860s from Alice Wynne's 1865 album. John Ward Gates was a member of Henderson's Scouts which was an espionage company attached to Forrest's cavalry. Gates was captured in 1864 and sent to Alton Barracks, Ill., then to Fort Delaware. The CDV is by A.B. Langford of Jackson, Madison Co Tenn. Goodspeed said the artist was in business for about two decades, roughly 1855 to 1875. Since Gates was captured in the Holly Springs area, he may have known Alice Wynne from the war. The mourning card motif may date the photo to 1864 or 1865, if it was believed that Gates had died in prison. He looks to be somewhere between 25 and 35 in the picture. There is no revenue stamp on the back.
18		Geer, Flavius Aristotle? I believe this is F.A. "Stottle" Geer and his wife Eliza Jane Hickey.	Family: Geer/Hickey (F52)
19		Geer, Mary Etta I believe this is Mary Etta Geer and possibly R.E. Brady, both standing in the center.	Family: Brady/Geer (F51)
20		Gentleman, possibly Hugh McGehee c 1875 Since this man was next to Alice Wynne's 1870 tintype in her sister's 1873 Como, Miss. album, and because he looks a lot like the man in my G.W. Ervin CDV, I at first thought this was a new photo of G.W. Ervin. But the ears and eyes are different, as well as the general look on the face. One of them may well be G.W., but they both can't be. A good guess for this man is possibly Hugh McGehee of Como.
21		George W. Ervin Maplewood Cemetery Exeter MO	Family: Ervin/Wynne (F9)
22		Handle-Bar Mustache (1880s) from Alice Wynne's 1865 album. This was the latest picture she put in it. Assuming a date of around 1885, he's too young to be her husband and too old to be one of G.W.'s sons by his first marriage. He looks a lot like Ed McDowell, Kate Sherwood Bonner's husband, but not enough to convince me. He might even be one of Marcellus Pointer's co-defendants from his 1878 murder case. Could this be R.S. Rosser of Dallas?
23		Hickey, Eliza Jane? c1875 The girl on the right looks enough like Mary Etta Geer Brady's mother for me to make the ID. She was born in 1868.	Hickey Eliza Jane
24		J.D.R. or G.D.R. Either a cadet or a Confederate soldier. Probably dates to 1860-63. The boy's face seems a bit swollen to me. Notice the difference in the eyes and the apparent difference in the ears.
25		Lampasas Texas Home of G.W. Ervin Taken around 1890	Family: Ervin/Wynne (F9)
26		Mayer, Wille Anna ? from Alice Wynne's 1865 album. There are two identical copies of this, the second one being in Obedience Wynne Starks' 1873 album. That loosely dates it to 1865-1875. I can't be sure this is Marcellus Pointer's wife, but I've always thought it was. The ears are visible, so it's post-1869, and I date it to about 1871, when most of the Pointer brothers and sisters had their pictures made. She has a ring on the third finger, but since tintypes are mirror images, that ought to mean it's her right hand.	Mayer Willie Anna
27		McClune, Mrs c 1871 This is surely Elizabeth Topp Mclune's mother.	Hudson(?) Indiana E.
28		McGehee, Julia ? c 1878 from the 1873 Como album Based on other pictures taken around 1910-20, this woman seems to have lived that long. The best guess I could come up with was Julia McGehee, Stark Young's Aunt Julia.	Little Julia Valette
29		Myers, John from Alice Wynne's brown leather album My guess is that this is John P. Myers, a blacksmith with the 3rd Texas Cavalry, meaning he may have known Jesse Wynne. His description on his parole was "26, light hair, blue eyes , fair complexion, five feet six." He took the oath to the US in Pine Bluff, Ark on May 13, 1865. The document says he was from Farmington, St. Francis [sic] county, Missouri. The lapels are consistent with a date of 1864-65, so this is possibly John after the war. I believe John, whoever he was, lived in the Dallas-Ft Worth area after the war. He also looks like he's part Indian and was used to wearing his hair longer.
30		Nashville Lady 1870s from the brown leather album Taken by Carl C. Giers between 1872 and 1877. I've almost given up on her identity. Ed Buford may be related to her, since Alice Wynne Ervin only put two photos taken in Nashville in any of her albums. She could be Lizinka Buford, but the resemblance is weak.
31		Pointer of Alabama? from Alice Wynne's 1865 album Taken in Huntsville c 1871 according to the logo on the back. This might be Marcellus Pointer.
32		Pointer of Como, Miss. 1865-70 This was in the 1873 album of Obedience Wynne Starks. By comparing him to other known photos of Tom and John Pointer, I feel confident that he is one of the Lawrence Co AL Pointers. Since John moved to Como MS after 1870, it's possible this is is John, but the resemblance is weak. It's also possible that this is Marcellus. That resemblance is very strong.	Family: Pointer/Pointer (F88)
33		Pointer, "Annie" from the brown leather album She married George Lake and was living in Como, Miss. in 1909 when Marcellus Pointer died. She wrote a marginal note on one of his obits asking that it be sent on to Sallie Wynne.	Pointer Annie Elizabeth
34		Pointer, Bessie and Leila Dave's daughters Leila married Robert E. Hunter in 1888 in Memphis.	Family: Pointer/Smith (F21) I184 Pointer Bessie Pointer Leila
35		Pointer, Bessie and Levett This picture was in both of Alice Wynne's albums. What happened to Bessie after about 1880 is unclear. Levett was in Memphis in 1890, and died in 1930 in Hernando, Miss. They are two of the children of Dave Pointer, son of Dr. David Pointer.	Pointer Bessie Pointer Levette
36		Pointer, Col. Marcellus (Portrait) from Alice Wynne Ervin's brown leather album The CDV has an Armstrong's Gallery logo on the back but no revenue stamp. Armstrong doesn't show up in the Memphis City Directory until 1870. It's possible that the original was taken in Rome, Italy , since I once owned a larger copy of the same pose. It had Italian writing on the back of it, identifying the name and street address of a photographer in Rome.	Pointer Marcellus
37		Pointer, Col. Marcellus, 12th Ala Cavalry Copies of this and one other pose just like it appear in both of Alice Wynne's albums. She had more pictures of Marcellus than of anyone else. This tintype has a crude look to it, making me think it was taken toward the end of the war. Since he was wounded in South Carolina in Feb 1865, that may date the photo to a little before that time, or even the fall of 1864. He looks too healthy to me for this to have been any later than that. It's hard to see in the other uniform photo, but there are three stars on his collar in both pictures. This shows he was a full colonel.	Pointer Marcellus
