Annie Pearl Criss Sumpter & Catherine Robuck Woodard

This one is Annie Pearl (Criss) Sumpter (1875-1954) and her husband John Elias Sumpter (1865-1941) and only four of their 8 children.
(ten people lived in this house?)

The little girl with hands in front is Belle Forest Sumpter Gullett born 1901. The little dark haired girl is Earnestine Sumpter Woodard born 1898. The little boy standing is Fred Sumpter born 1906 and Annie Pearl (Criss) Sumpter b. Kansas, age at picture: 34, is holding Martha Sumpter born 1909 which looks to be a few months old. John Elias Sumpter born 1865 in MO. would be of age: 44 in 1909. This family was in Oklahoma before the date of this 1909 picture, moving into Osage County.

Elias "Polly" Sumpter born 1889 , Madeline Sumpter Mason born 1899 and Louis Sumpter born 1887, and Lawrence Sumpter born 1899, not in this picture.
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These families are my husband's people. His mother's folks. It has been a major miracle that Grandma Belle wrote names on the back and sometimes added the relationships. So, almost all of her pictures are labled. This one can be dated by the age of the children and by the type of photo, glued to cardboard. The detail of the camera lens is incredible--when it is enlarged, you can count the nails on the roof shingles.

I have worked with them and the family charts for over 40 years and am able to recognize most of them. All these people are gone but the pioneer spirit remains and is to be cherished.