Murray Collection

Title

Murray Collection

Description

Includes chiefly family photographs from the Frazier, Roebuck, and Avriett families, many from the 1920s-1930s. Significantly represented are local chiropractors Elizabeth Frazier Murray (1914–1985) and her parents Josie (1891–1980) and Frank Frazier Sr. (1884–1966).

Contributor

David Murray

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2023.006

Collection Items

H.W. Bessey, c. 1890

Portrait of man with large mustache, Hubert Wilbur Bessey (1855-1918). Hubert and his brother Willis Bessey (1859-1901) arrived at the South Fork of St. Lucie River in about 1883 and lived in a small house on Bessey Point. Hubert, a graduate of Oberlin College, claimed a homestead of 24 and 44/100 acres in 1884 and in 1890 claimed 148 and 78/100 acres. He and his brother cultivated pineapples and built boats. Hubert also served as Keeper at the House of Refuge on Hutchinson Island between 1890 and 1897. When Sarah Danforth died in 1901, Hubert and his wife, former schoolteacher Susan Corbin Bessey (1868-1954), were invited to take over the Danforth Hotel. Hubert led fishing trips, which were enjoyed by Grover Cleveland, who visited and stayed the hotel frequently.
Parade past Bentel Bakery, c. 1915

Decorated carriage and bicycles pass K.H. Bentel bakery goods and confectionery and a railroad car.

Tags Business enterprises, Parades & processions, Stores & shops
House of Refuge, c. 1920

House of Refuge, probably Gilbert's Bar.

Tags Lifesaving stations
Parade past Bentel Bakery, c. 1915

Decorated carriage filled possibly with suffragists pass K.H. Bentel bakery goods and confectionery and a railroad car.

Tags Business enterprises, Parades & processions, Stores & shops
Group portrait at Mammoth Cave, Sept. 1946

Large group of people at park entrance of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Photo marked 1-unidentified boy, 2-Josie Elizabeth Roebuck Frazier (1891-1980), 3-
Frank James Frazier Sr. (1884-1966)
Ceremony near railroad tracks, c. 1910

Decorated carriages and people around the bandstand, watching a speaker.

Tags Carts & wagons, Parades & processions, Stores & shops
Elizabeth and Frank J. Frazier, 1927

Teen girl and boy. Siblings Annie Elizabeth Frazier (1914-1985) and Frank J Frazier Jr. (1911-1992). Taken around Elizabeth's junior high graduation at age 13.
Portrait of Rose Roebuck, 1936

Graduation portrait of Rose Kremer Roebuck Walton (1920-2007).

Tags Mortarboards (Caps)
Four Frazier women, c. 1905

Josie Elizabeth Roebuck Frazier (1891-1980), her sisters-in-laws Almeda "Meda" Belle Frazier Ball (1876-1938) and Flora Annie Frazier Dyer (1878-1937), and Josie's mother-in-law Margarette Melissa Dufour Frazier (1851-1929).
Four Frazier women, c. 1905

Four women: partial identifications on back, L-R: Unidentified, Margarette Melissa Dufour Frazier (1851-1929), Arvilla Elizabeth Avriett Roebuck (1861-1948), mother of Josie Elizabeth Roebuck Frazier (1891-1980)

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