The Swinkey Belles 1895


Shown above are 19 of the "Swinkey Belles" in the year 1895. They are: Front row, left to right, Ida Pierceall (VanMarter), Mary Yates (Rogers), Maggie Pike (Williams), Carrie Borden (Hagan), Lillie Carrico (Yates), Mattie Seward (Borden)

Second row: Alice Miles (Pike), Bush Hagan (Gallagher), Agnes Pike (Elliott), Annie Yates, Hattie Christian (Hagan)

Third row: Betty Buckman, Josie Pike (Spalding), Maggie Montgomery, Fannie Borden (Nelson), Eliza Morrison (Hayden), Fannie Montgomery (Vaughn), Mamie Montgomery (Spalding), Elsie Buckman (Gentges).

This picture and caption was printed in a local paper of unknown origin.

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