Pelfrey Family at White Oak, ca. 1895



A Pelfrey Family Photo, taken ca. 1895. Members and relatives of the Nathan Pelfrey family gathered for this photo at the family home at White Oak in Breathitt County more than one hundred years ago. Front row, l-r: Nathan Pelfrey, holding Ella; his wife, Sarah Turner (Sewell) Pelfrey, holding Peggy; Seldon Pelfrey; Will Henry Pelfrey (Nathan's son); Roland; and Raleigh Pelfrey. Eva Sewell (married A. C. Cope), Sarah's daughter; Georgann and Nan, Nathan's daughters; ____ Pence, Nathan's nephew; and John Sewell, Sarah's son. Photo a courtesy of Blanche Newland, 104 Kings Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24501. Peggy Pelfrey, who married Joseph Mitchell Newland of Coburn, Virginia, was her mother.