Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers Family

Photograph

Greene Connections

Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers family

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Name/Title

Joel Freeman Byers and Anna (Cowell) Byers Family

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

Acquisition

Accession

2025.8

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Robert Dewayne and Margery Ellen (Moore) Whetzel

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

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).