David Bethea
15th Conf Cavalry
Fri Jul 20 07:41:57 2001


Art,

I have some pictures that hung in my parents home when I was growing up. My parents were 53 and 42 years old when I was born and they passed away when I was 10 and 15 years old. The pictures I have hung in our home when I was growing up and I nor my siblings remember our parents teling us who they were. My sister remember one of the pictures was my grandfather Ausborn Watt Bethea(1860-1926). An old aunt confirms such. The other picture's identy is in question. One of my sisters believes it was James Monroe Gates, father to my grand mother Lula Gates. I have a nagging feeling that my father one time said the picture in question was an uncle or great uncle. I think it could be Ausborn Watkins Bethea. I also discoved some pictures behind these two pictures that none of us knew existed.

I had hoped that some pictures of the regiments these men were in existed for possible comparison. The picture files are very large and I have had trouble sending them over the internet. I would be glad to send you hard copies via snail mail if you send me your address. Who was your great grand mother? My grandmother had sistes Carrie who married Herbert massey and Catherine who married William John Deer.

Dave