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Our Gean-Antics Galleries
Michael Sparks > Walter Diggs Gean
March 23, 1876 - June 23, 1955

The original is very faded, this image is an attempt at restoration.

Handwritten on Back, Legible:
"Walter Gean age 18 yrs."

Illegible, some what:
"Walter D. Gean"
"P.O. La(obscured"
"1 1/2 Mi from a (obscured) road (obscured)"
"Shilo (?) Ch."

"B.C. 1 \98 (as in 'one dollar and 98 cents')  Nov.15,1903"
"a 367"

Cropped from this image is printers logo across bottom:
"J. D(?). Huffman & Son, Tupelo, Miss."
Michael Sparks > Roxie Ann Pears Gean
December 18, 1881 - May 4, 1950
Married Walter Diggs Gean December 24, 1899
Picture about 1948-1949
Michael Sparks > "Good Ole Dad"
(note by Evelyn Mae Gean)
Date unknown ca.1948
Michael Sparks > Whatever you may discover in this gallery,
there's also a bit of a mixed basket of PEARS...(it's pronounced "peers", though)... buried on web pages somewhere in cyberspace.
 
There're some starter links below...
http://www.fewpb.net/~mgsparks/wweebb5/PearsBasicResearch.htm  "A Little Bit of Soap..." "Tiny Bubbles"
...and (Thanks, Melinda Mathis!).... http://www.fewpb.net/~mgsparks/wweebb5/JosephPears.htm

For Basic Handwritten Lineage Documentation check this gallery: 
http://gean.smugmug.com/gallery/868978 Images 1 and 2

And a bit here: http://gean.smugmug.com/gallery/869000 on Image 2

More uh Pears at: http://gean.smugmug.com/gallery/869011 on Images 3 and 7
Michael Sparks > "See our Shows!"
"Buy our Souvenirs"
"Spend lots of Money"
"Do it in two hours or less..."

Just for fun,
Click the "Map This" button
on the upper right.
Michael Sparks > May 14, 1939
Standing:
Evelyn Mae Gean(Trenor)(Sparks)is holding
young Frances Earl Johnston (Mathis)
Frances Ruth Gean (Wills)(Johnston)(Beene)
Walter Diggs Gean

Seated left:   Roxie Ann Pears Gean
Seated Right:  Evelina Elizabeth Hyde Pears
Michael Sparks > George and Evelina Elizabeth Hyde Pears

Used in the newspaper accounts of
their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

The original photo from family archives.
December 1930 (?)
Michael Sparks > George and Evelina Elizabeth Hyde Pears
Date Unknown...They married January 13, 1881
Michael Sparks > (L) Evelina Elizabeth Hyde Pears
(R) Roxie Ann Pears Gean
Photo approximately 1935
Walter Diggs Gean
March 23, 1876 - June 23, 1955

The original is very faded, this image is an attempt at restoration.

Handwritten on Back, Legible:
"Walter Gean age 18 yrs."

Illegible, some what:
"Walter D. Gean"
"P.O. La(obscured"
"1 1/2 Mi from a (obscured) road (obscured)"
"Shilo (?) Ch."

"B.C. 1 \98 (as in 'one dollar and 98 cents') Nov.15,1903"
"a 367"

Cropped from this image is printers logo across bottom:
"J. D(?). Huffman & Son, Tupelo, Miss."
Michael Sparks > Walter Diggs Gean
March 23, 1876 - June 23, 1955

The original is very faded, this image is an attempt at restoration.

Handwritten on Back, Legible:
"Walter Gean age 18 yrs."

Illegible, some what:
"Walter D. Gean"
"P.O. La(obscured"
"1 1/2 Mi from a (obscured) road (obscured)"
"Shilo (?) Ch."

"B.C. 1 \98 (as in 'one dollar and 98 cents')  Nov.15,1903"
"a 367"

Cropped from this image is printers logo across bottom:
"J. D(?). Huffman & Son, Tupelo, Miss."
Walter Diggs Gean
March 23, 1876 - June 23, 1955

The original is very faded, this image is an attempt at restoration.

Handwritten on Back, Legible:
"Walter Gean age 18 yrs."

Illegible, some what:
"Walter D. Gean"
"P.O. La(obscured"
"1 1/2 Mi from a (obscured) road (obscured)"
"Shilo (?) Ch."

"B.C. 1 \98 (as in 'one dollar and 98 cents') Nov.15,1903"
"a 367"

Cropped from this image is printers logo across bottom:
"J. D(?). Huffman & Son, Tupelo, Miss."
Photo by: Michael Sparks · See photo in original gallery.

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