Here is an amazing picture postcard that turned up in my aunt's genealogy collection. It was taken in Bessermer, AL, by a traveling photographer. The subject is the family of Thomas James Pinson. It was probably taken in front of the one-room house/shack where they lived because of Thomas's job as a railroad switchman. The younger woman is Lizzie Eddins Pinson, and the older woman is Mary Ann Jones Pinson.
My aunt thinks that the baby is Gladys Mae Pinson. If so, that would place the photo's date from 1913 to 1914 between the time of Gladys's birth and Mary Ann's death. The baby certainly looks like a girl, but could be a boy. If so, the baby would be Harvey, who was born in 1910; and the picture would be dated 1910 - 1914.
In this picture Lizzie is between 33 and 37. Mary Ann Jones, Lizzie's mother-in-law, is between 75 and 78.
Family lore says that Moses D. Pinson returned from Mississippi around 1855 after the death of his first wife in order to marry "that pretty little Mary Ann Jones." You can see why. Despite her advanced age and lack of smile, her cheekbones are gorgeous and her face has great symmetry.
I'll post the other side of the card in the next blog entry.
This is the only photo I have ever seen of Mary Ann Jones. Beauty just runs in the family, I guess. ;-)
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