As genealogists, we’re always lucky when we find the family historians who came before us. My mom’s first cousin Dub West and his wife Christine were able to collect some West and Hester family photos. Unfortunately, many of those photos were unlabeled and nobody living knew who they were.
That’s where we come in!
Can you identify anybody in these old photos?
These are likely members of the West and Hester family who lived in the Free Home/Lathemtown/Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia area. The identified people are the children and in-laws of Lightner Leander (LL) West and Josephine McDaniel West. They are as old as potentially the 1860s to as recent as the 1940s. Many of the family dispersed to Atlanta in the 1920s, so that might explain what looks like some city pictures. These photos may also belong to collateral families who married into to the Wests and Hesters.
(Psst! I recognized some of these folks from other photos, so indicated that where possible.)
Thanks for any help!
Unidentified West & Hester Photos
Note that these were given to me as 3×5 copies of originals. The originals were all shapes and sizes.
1 Gladys & Marie Hester, daughters of Thad Pickett Hester and Nettie West2Unknown man, possibly 1890s-1900s3 Unknown man, 1940s?4 Unknown Man, 1880s-1910s5 – Unknown Man with Gun (?) on Hip6Possibly 1860s Tintype– who is she?!7 – Hesters?8 – Unknown Children9 Olivia Galloway West and ??(She and John Martin West had no known sons, unless one died young)10Unknown Boy11Unknown Boy12Unknown Woman and Child13 Possibly Free Home School– what year?(See #49 and #54 for different versions of this image.)14 Studio portrait of couple15 Possibly Joe West (son of Ella West), whose report cards were in the bundle of photos16 Unknown Baby17 Unknown girls18 Unknown children (look at that middle part!)19 Unknown Older Woman and children possibly in front of city or resort20 Unknown Baby21 Unknown Woman22 Unknown woman23 Possibly Emory West on left, unknown man on right24 Unknown boy25 Unknown baby26 Unknown Girl27 Unknown Girl28 Gladys Hester?29 Unknown children with wagon30 Unknown tiny “dunce”31 Unknown girl32 Gehenna Lummus Barnes & Sarah West Perkins33 Unknown girl showing off pretty dress34 Unknown Man35 Possibly Emory West with baby at what is now the West-Milford House wedding venue36 John Martin West and wife Olivia Galloway West, at Emory West’s 1921 wedding to Myrtie Smith (at what is now the West-Milford House wedding venue)37 Emory West in WWI Uniform38 Possibly Ernest West, but not sure39 Unknown woman40 Unknown woman41 Unknown ultra Victorian woman, 1880s-1890s42 Unknown WWI Soldier43 Unknown woman– possibly 1890s?44 One of the West brothers?45 Unknown Man46 Possibly Emory West?47 Unknown couple, man in WWI uniform48 Possibly Ella West, on back porch of the West home (now West Milford House wedding venue)49 Possibly Free Home School – what year? (See #54 for a closer image)50 Two unknown young men, 1930s?51 Young man in two poses52 Unknown girls53 Unknown kids, unknown pony54 – Closer image of #4955 Unknown Children56 Unknown child with pony57 Unknown boy with pony58 Unknown workers, Georgia Railway & Power Company– possibly Thad Hester, whose WWI draft registration said he worked there (thanks, Brian Martin!)59 Emory West, possibly at his 1921 wedding (or else he really loved bow ties)60 Unknown young man, possibly at same wedding61 Group of unidentified Wests in back of what is now West Milford House Wedding Venue62 Unknown group of basketball players63 Possible WWI photo
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Picture #32 The older girl is Gehenna Lumus Barnes the younger girl is Sarah West Perkins my mother I have a copy of the picture
Thank you so much, David! I’m glad you chimed in! I wonder where Papa got all these pictures? I’m guessing maybe from his mama, Emma Hester West after his dad died.
Picture #32 The older girl is Gehenna Lumus Barnes the younger girl is Sarah West Perkins my mother I have a copy of the picture
Thank you so much, David! I’m glad you chimed in! I wonder where Papa got all these pictures? I’m guessing maybe from his mama, Emma Hester West after his dad died.