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Two Mountain Baptizings

By Ivalien Hylton Belcher © 1986

Issue: April, 1986

Being baptized in this photograph are Clabe and Alice Hubbard and Tella Mae Conner. It was taken the second Sunday in August, 1929 at the site of the old Langhorne Mill, Patrick County, Virginia. Being baptized in this photograph are Clabe and Alice Hubbard and Tella Mae Conner. It was taken the second Sunday in August, 1929 at the site of the old Langhorne Mill, Patrick County, Virginia.
Preacher Matt Conner baptizing Gracie Hylton in 1934. This was in the Mountain View section of Meadows of Dan. Mrs. Hylton is the mother of Ivalien Hylton Belcher, who is the small child being held up just to the left of the roof line in the back of the photograph. Preacher Matt Conner baptizing Gracie Hylton in 1934. This was in the Mountain View section of Meadows of Dan. Mrs. Hylton is the mother of Ivalien Hylton Belcher, who is the small child being held up just to the left of the roof line in the back of the photograph.