Wordless Wednesday: Candes Spence

Picture taken approximately 1907/1908. Candes Spence (b. 16 Jan 1893, d. 21 Aug 1945). Daughter of Benjamin (1855-1930) & Nancy Reece Spence(1858-1919). Married Samuel Jennings (1887-1937) on 30 July 1910. My great-grandmother. Tintype of Candes as a baby. Candes...

Those Places Thursday: Following in Grandma’s Footsteps

My maternal grandmother grew up in Eastern Tennessee in the 1920’s and 30’s. Great-grandmother Candes holding my grandmother Artie Ann (scanned from a tintype) This weekend I am walking in her footsteps.  I am in the Cumberland Gap, Tennessee area for the...