Location unknown but was probably on Indian Creek, Menifee Co., Ky. Notice hand quilted bed cover backdrop. Elva and Mattie were close through out their lives. Elva m. Roy Sallee.
| Mattie & sister Elva Palmer about 1905 Location unknown but was probably on Indian Creek, Menifee Co., Ky. Notice hand quilted bed cover backdrop. Elva and Mattie were close through out their lives. Elva m. Roy Sallee. |
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| Mattie & Edith Palmer, Raymond Wardlow, 1921 The Wardlow's owned the neighboring farm in Butler Co., Ohio, near Bethany and Monroe. Hamilton, the county seat, and Middletown, are nearby. The family has a copy of the farm deed. |
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| Mattie Palmer Reed and sons Photo taken Summer 1932. Mattie (1902-1995), is the daughter of Shelby Palmer and Louisa Belle Steele. |
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| Edsel Reed, cousins Virginia & Paul Sallee Photo shot in Newport, Ky., about 1928. George worked in the chemistry laboratory of the Newport Rolling Mill (steel) Company. Mattie contacted double pneumonia and almost died. The MD said to "take her back to the mountains and she would get well". |
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| Mattie Palmer Reed, close up, about 1970 Photo shot in living room of Stanton home. She's holding poodle Pierre, a long lived pet. |
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| Edsel and Montford, March 1991 Mattie's sons 59 years later. Photo at Ft. Frederica, St. Simon's Island, Georgia. St. Simon's and Sea Island are resort areas offshore from Brunswick. |
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