This past Wednesday, the medical school graduation portrait of William Henry Maines Jeffs, M.D. (1864 - 1933) was posted. He is the maternal great grandfather of my wife Molly Nora [O'Kane] Tew. He is the great great grandfather of our two sons and he is the 3x great grandfather of our new granddaughter, Nora W. Tew.
The photograph of William H. M. Jeffs is taken when he was a much older man, but precisely how old is unknown because the photograph is not dated. Perhaps it was taken at a garden party or tea for some formal occasion by the way he is dressed, but on the other hand it could have been taken as he was enjoying some tea in his yard before heading off to work. The hat and magazine or newspaper seemingly tossed on the table in the background could support this interpretation. Like many undated and undescribed photos, we will never know the true nature of this snapshot that froze a moment in time.
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Image scanned from an original photograph in the family collection.
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Copyright 2015, John D. Tew
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