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Young Woman; Photograph
"That's a picture of William and Caroline's daughter and her name was Della Berry, she also died in the 1910s from the influenza epidemic."
Young Boy in White Dress; Photograph
"That is an unknown fellow, one of the relatives of Miss Olivia Murray. We think it's, perhaps, her nephew. We don't know anything else about it...This was given to me by a lady named Ms. Ruby Fletcher who was a white lady who lived in this town, and…
Woman, standing portrait; Photograph
"She's my great aunt, her name is Sarah Berry, and she's buried in our cemetery. She died in the teens, I think it was 1917, or something like that, from the influenza epidemic."
Woman with cropped hair; Photograph
Olivia Murray as a young woman.
William Berry; Photograph
"That's William Berry's wedding photograph"
Toddler leaning on chair-back; Photograph
"That's Drucella Berry, that's my aunt. She was born around 1908 in Ash Grove..that's my dad's oldest sister. My grandma Berry was married in 1907 and a year later they had Drucella."
Seated woman reading book; Photograph
"That's Caroline Boone-Berry, the daughter of Nathan Boone and the grand-daughter of Daniel Boone and my great-grandmother...That was taken, I would say, that that was taken...that's her wedding photograph and she was...born in 1849 and she was 17…
Oval Portrait of Man in Suit; Photograph
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Man in World War I uniform; Photograph
"That is a picture of my great-uncle Ellis, that was taken in World War I. He is the oldest son of William and Caroline Berry."
Long haired child in hat; Photograph
"That is Lloyd Yokum. Lloyd Yokum is the son of "Fireball" Yokum of the Kansas City Monarchs and of Miss Effie Yokum, who was the daughter of slaves. Both "Fireball" and Effie Yokum were the children of slaves and they lived in this town."