Clay County AlArchives Photo person.....Irena Viola Dean Carpenter ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Boling mrsbee1951@aol.com December 31, 2004, 7:08 am Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/photos/ph402irenavio.jpg Image file size: 53.1 Kb The picture appears to have been made when Viola was still a teenager. The original picture was in the possession of Bessie Dean Jones, the daughter of Viola's brother Joseph. Additional Comments: Irena Viola Dean was born on Dec. 26, 1873, to Alsey Thomas "Tom" Dean and Lacy Hudson. At age two, her mother was tragically killed; Tom Dean remarried to Seletta Calloway, who helped raise Viola. On Dec. 10, 1890, Viola married John Warren Carpenter. Together they had twelve children, only one who died as an infant. On Sept. 21, 1958, Viola died. Ten of her children survived her. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/photos/ph402irenavio.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb