John Rafas Hunter & Family

 I posted this on Facebook 9 years ago:

This is John Rafas Hunter (1870-1940), son of William A. Hunter/Trammell and Emaline Ray and his wife Lillie Belle Hill (1875-1973). Lillie lived just a few months short of 98 years. They are both buried at Bascomb Methodist Church, near Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia.

The first picture, taken about 1891, their children: Elaine Jenny Hunter and Emma Viola Hunter.

The next picture was taken about 1905. The children: The back row Elaine (1891 - ? ) and Emma (1896-1992)

The front row: Walter Clarence* "Brother" Hunter and Ida Guyrine Hunter (1901-1919)

*John's brother Frank also had a son named Walter Clarence, about the same age. That may be the reason Frank's Walter Clarence Hunter went by "W.C." John's son Walter Clarence was nicknamed "Brother". Neither Walter Clarence Hunter went by their given name.

Elaine married Paul Willliam Poor and the moved to Lorain, Ohio, where they spent the rest of their lives. They had five children.

Emma married Andrew Joseph Abercrombie. They first lived on Sixes Road in south Cherokee County, then they moved to Birmingham, Alabama to work in the steel mills. They had four children.

Ida Guyrine died of a rare disease at age 18.

Walter Clarence went north to work in the steel mills. He married Elsie Elizabeth Mohle He died in East Chicago, Il, at the young age of 31. They had two children.