John Bryant Rachels Family

John Bryant Rachels, born June 4, 1861, married Florence E. Wiggins.
John Bryant died on September 5, 1899
Their children were: Arthur, Andy Ophelia, Bertha, and Ann

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John Bryant Rachels	Florence E. Wiggins, wife of John Bryant Rachels, with granddaughter Florence Hutto. Picture taken at her daughter's Ophelia Frony Rachel Hutto's house in Bells Landing in 1905.
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Three of the five children of John Bryant & Florence E. Wiggins Rachels . They are left to right Annie Rachels, Andy Rachels, Frony Ophelia Rachels. Frony Ophelia Rachels married Robert Lee Hutto. Annie Rachels married Edgar Kirksey.	Standing is Bertha Rachels and sitting is Annie Rachels. Bertha married Mat McKensie and Annie married Edger Kirksey. Picture taken Bells Landing 1905.
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Andy Rachels, 1917 WWI	Mat McKensie & Andy Rachels taken on the day they left to go to war World War I. Picture taken about 1917 Both were from Bells Landing, Hybart, Monroe Co. Alabama.
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Mat Mckensie in his World War I Uniform, 1917. Mat Mckensie married Andy Rachels sister, Bertha Rachels from Bells Landing!.	Mat McKensie and his wife Betha Rachels taken Bells Landing 1920
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Edgar & Annie Rachels Kirksey on their honeymoon, 1910	Edgar & Annie Rachels Kirskey with their children in 1940, Franklin, Monroe Co., Alabama. Left to right are Annie, Allison, David, Edgar Jr. Charlie, and Edgar Kirksey Sr.
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Arthur & Tennie Chunn Rachels. She was the daughter of John L. & Lenora Hutto Chunn	Frony Ophelia Rachels in Bell's Landing, 1900. She married Robert Lee Hutto

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Grandchildren of John Bryant & Florence E. Wiggins Rachelsin Bell's Landing 1915 -

Top Row (girls) left to right:
Florence E. Hutto, daughter of Robert Lee & Frony Ophelia Rachels Hutto
Mindy Rachels, daughter of Arthur & Tennie Chunn Rachels,
Alma Laura Hutto, daughter of Robert Lee & Frony Ophelia Rachels Hutto (bow in her hair)
Front Row (boys) left to right:
Mat McKensie, Jr., son of Mat, Sr. & Bertha Rachels McKensie
Edgar Kirksey, Jr., son of Edgar, Sr., & Annie Rachels Kirksey

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