Telling life stories, one photo at a time

The Forgotten Faces Project is a repository of found photos with a mission to reunite these photos with their families through genealogical research.

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Hannah Slingluff Davis
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Hannah Slingluff Davis

Hannah Slingluff Davis was the matriarch of a large Pennsylvania family… for whom we have many a photo to share!

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Esther Cable Crispin
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Esther Cable Crispin

Esther was certainly a hard research case but a satisfying end to the Hewitt / Cable family saga.

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Elizabeth Cole Clark
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Elizabeth Cole Clark

Elizabeth Cole Clark was born in the early 19th century in about 1805 - can you find her final resting place?

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Jacob Cable
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Jacob Cable

Jacob Cable was a steamboat captain out of Penns Neck, NJ who met an unfortunate end.

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Charles Wesley Cable
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Charles Wesley Cable

Charles “Uncle Wes” Cable was a beloved staple to his community in Upper Penns Neck, New Jersey.

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Harry J. Cable
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Harry J. Cable

Harry Cable grew up to be a printer, a newspaper man, a Justice of the Peace, a supporter of the war effort… and a heck of a research case.

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Mae A. Cable
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Mae A. Cable

Mae (Hewitt) Cable was a housewife in New Castle, Delaware.

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Mary Humphries Hewitt
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Mary Humphries Hewitt

Mary Humphries Hewitt was a fascinating research case that raised more questions than answered.

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George Hewitt
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George Hewitt

George Hewitt was a school teacher in Upper Penns Neck, New Jersey.

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Catherine Peterson Dolbow
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Catherine Peterson Dolbow

Catherine Peterson Dolbow is the gateway into a very large family that once lived along the New Jersey / Delaware border.

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The Morgan Family
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The Morgan Family

The Morgan family came to California from Iowa, where Mira, the youngest daughter, took a prestigious position with one famous woman of the LAPD.

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Ann King
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Ann King

Ann King was a landlady living in Wadsworth, Ohio when she was photographed around 1875.

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Effie Day
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Effie Day

Effie day was born in 1862 in Boston. She was close with her only son, George, until her death.

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Louis N. Beaudry
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Louis N. Beaudry

Louis Beaudry was a Civil War chaplain and a Protestant-turned-Catholic, whose crisis of faith he detailed in a number of published works.

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