About Elmer
About Bess
- Full Name: Bessie Hamlin
- Birth: 29 July 1892, North Carolina
- Death: 2 November 1972, Redford, Wayne County, Michigan
- Burial: Grand Lawn Cemetery, Détroit, Wayne County, Michigan
- Parents: Albert H. Hamlin and Mary Elizabeth Oliver
- Spouse: Henry Madison Hopkins
About Henry
- Full Name: Henry Madison Hopkins
- Birth: 9 January 1889, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky
- Death: 7 February 1984, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
- Burial: Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
- Parents: James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard
- Spouse: Bessie Hamlin
About Photo
- Location: unknown but likely Morrow, Ohio at Elmer & Henry’s parents home
- Date: early 1930s
- Credit: courtesy of Pat Hopkins Howard, great-niece of Elmer and Henry
Relationships
- Among Photo Subjects: Elmer and Henry: brothers; Bess: Henry’s wife
- To Author: Elmer: maternal grandfather; Henry: great-uncle; Bess: great-aunt by marriage
