This is Miles Marvin Messer's WWI from September 12, 1918. It gives quite a bit of information about him in his own handwriting. It states that he is the head bicycle repairman at L. J. Hood's Bicycle Shop.
L. J. stands for Luna Jackson. I can see why he went by L. J. Hood. In this picture starting on the left are brothers: L. J. Hood, Lazarus Summerlin Hood, Joseph Ross Hood, Joseph Robertson Hood (their father), and sisters: I'll have to fill in the right names with the right ladies later, but the second gal to the right of her father is Mae Tommie Hood Messer.
A cool shot of the boys that work at the bicycle shop. This picture is the front of the following postcard message. In the front left is Miles Marvin Messer. He was called Marvin.
L. J. stands for Luna Jackson. I can see why he went by L. J. Hood. In this picture starting on the left are brothers: L. J. Hood, Lazarus Summerlin Hood, Joseph Ross Hood, Joseph Robertson Hood (their father), and sisters: I'll have to fill in the right names with the right ladies later, but the second gal to the right of her father is Mae Tommie Hood Messer.
A cool shot of the boys that work at the bicycle shop. This picture is the front of the following postcard message. In the front left is Miles Marvin Messer. He was called Marvin.
We had this photo, too! The Hood Bicycle shop was in Columbus, Ga. The other people in the picture are: Young man in middle is Charly Russell (my grandmother's brother), The man on the far right is Willie Harris Bunt and the young African American is James. One correction on Luna Jackson's name. His name was Luna Jackson Aderhold. He was married to Ada Jane Hood. His father-in-law gave her the shop as a wedding present. My father inherited the property that the bicycle shop was located on. He is 83.
ReplyDeleteAda Jane Hood's youngest brother was Luna Jackson Hood. I have often wondered if he was named after Luna Jackson Aderhold. Luna Jackson Aderhold died in 1893. LJ Hood ran the bicycle shop well into the 1900's. My mom remembers his shop. I don't know if he ran it for his sister after her husband died. She died in 1928 and LJ Hood died in 1957.
DeleteI found that Willie H Bunt was connected through Ada J Hood's daughter Nona Panola Aderhold. I could not find how Charly Russell is connected. Could you help me out?
I come through Joseph Robertson Hood's daughter Mae Tommie Hood, through the Messer line. How do you connect?
Thanks for the info about the photo and your comments.
We had this photo, too. The young man in the middle is Charly Russell (my grandmother's brother). The man on the far right is my grandfather, Willie Harris Bunt. The young African American was called James. They all worked for the Hood Bicycle shop. One correction is Luna Jackson's name. He was Luna Jackson Aderhold and he was married to Ada Jane Hood. The bicycle shop was given to her and her husband by her father Dr. Joseph Robertson Hood. He also gave them considerable acreage in Cataula, Ga that he traded his property in Tennessee for. My father Inherited the property were the Bicycle shop was located. He is 83 years old.
ReplyDeleteThe middle young man is Charly Russell. The man on the far right is Willie Harris Bunt. The young man seated in front was called James. Luna Jackson's last name was Aderhold. He was married to Ada Jane Hood. Her father, Dr. Robertson Hood, gave her the bicycle shop when she married, as well as, property in Harris County, Georgia. My father inherited the property where the Bicycle Shop was located. He is 83 years old.
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