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I have determined that the two older folks seated in the front row of this photo, are my great-great-great-grandparents, William Swink (1811-1883) and Eliza (Sturdivant) Swink (1808-1882). This was a "lost photo" which I found on-line and was sent to my by the Jefferson County Historical Society. It was found in a home in DeSoto, Missouri and given to the Society. The back of the photo was labeled, "John Swink Family years ago...John Swink 3rd from the left in back row." John is John Edwin Swink (1833-1915), son of William and Eliza. His wife Mariah Louise Shackleford is the women in the middle of the front row. I am pretty sure the the women seated next to her on the right is my great-great-grandmother, Mary Malinda (Swink) Kenner (1836-1919). I would also guess that her husband and my g-g-grandfather, William Bryant Kenner (1831-1914)is one of the other men, although I don't know which one. They lived 2 doors down from John Swink in Festus in 1880, and William and Eliza Swink lived in their household.
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