I would like to take you back to about 1924 in
Chillicothe, Ohio. The Dailey and Mathias clans got together for a family
outing, and it was held at the
then Smith Junior High School on Arch Street. The turnout for these outings was
huge! Why? Remember… my grandfather’ Charles Dailey, had married my
grandmother, Minnie Mathias. Charles’ sister; Aretha Mae Dailey, had married
Minnie’s brother, Joseph Dailey.
Left side of the photo
Right side of the photo
A photographer was on hand to take a panoramic photo of
everyone. I have one of these long photos which belonged to Grandma Minnie. At
a later time someone made two photocopies of the picture and gave everyone a
number. A list was compiled that tried to identify every number with a name. There
were quite a few people who were not identified at that time. The information
was supplied by:
(1) Elizabeth
H. Flesher Gilmore #18 on the photo. [Granddaughter of Rebecca Elizabeth Dailey and
Peter Henry Flesher]
(2) Ruby
A. Dailey Crispin #21 on the photo. [Granddaughter
of Charles Dailey and Minnie Mathias Dailey.
I think this is awesome; because when the photo was taken
the two informants were just children.
Then, in the late 1980’s, four more
people sat down and tried to fill in the missing names. These four were my mom,
Martha Renner Dailey; myself, Marlene Dailey Diefendorf; and two cousins Martha
Mathias Bowman and Frances Davis Ulry. Quite a few name were filled in but there
are still some unidentified people… but there’s always hope that some day, some
one, could fill in more blanks.
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