B. Pechous shared this old photo from the Mattie Perry Jelinek collection, with the following description.

Sharecroppers’ daughters: Whitewater, WI, circa 1926

Evelyn (1908 – 1982) and Elinor Perry (1911-2007)

The photo was taken in the Whitewater area.  Their parents were Charles and Anastasia Perry, who sharecropped on several farms in the Whitewater area for around fifty years. Evelyn and Elinor attended the Stone School on Fremont Road in Cold Spring township.  Their parents farmed the Fred Ludemann Place (N1655 Findlay Road) from 1920 to 1926. Evelyn married LeRoy Boltz in 1928.  She had three children and lived on Bluff Road for the rest of her life.  Elinor married James Larson in 1932.  They had three children and lived on Peterson Road (for a while) on the old Peterson farm. They are both buried in Hillside Cemetery. 

Our thanks to B. Pechous for sharing this fashionable nearly 100-year-old photo.

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