These are photos of the families of Dallie Sr. and Abigail Howard Vernon. (If any photos do not download, click on "Refresh" or "Reload" on your menu bar).

Dorothy Reynolds, circ 1916.

Kate Sullivan-Reynolds and son Fred Reynolds, circ 1906

Kate Reynolds and son Lewis, circ 1957.

(L to R, back row) Henry Carr, Helen Carr, Peter Carr, Henry Duffy, George Carr (wearing hat), Robert Howard, Catherine Carr, Martha Duffy, George Carr Howard. (L to R front row) Marion Duffy, Marian Carr, George Carr, Howard Duffy, James Duffy (in front).

Dinner at Aunt Stella's, brimming with good things. Circ 1920s, Elkins, West Virginia.

Roscoe Poling, Aunt Stella's only child, circ 1910-1915, West Virginia.

Roscoe Poling posing with a biplane, popular entertainment after World War I.

Oda Poling, cousin to the Ramsey sisters.

Aunt Cora Ramsey-Pennell on an outing with friends. Cora stands second from the right in the photo.

Bismark Pennell, one of Aunt Cora's sons.

Bismark and Mary Pennell.

(L to R) Bismark Pennell, George Pennell, Sr., Aunt Rose, and Clarence Pennell. Circ 1937, probably West Virginia.

Aunt Rose with daughters Paula and Geri, and nephew George Pennell, Jr. and wife Ann.

A picture of a young Aunt Rose enjoying a bucolic setting.

Aunt Rose in the garden, talking with her sister-in-law Maggie.

Aunt Rose with husband John Slaughter, daughters Paula and Josephine, enjoying a picnic with friends.

Rose, Hazel Poling, Richard Pennell and George Pennell, Jr.

Aunt Rose poses with Ben, a family friend.

Aunt Rose seated on the knee of brother-in-law Farley.

A young John Slaughter, right, poses with friends.

Pauline Melissa Slaughter, age about one year.

Aunt Rose and her first daughter, Paula.

Rose poses with daughter Paula in front of a "HOUSES FOR SALE" sign.

Paula entertains with friends.

Aunt Rose with her third daughter Geri, circ 1922.

Geri, second from the left, poses with friends, including Vaughn Pfost. Photo taken in Ripley, West Virginia.

The only photo of my sister 3F#1 (M#3.3) Patty Ann Corbin that I carried for 39 years, until I found her (photo circa 1945).

Patty Ann taking part in a trustees affair, some orphan hand-out for publicity. Patty Ann's years in "The Home" were anything but joyous.

Patty Ann posing with one of her foster parents, Bea Mates, circa 1950.

Patty Ann attending a birthday party for one of her new adoptive mother's friend's daughter. Circa early '50s.

Sixteen year-old Patty Ann during a restive moment, seated on the rear bumper of her adoptive dad's Dodge, circa 1956.

The first "grown up" photo I'd found of my lost sister, back in early 1985.

A high school photo of Patty Ann, probably taken at Independence High school, Independence, Ohio. Circa late '50s.

Patty Ann, married and moved to Oklahoma, swings her daughter while pregnant with her unborn son. One of her few truly family moments. Circa '60s.

Patty Ann, left, probably in Oklahoma. Circa early '70s?

Patty Ann and author Dallie A. Vernon, Sr., visiting the grave of our mother, Donna Lenora. This was the first time Patty Ann knew where her natural mother lay. It was her first (and last) visit before Patty Ann's death. Circa middle '80s.

Patty Ann, back home in the Fort Worth metropolitan area, enjoys one of her favorite pasttimes, camping (and, no doubt, some fine fishin') with close family friends. Circa 1990's.

Patty Ann's obituary, on her death 4 February 1997.

Patricia Ann Corbin (Hensley)-Merrell-Berry-Merrell b 3 November 1940 d 4 February 1997. "When I die, God's going to let me sit on His Lap. I believe that, Dallie. I really do." I believe it, too.

