1. Melissa Essex
   
2. Charles Essex
3. Harry Hardesty
4. Elizabeth Von Neida Hardesty (Harry's mother)
5. Freeman Gathering (about 1904 - From left, Melissa is 4th in the row of women sitting above the chilren)
6. 1913 Troy, OH
   
7. Herman Essex' House (Richmond, IN, 1900)
8. 1930 Picture
9. Freeman Line
   
10. Charles Davenport this picture is now identified by my newly found cousin, Barbara, as her great grandfather
11. Blanche Crowel Davenport d/o Hannah Freeman (Barbara's great grandmother)
12. Marriage Record Alfred Ayres & Sardis Ashley 1st record, difficult to read; "...I hereby testify that on the 22 day of October 1823, I joined together in the holy state of Matrimony Alfred Ayres & Sardis Ashley..."
    

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