The older children, l-r, are: Massie, wife of "Fed" Coffey; Walter who married Beatrice Coffey; Christina who married a Wright; Ora who married Hugh Nelson Coffey; Zack Coffey and his wife, Catherine.
I believe this is the Thomas Reed Crawford family of Amherst Co., VA. Several of their childred married into the Coffey family.
Thomas married Mary Frances Ogden c1873 and subsequently fathered at least 10 children.
My files show that Thomas Reed was born Jan. 20, 1847 in Virginia and died Feb. 5, 1926 in Amherst Co. Mary Frances Ogden, a daughter of Zachariah Ogden, Jr. and his wife Mary Elizabeth White, was born Feb., 1860 in Amherst Co. Thomas was a son of Mansfield and Catherine [maiden name unknown] Crawford.
Their children were:
Mary Katherine, born c1874, married Zachariah Coffey c1897. Zach was the son of Frederick and Catherine H. Ogden Coffey.
Christianna, born Oct., 1874. No other information.
Susie Massie, born Apr. 6, 1876 in Amherst Co., and died there on Dec. 8, 1938. Susie married Frederick "Fed" Coffey, Jr. He was a brother to Zach who married Mary Katherine.
Walter J., born Oct. 5, 1878 in Amherst Co., died in VA on Jul. 13, 1943. He married Beatrice Coffey on Jan. 13, 1909. Beatrice was a daughter of George Washington and Sarah Frances Coffey Coffey.
George was born Sep. 16, 1853 to Reuben Wetzel and Sarah Jane Wood Coffey. He died May 31, 1928 in Amherst Co. Sarah Frances was born Sep. 2, 1856 to William "Billy" and Sarah G. (Ann?) Crawford Coffey. Reuben and "Billy" were distant cousins, and "Billy" was a son of Jordan and Elizabeth Rippetoe Coffey, founders of "Coffeytown" in Amherst Co.Ora Wills, born Jul. 28, 1881 in Amherst Co., died there on Dec. 20, 1976. She married Hugh Nelson Coffey, a son of Harden and Elizabeth "Bettie" Crawford. Hugh was born Jul. 4, 1876 in Amherst Co. and died there on Dec. 20, 1957.
Thomas Powell, born Jul. 12, 1884 in VA, married c1907 to Alma Gertrude Coffey, born May, 1890 to Arthur and Virginia Ann "Jenny" Davis Coffey.
John Houston, born Nov. 14, 1886 in Alto, Amherst Co., died Mar. 28, 1973 in VA. He married Hallie Pearl Coffey, born Feb. 21, 1892 in Amherst Co., died Oct. 2, 1973. Hallie Pearl was sister to Alma Gertrude.
Lawrence DeWitt, born Aug. 28, 1890 in Alto. No other information.
Lucy, born May, 1893 in Amherst Co., married John E. Cash c1915.
Van Talmage, born Jun, 6, 1898 in Amherst Co., married Estelle Crist c1923.
Please contact me if you can confirm that the photo is this family. It would be extremely helpful if you can also assign names to the children.
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Mary Ogden Crawford was born December 7, 1857 and died January 31, 1935. Lawrence D. Crawford was born August 28, 1888 and died January 11, 1958. Massie Crawford was born April 6, 1876 and died December 8, 1938. She was married to Fred Coffey. He was born April 18, 1875 and died December 19, 1956. Lucy Woodruff Crawford was born June 24, 1894 and died November 9, 1937. She married John Edward Cash. He was born September 13, 1885 and died July 17, 1952. All information was taken from their headstones. They are buried in the Wright Cemetery off HWY 60 East of Amherst, Virginia.
Some of the headstone birth years do not agree with those given in early census record.
I have a copy of this Crawford family photo. It was sent to me by one of my mother's cousins. The photo was taken on the wedding day of Zack Coffey and Catherine Crawford. Their daughter, Annie Mae Coffey Burchett was my mother's mother.
Identification of the people in the picture is as follows:
Row 1; Thomas Reid Crawford, Lucy Crawford, Mary Francis Ogden Crawford (She was pregnant with son Van Crawford, born 6-6-1898).
Row 2; Powell Crawford, Lawrence Crawford, Houston Crawford
Row 3; Massie Crawford, Walter J., one of these ladies' name is Ora Crawford, probably the one in white, not sure of the other lady (number and identity was written incorrectly on these two ladies), Zach Coffey, Catherine Crawford.
I have been to the cemetery off Rt 60 where some of these people are buried.
my email is ht_rb_s5@yahoo.com
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