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Thomas Benton and Mary Elizabeth Graden Family, circa 1908.

Thomas Benton and Mary Elizabeth Graden Family, circa 1908.
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Candy McCain has identified this family as follows:

"Back Row: Rosa (Carson) & Henry Graden, Elmer Owen Graden, Annie Pearl (Graden) Carson, Thomas Eugene Graden, Lydia Belle (Graden) & Charles Huntingdon, Charles Graden, Florence (Yount) & David Wallace Graden (sitting)."

"Middle Row: Thomas Benton & Mary Elizabeth Graden, Emma (Graden) & William Cessna, Gertie (McAfoose) holding baby Marie married to Charles Graden behind her."

"Front Row children: Here is who I believe they are - Ethelda Graden b. 1904, Mona Claire Carson b. abt. 1902, Lawrence Thomas Carson b. abt. 1904, Gladys Graden b. 1903, Mona Elizabeth Graden b. 1897, Grant Nash Graden b. 1899, Lucille Pearl aka. Cecelia Cessna b. 1896, Bessie Cessna b. 1899, Roy Cessna b. abt. 1901, Lawrence Graden b. abt. 1906 and it could be Austin Cessna also born about 1906. The "abouts" are taken from censuses."

Thanks to Candy McCain for a copy of this photo, and to Dave Graden for obtaining permission from the photo's owners, Hank and Carol Graden, for its reproduction here.