Attics source of past history
Thursday, June 2, 1988
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Pix #1 - Who are they? Many family attics contain photos of family
ancestors that are never identified just like the above illustrations.
Those photos may be of war heroes, important business people, office
holders, teacher, preachers, etc. Check yours and identify for future
reference.
Sometime ago, Dr. S.R. Markey, M.D. paid me a visit to present
a photograph that was discovered in the attic where the Markeys
live.
Dr. Markey believed it was a photo of Mr. and Mrs. James Ball.
Ball has been mentioned in the Potluck column on more than one occasion
as a photographer in Fostoria many years ago.
Markey's belief that the photo was of the Balls was because the
name "Jimmy Ball" was written on the reverse side.
After a lapse of some time, I showed the photo to Sonny Sackett,
quite a historian about Fostoria and Fostoria residents. Sackett
and I discussed the photo and the Ball family. He divulged information
that Ball was part of the Richards family, once residents of the
house on N.W. corner of N. Main and Highs Sts.
Mrs. Jimmie Richards solved quandary So, Sackett sent a photocopy
of the photo to Mrs. Jimmie Richards in California. The answer came
back that the photo from Markey
