RAYSOR FAMILY GATHERING
Photograph Album
| Thomas
M. Raysor |
 Widely believed to be Rev. Dr. Thomas M. Raysor & Cornelia Ayer Raysor Source: The Frank Wannamaker Raysor history of the Raysor family |
For many years, the couple depicted in
the portraits above have been widely accepted as those
of Thomas M. Raysor, son of Thomas Raysor, Sr. of
Barnwell County, South Carolina. I have no reason
to doubt that. I do believe that at
least ONE Thomas Raysor portrait below has been
mislabeled. Since family history may passed
down verbally through families, and photographs may be
mislabeled by well meaning historians, I do not want to
make any assumptions. The photograph ABOVE is labeled in
the Frank W. Raysor family history as as Senator
Thomas M. Raysor, Sr of Barnwell County (land
later became part of the newly formed Bamberg
County, South Carolina), son of Michael Raysor and
Eleanor Risher, and father of Rev. Dr. Thomas
M. Raysor, Jr.
The photograph BELOW is labeled as Dr. Thomas M. Raysor, Jr., son of Thomas M. Raysor, Sr.  While I see a family
resemblance in the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth, it
is difficult for me to believe that this man is
the same man in the first
photograph as being Thomas M. Raysor, Jr,
married to Cornelia Ayer Raysor. Our
noses and ears get larger with age, but the nose
in this portrait is vastly different
from the first photograph. My
hunch is that the portraits of the couple may
be Thomas M. Raysor, Sr. and Hannah Stokes
Raysor, and the the individual photographs
of Thomas M. Raysor and Rev. Thomas M. Raysor,
Jr. are switched.
If anyone has evidence of dates and identities, I'd love to hear from you! |
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