Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers Family

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2025.8.24

Description

Dated 18 September 1955. Four generations of the Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers family, pictured [Left-Right]: BACK - Robert Dewayne Whetzel [1932-2016] holding his son, Dale Kevin Whetzel, Isaac "Ike" Byers [1913-1989], Olive Blanch (Byers) Whetzel [1914-1988], Donald Jerome Whetzel [1949-], Raymond Edward Guesman [1902-1968]; FRONT - Ruth Ann (Byers) VanSwearingen [1928-2023] holding her son, Robin Freeman VanSwearingen, Anna "Annie" (Cowell) Byers [1879-1959], Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel [1930-2025] holding her son, Gary Lynn Whetzel, Nellie (Byers) Guesman [1904-1999], Louise "Lou" (Byers) Campbell [1902-1970]. Original, candid.

Collection

Robert Dewayne and Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 18, 1955

Lexicon

Search Terms

Byers family, Campbell family, Cowell family, Generations--Four, Guesman family, VanSwearingen family, Whetzel family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

WHET_AN001_0001_0024

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Byers, Isaac [1913-1989]

Person or Organization

Byers, Louise (a/k/a Lou) [1902-1970]

Person or Organization

Byers, Nellie [1904-1999]

Person or Organization

Byers, Olive Blanch [1914-1988]

Person or Organization

Byers, Ruth Ann [1928-2023]

Person or Organization

Cowell, Anna [1879-1959]

Person or Organization

Guesman, Raymond Edward [1902-1968]

Person or Organization

Moore, Margery Ellen [1930-2025]

Person or Organization

Whetzel, Robert Dewayne [1932-2016]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Byers Series - Robert Dewayne and Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2009

Notes

The Robert Dewayne and Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel Collection was passed from Walter Whetzel and his wife, Olive Blanch Byers, and Walter Irvin Moore Sr. and his wife, Lillian Irene Cooley, to their children Dewayne and Marge, respectively. Dewayne and Marge owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2009. SOURCE CITATION: Four generations of the Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers family; dated 18 September 1955; item no. WHET_AN001_0001_0024, Robert Dewayne and Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).