Posted By:	Alan Latta
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	Subject:	Re: Ben Bratcher ca. 1880 Missouri
	Post Date:	January 24, 2008 at 05:55:41
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/bratcher/messages/793.html
	Forum:	Bratcher Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/bratcher/

The younger Ben Bratcher you mention might be the one who interests me. My interest, however, is peripheral, as you will see. What made me post my original query was a photograph which came down through my mother's family and which I recently found. It is a formal photo, showing a young man, and on it is (handwritten) "Ben Bratcher. Ettie's boy friend." Ettie was Sarah Henrietta Smith (1861-1944), my great-grandmother. At some point, she and Ben must have parted company, since she ended up marrying Samuel Gaston Hink in Butler, Missouri, September 1884. The photo was taken by Hagedorn & Suden, listed as being in Jefferson City and Butler, Mo. If you are interested, I can try and make a digital copy of the photo and send it to you; you could then post it on the forum here, if you wish. Alan Latta