Marshall MN Old Photos

Family Photo

missys200 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:55:20 -0500

John Thomas Morgan,Jennie Ethel (Miller)Morgan daughter Grace Leona, son Everett Francis Morgan

Woodmen Picnic, Lake Marshall, Minnesota early 1900s

oldphotos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:30:50 -0500

Possibly this is a Woodmen of the World Picnic.

Photo from an early 1900s postcard.

Lucinda A. Barber Rea

Gary Rea — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:46:42 -0600

Lucinda A. Barber Rea, who was born in Summit County, Ohio in 1831 and married James Azel Rea April 11, 1852 in Summit County. She and James lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota and had eight children, including Orvin James Rea. Lucinda died in Minneapolis August 20, 1883. The photo is probably from about 1880 to 1883 in either Marshall or Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Submitted by Gary Rea, great great grandson

James Azel Rea

Gary Rea — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:36:37 -0600

James Azel Rea was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1827 and died in Alaska, Michigan on March 31, 1894. James was married first to Lucinda Barber on April 11, 1852 in Summit County, Ohio (near Akron) and he and Lucinda were hoteliers (The Empire House Hotel) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

They moved on to Sparta, Wisconsin after the hotel burned in 1870 and from there, they went to Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota in 1877. After Lucinda died (August 20, 1883, in Minneapolis), James moved to Alaska, Kent County, Michigan, where he married his housekeeper Hannah Jackson Marsh.

Submitted by Gary Rea, great great grandson