For a long time I had no idea what George Eugene Brown, our great-grandfather and husband of our great-grandmother Narcissa Lorena McMurrain, looked like. Then Craig gave me a photo with 'Narcissie McMurrain Brown' written on the back of it; the photo was taken at "Alpha A Williams" photographer in Columbus, Georgia.
Since Narcissa was standing with her hand on the man's shoulder, I assumed that was her husband, George. (That assumption was helped along by the fact that the man is an absolute look-alike to my brother Larry.) (This photo is top and center.)
I sort of glossed over the fact that he didn't look much like the blurry xerox copy of a copy (top right) I had gotten from the San Augustine, TX library, of George when he was young.
This summer two photographs of a middle-aged George Eugene Brown came my way. Although he was ill with tuberculosis at the time these were taken, careful comparison of pictures raises the question - is he the same man who was in the photo with Narcissa Lorena McMurrain when she was younger???
Did they ever do a photo pose like that with a brother and sister?? Could he be one of Narcissa's brothers? Or might she have been married briefly, earlier?? (She was 26 when she married George.) Or - is it really George in all of the photos??
What do you think?? Any thoughts or comments will be much appreciated!
Good for you for blogging your genealogy! I did that before and it helped people find me. They googled me and next I knew, I had more information than I ever dreamed.
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