by Barry Kline | Jun 4, 2014
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...
by Barry Kline | Jun 6, 2013
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...
by Barry Kline | Feb 8, 2012
I wonder if when my maternal great-great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Jennings Jordan (b. 2/19/1867, d.1/26/1921), was nearing the end of her third and final pregnancy, if she had any indications about the children to whom she was about to give birth. I have yet to...