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Taken before Alice (Varner) Flynn was born Before 1891 (between 1888 and 1891) From Claudia Menzel

 

	I am 90% sure that this is a picture of Frances HICKMAN VARNER (1844-1928).  She was married in 1864 to John VARNER, Jr. (1834-1895).  John was probably serving in the Civil War at the time this picture was taken.  The baby is most likely William Sheridan (Sherd) VARNER, their oldest child, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1864.  The photo is a copy of a tin type and has been dated to the mid-1860's.  It was found among the possessions of Spencer KOPFF, grandson of Frances HICKMAN and John VARNER.  (The baby resembles the baby picture of Spencer.)  Frances' hairline is very much the same as later pictures of her.   However, she is a lot thinner in this picture than on later 'older' pictures.      From Claudia Menzel
Frances (Hickman) Varner This picture hung on the bedroom wall of daughter, Frances (Varner) Stevens, who spoke often of her love for her mother and how she missed her. Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant	Register of Births page from the John and Frances (Hickman) Varner, Jr., family bible.  Betty LaPlant's grandmother, Frances Christine (Varner)  Stevens had it and passed it to Betty.  According to her grandmother the handwriting is that of Frances (Hickman) Varner [click picture for a pdf] Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant
Photo of headstone of William Hickman (1807-1880) and Sarah (Stover) Hickman (1816-1896).  William and Sarah are the parents of Frances (Hickman) Varner as well as Christine (Hickman) Varner, wives of John and Lafayette Varner, respectively.  The photos were sent to Claudia Menzel by a volunteer in Venango County.  William and Sarah are buried in the Perry-Hickman Cemetery, Pinegrove Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. From Claudia Menzel
Wedding Picture of John S. Varner (youngest son of John Jr.) and Della May Hilliard (granddaughter of David Holmes) married 14 May 1902 Hilliard Pictures from Hilliards in Pennsylvania From Lori Waters	Possibly Lettie (Varner) (daughter of John Jr. and Frances (Hickman)) and John Hilliard
	Pages from the Bible of John S. and Della May (Hilliard) Varner
Frances (Hickman) Varner (sitting), Frances Varner (later Stevens) and Alice Varner (later Flynn). The picture was taken about 1903 or 1904, a couple years after my grandmother Grace was married. Frances is on the left and Alice is on the right. Frances would have been about 17 or 18 and Alice about 13 or 14. From Claudia Menzel	Frances Christine (Varner) and Francis Garfield Stevens Frances always said they walked into Buffalo and had this photo taken before they were married Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant
Frances Christine (Varner) Stevens Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant	Lilibelle Adeline (Stevens) Bryant Possibly taken at the time of her graduation from St. Cloud Teachers College also called Normal School Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant
60th Wedding Anniversary LtoR:  Daughter Lilibelle (Stevens) Bryant, Frances and Francis Stevens, son Jack Stevens.  Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant	60th Wedding Anniversary of Frances (Varner) and Francis Stevens.  Note the missing fingers on his left hand.  He got his fingers caught in a saw rig many, many years previous when he worked in the woods cutting timber.  Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant
	Wedding picture of my grandparents--Grace (Varner) and Harry Kopff, taken in May of 1899.   She was 16 and he was 38. From Claudia Menzel
	Harry Ernest Kopff and Grace (Varner) Kopff The four children, from left to right are: Isabella Kopff, Flora Kopff, Clara Kopff, and Spencer Kopff. (Notice that Spencer is the only one with curls!! and he is wearing a dress.)  This photo was taken late 1905 or early 1906. One more daughter was born about 11 years later in 1917 From Claudia Menzel
	Taken about 1945, of my grandmother, Grace (Varner) Kopff Heinig and her children and second husband From left to right, back row, are Grace (Varner) Kopff Heinig, Spencer Kopff, and Billy Heinig (Grace's second husband) Front row are her four daughters:  Isabella (Kopff) Bohan, Clara (Kopff) Hafften, Elizabeth (Kopff) McRoberts and Flora (Kopff) Evans From Claudia Menzel
1911 An old-fashioned picture postcard.  On the back, my Aunt Clara had written, "Aunt Dell Varner & family were visiting Aunt Frances Stevens on this Easter Sunday."   From Claudia Menzel	From the far left: Tom Foley, Harry Kopff (husband of Grace Varner), Frank Stevens, husband of Frances (Varner), Della (Hilliard) Varner, Grace (Varner) Kopff, probably John Seneca Varner, Grandma Frances Varner, John Hilliard, husband of Lettie (Varner) Hilliard, Letty (Varner) Hilliard holding unknown baby (could be Della's son, Chester who died in infancy), unknown girl in back (my opinion is that it is Alice Hilliard, oldest daughter of Letty, but could be Ruby Hilliard, daughter of Susan), Frances (Varner) Stevens holding baby daughter Lillebelle, Susan (Varner) Hilliard Foley, Alice Varner, probably Clide Varner--son of John and Della. (John Hilliard and John Varner may be reversed, but I don't think so.)   Now the kids in the front row:  Isabella Kopff, unknown girl but could be Frances Hilliard or Ginell Varner, Flora Kopff, Clara Kopff, unknown girl with braid on top of her head could be Rebecca Hilliard, unknown girl with shorter hair could be Ginelle Varner holding her little brother's hand. The two little boys in the front:  I think, but am not positive, that the one on the left is my father, Spencer Kopff. The other one is probably Della's son, Lloyd Varner.
	LtoR:  Evangeline Engels, Frances (Varner) Stevens [John Jr.'s daughter], Frances Dorothy Engels, Rebecca (Hilliard) Jost, Isaac Stevens [Frances (Varner) Stevens' father-in-law]. The little girl in the front is Lilibelle Adeline (Stevens) [later Bryant] Betty LaPlant's mother. The photo was taken about 1916 or so.  Evangeline, Frances Dorothy, and Rebecca (Hilliard) Jost are granddaughters of John Jr. Sent to Claudia by Betty (Bryant) LaPlant
"Making Hay" on a parcel of property that Frances (Varner) Stevens inherited when the "old homestead" on the shore of Lake Pulaski was divided among the children.  This is located on a little section of old Highway 25 which may be now called Bryant Lane.  Francis (Frank) Stevens is on top pf the load on the left, Jack Stevens is driving the team, Betty's dad, Ross Bryant, is the one with his hat on the pitch fork and Frank Flynn [husband of Alice (Varner) Flynn] is in the foreground. Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant	Francis Stevens using his old wooden dollies and heavy timbers to move this tank.  David Varner is on the tractor.  Frances was a building mover/barn straightener by trade. Thanks to Betty (Bryant) LaPlant