Last June I ran a series of posts on the many suitors of my great grandmother Esther Lee Richardson titled the Courtship of Esther. Now it is time to give attention to the female interests of Bossy Talbott, the man who eventually won Esther’s hand in marriage.
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| Boss Henry “Bossy” Talbott Birth Name: Johnnie Hodias Talbott |
Bossy’s lists of girlfriends is, well, short. I only know of three. I do not even know the names off all the young women, but I do have their photographs or letters. These first two young women seemed to want to make sure Bossy had their photographs.
This young woman wrote a note on the back of her photo for someone to “give to BHT”. Unfortunately, her name is missing. The photograph is very small and looks to have been cut from a strip of photographs one gets in a photo booth.
This second young woman seems to have cut herself out of a larger photograph. On the back she has written “to BHT with my love”. Again, no signature and no identity (and no doubt as to her feelings).
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| To B.H.T. with my love |
These are the only two “girlfriends” of Bossy’s that have come to light in the period from before his marriage to Esther in Nov 1915.
The eyes of those two women look very similar to me – wonder if they’re related? It is so fun to see things from our ancestor’s early lives!
I’ve wondered the same thing, Debi!