Family of Samuel Ezra and Mary Catherine Hillyer-Dudley (L-R)1F#10.1 Anna Arletha; .4 Charles Curtis; .14 John Howard (in front); .5 Samuel Thomas; .9 Elizabeth "Bessie"; .2 Ida "Idy" May; .10 Grover Edwin; .11 Florence Marie; .8 William Emmor; .7 Lilly Beatrice; .3 Effie (Eva?) Drucilla; .6 Arthur Francis; 1F#10.13 Clyde Justice Dudley. (seated L-R) Samuel Ezra and Mary Catherine Dudley (1F#10.12 Mary Elizabeth b 30 January 1897 d 17 May 1897- 3 months, 17 days). Circa 1911, Noble County, Ohio.

(Back row standing L-R) Orrin Bushop, brother of Aunt Jessie (wife of1F#10.8 William Emmor Dudley); .8 Ida May's husband Orrin Emmory; .5 Samuel Thomas; (front row seated L-R) .6 Arthur Francis (Aunt Et's husband); Joe Wheeler (Aunt Et's brother); .4 Charles Curtis. Anna Arletha standing in the background left, Grover Edwin in the doorway right. Circa 1920's.>/P>

1F#10.1 Ann Arletha Dudley-Moss's family: (back row right) 1F#10.1.2 Mary Edna Moss(-Scholl); (Front row second from left) 1F#10.1(1) John Thomas Moss; 1F#10.1 Ann Arletha Dudley-Moss (front row second from right); (Photo and family identification courtesy of Mrs. Evelyn Scholl-Crawford.)

1F#4 James Robert Vernon, 1F#5 Effie (Eva?) Drucilla Dudley-Vernon, and 1F#4.1 Clarence Earl. Circa 1900, probably Glenwood Station or Pleasant City, Ohio.

1F#4 James Robert Vernon and 1F#5 Effie Drucilla Dudley-Vernon, circa 1935? Akron, Ohio.

Children of James and Effie Vernon (L-R standing) 1F#4.3 Carl Harold; 1F#4.1 Clarence Earl; 1F#4.2 Eva Pearl; (seated) 1F#2 James William "Bill" Vernon; (baby) 1F#4.5 Cecil Orrin Vernon. Circa pre-1916, Ohio.

1F#10.7 Lillian Beatrice Dudley-Bettinger-Wheeler-Smith b 12 March 1885 d 7 November 1965.

Lilly Bea with daughter 1F#10.7.1 Catherine May Bettinger-Wade.

1F#10.7.1 Catherine May Bettinger-Wade with husband Ralph Wade, Sr., and son 1F#10.7.1.1 William C. Wade.

Lilly Bea Dudley's descendant 1F#10.7.1 Catherine May Bettinger's family (L-R): 1F#10.7.1.1 William C. Wade; 1F#10.7.1(1) Ralph Wade; 1F#10.7.1.3 Barbara Joann Wade; Catherine May Bettinger-Wade; 1F#10.7.1.2 Ralph Wade, Jr., circa late '20s or early '30s, probably somewhere in southern Ohio.

1F#10.7.1.1 William C. Wade and wife Myrea Price-Wade. Circa late '30s, early '40s.

Lilly Bea and brother 1F#10.13 Clyde Justice Dudley. Circa pre-November 1965.

1F#10.10 Grover Edwin Dudley with daughter June, circa pre-August 1973.

1F#10.11 Florence Marie Dudley-Gregg, circa late 1930s.

(first row, 3rd from right) Jeanette Dudley, daughter of William Emmor; (4th from right) Kathlyn Dudley, daughter of Florence Marie; (third row, 2nd from right) Isabell Dudley, daughter of Arthur Francis Dudley. Glenwood school, also known as "Mud school," was located at the top of a hog-back ridge on Ohio Rte. 99.

1F#10.14 Howard John Dudley with his family:(L-R) 1F#10.14.3 Eileen; 1F#10.14.2 Roy Lee; 1F#10.14.1 John (Jack) Franklin; wife Hattie Alta Cavins-Dudley.

