I purchased this photo at a thrift store in Tucson. It is a photo of a studio photograph. No studio mark is visible.
On the back (see below) in black ink is written the following:
Maternal Parents & Grand Parents & Uncle of Bernice Gingrich Nagel 1904
3rd Lawrence Calvin Smith 1889-1957 Fred Dewitt Smith 1884-1930
2nd row Josiah Henbling Gingrich [holding] Florence Irene Gingrich b Lavern W. Smith 1877-1939
1st row Mary Inez Smith Gingrich My Mother Lucy Hooker Smith Born 1/14/1852 Henry D. Smith Born 3/19/1845 New York State Gordon Hooker Smith 1893-1964
Smith-Gingrich family.
Back of photo, showing text transcribed above.
On Ancestry Public Trees I exact searched for Lucy Hooker born 1852 with a spouse Smith.
Only one entry, for Lucy Fisher Hooker, 1853-1934, married to Henry DeWitt Smith, 1847-1920. Their children were Luverne, Mary Inise, Fred Dewitt, Lawrence Calvin, and Gordon H.
The family lived in Isabella County, Michigan.
Mary had five children- Florence, Oliver, Bernice, Norman, and one listed as "private." None of the four who were named lived in Tucson, so who the photo belonged to before ending up in a thrift store is unknown.
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