The Adkins Family

Zina Henderson Adkins and Helen Maude Leach were united in 1893. They had 14 children that survived infancy. Circa: 1929

Top row, left to right: Grace, Zina’s bother Mark, Lillas, Paul and Lewis. Middle row, left to right: Joyce, Adeline, Zina, Helen, Lottie and Alice. Front row, left to right: Steve, Horace, Hiram and Dottie. The insert, added years later, is of daughter Margaret on the left, then a friend of Helen’s, and then daughter Vina. Circa: 1914

Helen Leach

3/24/1876 - 9/17/1950

Parents:

Henry Leach, Jr.

Emily Manchester Ryder

  Joseph J. Mattas and Vincencia Srstka

  were married September 14, 1879.

  They had 8 children that survived infancy.

  Circa: 1934

Sons: George, center; clockwise from top right: William, Henry, Steve, Joe, Jr.  Circa: 1906

  Joseph J. Mattas

12/17/1856 - 9/03/1934

Parents:

 Martin Mattas

 Mary Meinher Mattas

Vincencia Srstka Mattas 4/18/1863 - 4/28/1940

Parents:

Stephan Srstka, Jr.

Vincencia Cenka Nebolova

The Mattas Family

Daughters, left to right: Amelia, Mayme, Lillian. Circa: 1906

The Mize Family

William Jefferson Mize and Susan Ann Geist were married January 14, 1887. They had 10 children that survived into adulthood. Picture Circa: 1920's

William J. Mize

 2/09/1854 - 7/23/1937

Parents:

Thomas Mize

 Hannah Benson Welch Mize

Susan Geist

 10/o3/1860 - 4/21/1946

 Parents:

 Conrad Geist

Martha Ann Baskins Geist

This family picture was taken in 1892. Standing left to right: Evan, Maude, Alta. Seated left to right: Susan, John David, Harlan, William.

Children born after 1892. Left to right: Top: Wilma, Eva. Bottom: Willis, Clarence, Charles George. Circa: 1890 - 1911