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Coventry mother and daughter in front of the Dixie Photo Service, Lake Worth, c. 1920
Charlotte Turner Coventry (1863–1958) and daughter Edith Brown Coventry (1890–1979) on sidewalk in front of Dixie Photo Service. -
Coventry family at beach, c. 1915
Edith Brown Coventry (1890–1979), brother Franklin John Coventry (1891–1926), his wife Ella Estelle Ball Coventry (1893–1961), and John D. Coventry (1857–1938). -
Frank Coventry and son John in water, 1924
Franklin Coventry (1891–1926) and John F. Coventry (1918–1984) in water -
Frank Coventry and son John, 1924
Franklin Coventry (1891–1926) and John F. Coventry (1918–1984) seated on bench. The Coventry family owned and operated the Coventry Hotel, built 1914, and the Coventry apartments, built in 1922. Frank Coventry was the proprietor of the hotel until 1917. In 1915, Frank was in his car outside the Stuart Bank at the corner of St. Lucie Avenue and Osceola Street when the Ashley Gang robbed the bank, and commandeered his car and his services as a driver. In 1917, Frank opened a ferry service between Jensen Beach (then Gosling) and Stuart. The ferry served as many as 500 cars a month until the auto bridge opened in January 1918. Frank then worked for the Pure Oil Company as a fuel dealer for gas stations. During the 1920s, prohibition-era, Frank was involved in "bootlegging" activities, and was arrested and fined several times. In 1924, he was shot by Jesse Quinn, another bootlegger, recovered, but was then killed by Quinn in 1926. -
Coventry family, c. 1915
John D. Coventry (1857–1938), daughter-in-law Ella Estelle Ball Coventry (1893–1961), son Franklin Coventry (1891–1926), and grandchild (child of Frank and Estelle) Charlotte Mae Coventry Axtell (1913–1997) in front of a house. -
Charlotte, John, and Edith Coventry, c. 1935
Charlotte Turner Coventry (1863–1958) husband John D. Coventry (1857–1938), and their daughter, photographer Edith Brown Coventry (1890–1979).Tags Florida-Stuart -
Ball family on the porch, 1912
Ella Estelle Ball Coventry (1893–1961) with dog, seated between her parents, Irene May Bullock Ball (1857–1921) and Willis Adams Ball (1855–1938).
Willis and Irene Ball family came to Stuart in 1903 with their two youngest children. Their eldest, Byron, had moved to the area in the 1890s. Willis was the town only jeweler for many years, a photographer, and served as Stuart city clerk. He moved to West Palm Beach in 1932 to live with his son Byron.Tags Florida-Stuart -
Mae and John Coventry family, c. 1916
Young Charlotte Mae Coventry Axtell (1913–1997) on the shoulder of grandfather John D. Coventry (1857–1938). -
Coventry family, c. 1928
Young John F. Coventry (1918–1984), with his aunt Edith Brown Coventry (1890–1979), and grandparents Charlotte Turner Coventry (1863–1958), and John Coventry (1857–1938) -
Charlotte, John, and Edith Coventry, 1933
Edith Coventry and parents, John Coventry (1857–1938) and Charlotte Turner Coventry (1863–1958). Handwritten at top: "When we get riled, you'd best let us be, ma, pa, me." (from Toby's song.)"Tags Florida-Stuart