Turn of the century logging on the Mathers place

According to my uncle Matt, who is 90 years old and living in the old home place, this photo was taken on the Mather's place @ the turn of the century. Notice the photographer's horse in the photo, probably taken on the same day the photo's of the old home were taken.

1836 Home place

This old home was built by a steam boat captain in 1836. It is constructed of heart yellow pine and most of the original boards are still rock solid. Ebeneezer Bowers Mathers purchased the home from the Captain and raised 24 children there. The gentleman on the horse is probably the photographer, according to word of mouth info.

Mam-maw and Da-da

This photo is of my maternal grand parents near the end of their lives. Da-da died in 1960 and Ma-maw died several years later. They raised eight children to adulthood.

The Mathers side of the family

This photo has no date, but looks to be @ the 50s. I can only identify two of the people, from the left, my grandfather, Claude Pritchett Mathers and his stepsister, Aunt Jimmie Davidson. I believe the other three are sisters and brother of my grandfather.

The old home place

This is the Mathers family home in Nanafalia Alabama. The gentleman to the far left of the photo is my great grandfather, Ebeneezer Bowers Mathers. The lady third from the left is my great grandmother, Elizabeth Ann. The young man second from the right is my grandfather Claude Pritchett Mathers. Ebeneezer died in 1903, probably shortly after this photo was taken. Members of the Mathers family still reside in this home.

The photo above is how the house looks today, some 176 years after it was built!

Miss Darby Kate Coffee

This little Miss has the market cornered on cute! Another one of our beautiful grand kids! What can I say? Genes!

One beautiful Woman!

This is my lovely wife coming out of our garden over on Center St. in Arkadelphia, @ the 80's, where we lived for 19 years and brought our children into the world. That place holds a special niche in my heart. We worked hard to make a home there and to raise our children in the right way. I think, from the results, we did a great job!