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Mary Matilda Stevens Godfrey (1864-1949), known as Mane, was a sister of my great2-grandfather, John Gregory Stevens, and her husband, Thomas Burgess Godfrey (1860?-1946), was more distantly related to me through the Godfreys. Beside them are their daughter Luna Stevens Godfrey (Godfrey)(1887-1987), who later married my patrilineal great-great-uncle Loyal Berry Godfrey, and their son Will Stevens Godfrey (1889-1969). To the right is a neighbor. Their youngest child, Harry Stevens Godfrey (1901-1972), was not born yet. This was the home of the family of Aunt Mane's mother, my great-great-great-grandmother Sarah Gregory Stevens Sanderlin (1837-1892), where Aunt Mane was born, married, and died. It still stands on Rt. 343 near Taylor's Beach Road in Camden Co., NC. Photo courtesy of Will's daughter, Bess Tillitt Godfrey Sawyer of Camden, NC, and William D. Godfrey of Hampton, VA, Aunt Luna's grandson. Aunt Mane was not only a farm wife, but also a skilled seamstress, somewhat liberated for her time as she was the dominant voice in the family.
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