A glare was on the painting when it was scanned. The glade distorts the face of Elizabeth C Nelson Hays. As I was trying to digitally enhance this portrait, I was wishing that I could see the face of my great great grandmother. I could take the glare out of the background, but could not duplicate the textures in her face. When I finished doing the best I could with it, I sent a copy to a cousin.
Some wishes come true in a matter of minutes.
During the past few months, a number of cousins have been gathering in a cyber developmental forum exploring Slayton, Shelton, Chatham, Hays, Ormes, Fergusson, Our Tax Accountant cousin, Larry Johnston, took a break during tax season and looked up other references in the Dallas Public Library and sent them to me as I was finishing this page. Alabama of the . The infant girl listed in 1870 census is missing. Perhaps she has died. Cheryl unable to locate a headstones for them when she visited the Cemetery.located on Rt.