More than you ever wanted to know about Alabama native Joe Watts
Have taken a little time off this holiday season and have been scanning old family photos. Brother-in-law Bill Till found this particularly awesome photo of my grandmother, Sadie Hinson, in his ancestry research. Never seen it before. (She is the one with the guitar)
Pages 1-10 of an old photo album from Octagon, Alabama. Hinson Family photos.
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Three photos from Octagon, Alabama. These must have been taken in the early 1950’s? In the first photo is Papa (A.A. Hinson) and his wife (my grandparents). In photo 2 is one of their children, though I’m not certain who (help?) and in the final photo is Clark Watts with dog. (As is usually the case, just click the image for a larger version. I try to upload photos that are large enough to get a decent 4×6 print out of.)
Wow! I didn’t realize that we were among the first families to enjoy a beautiful above-ground swimming pool. Here sisters Julia and Madeline enjoy a cool and refreshing dip in the luxury pool in the front yard. (I’m not sure what this large tub was meant to be–maybe a cow watering tub?)
Those must have been the days!
Here we are having a great time on the swing in Octagon, Alabama. Julia, Joe, Stacy (in my lap–my first niece!) and Cynthia: a nice selection from the Watts family!
Good times. I still love that old, rusty swing.
Well, this was actually January 1964 and the person shown is my sister Margaret. Nothing like a good hot summer day in August in Birmingham, Alabama to make you wish for and appreciate the cold snow found in January in Octagon, Alabama. I wonder how many times it has actually snowed there. This is in front of our house in Octagon, Alabama: the house my mother (Inez Hinson Watts) was raised in as were all of my siblings.
