I couldn't choose which was better, the original or the enhanced. I can say it is the Peters brothers. In the back row, left to right, are George, b. 26 October 1875; Edward, b. 9 October 1857; and John, b. 16 March 1873. In the front sitting, left to right, are William, b. 26 July 1864, and Charles, b. 30 May 1868. They had two sisters, Ellen (Nell), b. 27 May 1856, and Ida, b. 8 March 1870. So Great Grandfather Edward LeRoy Peters was second to his sister, Nell. Other family photos of the other Peters may come later.
That is, of course, Mary Jane Maher Peters, married to Edward LleRoy. And here the two are with their family.
That is Grandma Koftan's writing, obviously, with "Dad," "Mother." And she's the littlest, with those wonderful curls, sitting between her parents. Forrest LeRoy was born 9 September 1882; Glen Elmo, 8 July 1884; Nellie M., 25 June 1888; Myrtle Ida, 4 February 1891; Fern Effie Adelaide, 5 June 1895. I know factually that Myrtle and Fern were born at Mariaville, as was Velma (Mom)--though up on the Niobrara River--because I have copies of the birth certificate data. I presume the others were also born there on the homestead, a better version of which is below:
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