Some Elmores

I am guessing that this photo was taken sometime shortly after 1898, because the baby, George Lee Brandon, was born January, 1898.

On Horseback, from left to right is: Will [?] Elmore, [have to check with my aunt on Will]; next is John Butler Elmore; then Gideon Rufus Elmore.

Seated are Ida Lucinda Elmore Brandon, with her son George Lee Brandon on her lap; James Jackson 'Jack' Elmore [boy]; Julia Ann Byars Elmore Newsom, [mother of all these Elmores]; her second husband Obediah Sterling Newsom; Dicie Elmore Newsom; and Dicie's husband Ezra Newsom [son of O.S. Newsom and his second wife.]

This photo was taken in the Finch community, in Greene County, Arkansas. O.S. Newsom gave the land for Finch cemetery, and his farm was located very nearby.

O.S. Newsom was a Confederate veteran, he is shown here in a 1899 reunion photo, 2d row, 4th from the left.

I have a copy of Julia and O.S. Newsom's marriage license, they were married on June 10, 1894 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas.

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