We are on our way. We left St. Augustine mid-morning so we wouldn’t have to fight rush-hour traffic in Jacksonville. We stopped for lunch at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee. That was where we hit our first problem. David lost a crown while eating lunch which left a sharp edge that was cutting his tongue.

This is a photo of William James Barrett, Jr., Elizabeth Carswell Barrett, his wife, and William Henry Barrett. It was taken at Wilson’s Studio on Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia about 1897 – probably to celebrate Elizabeth and William’s wedding.

William James’ life is full of tragedy. He was only two years old when his father was killed in December 1864 during a skirmish with Union troops near Concord Church outside their hometown of Yazoo City, Mississippi. His mother wasn’t quite 40 when she died in 1878. He later moved to Savannah where he met and married Rhoda Henry in 1892. Their son, William Henry Barrett, was born July 29, 1894. Rhoda died a week later.

Elizabeth and William were married April 15, 1897 and would have eight more children between 1897 and 1910. The 1900 census shows that the growing Barrett family was living in the household of Isaac Henry, William’s former father-in-law. According to the census record, there were 16 people living in the house at 424 State Street.