Howard Dudley with son Roy Lee, nephew Gerald Dudley (Grover edwin's son); and Gerald's cousin (mother's side from Cambridge, Ohio). Circa late 1970s.

Howard with Vernon nephews Carl Harold and Clarence Earl (Effie Drucilla's sons).

The Dudley house, right profile, in Glenwood Station, Ohio circa 1980s.

The left profile of the Dudley home. Glenwood Station was once a train stop serving the #48 Deep Shaft coal mine, in Noble County, southern Ohio.

One of the last photos taken of Samuel Ezra Dudley (b 2 february 1853 d 11 October 1929) of Mount Zion, Ohio, late of Glenwood Station and Pleasant City, Ohio, and his wife, Mary Catherine Hillyer-Dudley (b 13 August 1855 d 10 March 1930).

1F#16.9 James Robert Vernon b 23 September 1859 m Lena Exline 18 August 1881 d 25 January 1926.

Lena Exline b 15 April 1859 d 15 April 1948.

(L-R) 1F#16.9.3 Annie; 1F$16.9.4 Jeanette "Nettie"; 1F$16.9 (1) Lena Exline-Vernon; 1F#16.9.5 Florence. Children unidentified. Circa 1907-1910, New Straitsville, Ohio.

Josie Vernon married to Ralph Stobbs 8 November 1901.

(L-R) Annie; 1F#16.9.1 Myrtle "Josie"; Lena Exline-Vernon; Nellie; Florence L. Vernon at Josie's wedding to Ralph Stobbs 8 November 1901.

(L-R) 1F#16.9.5 Florence Vernon; 1F#16.9.4(1) Starling Lohr; 1F#16.9.8(1) Sheridan Woodruff; 1F#16.9.4 Jenette "Nettie" Vernon; 1F#16.9.6 Mabel May Vernon.

(L-R) Lena, James Robert, unidentified man, and Nettie.

Nettie and husband Starling Lohr.

Nettie Vernon-Lohr ca 1950.

Florence Vernon, on right, with three acquaintenances, volunteer for the Nurses Corps during World War I.

(L-R) Florence with son Gilbert Harold and mother Lena. Two children are probably Janice w. (baby) and Gilbert Frederick (standing front) b 1933 d 8 July 1990.

1F#16.9.5.2 Starling Everett Woodruff (b 21 July 1910 d 9 November 1986) in uniform during World War II, holding his son.

1F#16.9.5 Florence Vernon-Woodruff and husband Sheridan Woodruff.

(L-R) James Robert Vernon (seated), Sheridan Woodruff (standing) and an unidentified man circa probably the 1940s.

1F#16.9.6 Mabel May Vernon-Stoltz and husband Fred Stoltz.

(L-R) Mabel May, Anna and Nettie.

Nellie R. Vernon b 13 April 1896.

Nellie Vernon-Dixon ca 11 september 1950.

(L-R) back row: Anna, Nettie, Myrtle Josephine "Josie." Front row: Mabel May, Florence, Nellie. This photo was taken on Lena Vernon's birthday on 15 April 1946. Lena died later that day.

(L-R) 1F#16.9.5(2) Gene Fender; 1F#16.9.1.1 George Walters; 1F#16.9.1(1) Josie's husband Ralph Stobbs; 1F#16.9.1.7 Ralph Stobbs, Jr.; 1F#16.9.1.1 Gladys Stobbs, Josie's oldest child; 1F#16.9.1.3 Ruth Stobbs, Josie's third child; 1F#16.9.6(1) Mabel May's husband, Fred Stoltz.

Lena Exline-Vernon, (photo taken Palm Sunday, 21 March 1948, sixteen days before her death).

1F#16.9 James Robert Vernon, ninth offspring of 1F#16 James Earl Vernon (1822-1897) and 1F#17 Dora Elizabeth Hardy-Vernon (1828-1891).

1F#8.8 Rose Ella "Rosella" Vernon-Lonberger (1892-1932). Rosella was the mother of 1F#8.8.5 Eugene Earl Lonberger of Jobs, Ohio.

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