Absalom Pettry's parents were Jacob and Celia Pettry, founding settlers on Hazy Creek who held property there in the 1850s. Angeline was an old woman when Glenna was a little girl in the 1940s. Event: Historic photo.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 December 7, pp. 776-777. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph shows identified soldier and his wife. Notations on manuscript fragment: "On this lock a kiss for you, William H. Bailey, Hancock" and "Look on these leaves and lock of hair and remember me though f More