38		Pointer, Dave 1870s. Son of Dr. David Pointer Taken in Memphis in the 1870s.	Pointer David, Jr.
39		Pointer, Dr. David Dr. Pointer was born in Halifax, Virginia in 1802 and died in Como, Miss. in 1870. He was a graduate of Transylvania Medical College (March 1822) in Kentucky, but he was also a planter. He moved to Marshall County, Miss. in 1843. Several photos of him exist, including a mourning pin which seems to contain a different pose. All the others are identical and all are cut to fit an oval.	Pointer David, Sr.
40		Pointer, Eddie c 1871 Son of Philip Pointer of Como Miss., Eddie died young and is buried in Como. Two versions of his pictures are found, one in each of Alice's albums.	Pointer Edward
41		Pointer, Lelia Daughter of Dave Pointer, this dates to about 1871. Better than the one in the Brown Album, this was in the 1873 Starks Album.	Pointer Lelia Constance
42		Pointer, Leonora Smith "Nora" from Alice Wynne's brown leather album That's probably Bessie with her. This is most likely a copy of an earlier photo. Bessie was probably born in the 1860s, dating the original photo to no later than 1870. Nora is said to have died in 1878, but one source has 1874.	Family: Pointer/Smith (F21) Smith Leonora
43		Pointer, Lily c 1871-72 from the brown leather album Born c 1868 to Marcellus Pointer and Willie Anna Mayer in Mississippi. Her chair and the book (probably a Bible) she has in her hand look enough like those in the photo I tentatively ID as Willie Mayer Pointer to add weight to what is admittedly a guess. Neither Lily nor Mary look much like Marcellus, but they really don't look much like the woman I'm calling Willie, either. The stern, serious look on both this girl's face and that of "Willie" may also add weight to the ID, assuming Willie was coaching her when the picture was taken.	Family: Pointer/Mayer (F13) Pointer Lillian
44		Pointer, Marcellus age 19 Feb 1860 I found the photo in a small, expensive cabinet with a velvet cushion in it, and behind the velvet was the article from a Confederate newspaper that I scanned and put up here. Written in pencil was the date Feb 1,1860. The cabinet was in an old steamer trunk that belonged to Alice Wynne Ervin.	Pointer Marcellus
45		Pointer, Marcellus and daughter Mary C. from Alice's brown leather album The photographer was so inept that he left his fingerprints on the right half of the picture. When the census was taken in Marshall Co, Miss on June 8, 1870, Mary still did not have a name. The census taker wrote "No Name" on her line. On June 28 in Panola Co, they were either calling her Susan, or the enumerator accidentally wrote Susan, the name of a domestic servant, twice. On the 1880 Dallas, TX census, she is Mary, age 10. The family must have moved from Holly Springs to Como during the interval.	Pointer Marcellus
46		Pointer, Martha Tennessee Marsh and Monroe from the brown leather album No logo on the back of his. Hers was taken at the Clay Gallery in Memphis, and has a 3cent stamp on the back, indicating the sale of the CDV took place between 01 Aug 1864 and 01 Aug 1866 in territory controlled the the US. Since they were already living in Memphis and she died in Jan of 1866, I think the CDV is a copy made after the war. Martha was "Tennessee Marsh" on the 1850 Shelby Co, Tenn census. Her two children died in 1862 and 1863, therefore the original can't be any later than about mid-1863. Monroe was boarding in Memphis in 1866 as a salesman, and I date the picture to that year. Moyston and Balch were also staying at the Worsham House, so it's highly possible that his CDV is their work.	Marsh Martha Tennessee Pointer Monroe T., Sr.
47		Pointer, Obedience Torian c 1860 She was indexed in the brown leather album as "Martha Pointer Wynne," Alice Wynne Ervin's mother. Alice would not make such a mistake, and the story I heard was that Coralie Ervin Stith, Alice's daughter, wrote the index. She made other mistakes, too, but not many. Obedience was the descendant of Swiss-Italian Protestants who came to Virginia in 1738 aboard the English ship Oliver. The ship sank in a storm, and only about 90 people survived, out of a total of over 300 passengers and crew.	Torian Obedience E.
48		Pointer, Phil c 1871 Pictures of Phil appear in all 3 albums. This is the Philip Pointer who had Marcellus Pointer's body shipped to Memphis for burial. MP's obit mistakenly said his brother Philip was responsible, but this Phil's father had already passed away.	Pointer Philip, Jr.
49		Pointer, Philip and Lizzie c 1871 They are buried in Friendship Cemetery, Como, Panola County, Miss.	Family: Pointer/McClune (F25)
50		Pointer, Samuel R. c1860 Courtesy of Zee Porter. He wrote the 1867 letter from Indian Bay, Ark. He was educated at LaGrange College and fought in the war in a Confederate mounted infantry regiment, the 47th Ark., Co K. There were only 5 or 6 men left in his company when it surrendered in 1865.	Pointer Samuel Robinson, Sr.