Some History of the Nave Family

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The following are links to sample images from the indicated years. The years themselves are also active links to a brief chronology of that year and further links to other pictures and material. A birthdate log has been started.

1785, August 10 John Speer II was born in Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina. Father of John Grove Speer.

1809, February 12, John Grove Speer was born in Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina.

1860

• Edward King Owsley

1870

• Susie E. Speer

1880

• John Grove Speer
• Ida M. Souther Speer

• Eugene Edward Owsley
• William Albert and Susie Owsley
• James Speed Owsley

• William Albert and Susie Owsley

• Ella Owsley

• Albert M. Speer and family

• Fannie Alice Owsley.
• Etta Speer.

1901

1902

• Reginald and Naomi .
• William Emory Speer and family.

1904

• Zachariah and Ellen King, Great-Grandparents.
• Speer family reunion at park.

1906

• Reginald and Naomi in cold weather.

1908

• Speer family gathering
• Edward Morton Speer

1910

• Rod's Mother with her brothers and sisters.

• Alice Bagby Owsley with three generations of descendants.
• America and Sam Nave with children, including our father, Carl Nave.

• Izora Johnson who became Brenda's Granny Dawson.

1914

• Katherine Dawson, Brenda's Aunt Katherine.
• Pearl and Leland Bunch

Katherine Dawson, Brenda's Aunt Katherine.

• Owsley children in yard in Owensboro.

• Naomi Owsley in the snow.
• America and Sam Nave with children, including our father, Carl Nave.

• Naomi Owsley with friends by haystack.

• 50th Anniversary of Marcus and Ida Speer.

• Wedding of Carl Nave and Naomi Owsley.
• Carl Nave with members of the Speer family.

1921

• Naomi with friends by tent.

• Edgar Leland Nave was born on March 4, 1923.
• Naomi with infant Edgar.

• Speer family ladies on porch in Owensboro.
• Four generations from Ida Souther Speer.
• Menfolk of the Speer family

1925

• Brenda family history.

• Carl Nave in Owensboro.

• Edgar beside car on snowy day.

• Reginald and Catherine Owsley with R.O..
• Lolla, Fannie and Isola Ella in Kentucky.

• Dorothy Annette Nave was born on May 25, 1929.
• Naomi with infant Dorothy.

• Speers: Albert M., Emory and Marcus Haden with wives.
• Orvetta's graduation from Bowling Green College.

1931

• The beginning of the move to Arkansas.
• Wanda Louellen Nave was born on October 4, 1932.

• The Nave family in Owensboro and Arkansas.

• Naomi and the children move to Arkansas.

• The first full year near Newport, Arkansas.

1936

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• The Nave family on the farm north of Newport.
• Susie Owsley with her sons.

• Owsley menfolk in Owensboro, Ky.
• Owsley ladies in Owensboro, Ky.

• Carl Rodney Nave was born on July 21, 1939 in Newport, Arkansas.

• Family on farm in Arkansas

• Philippe David Nave was born on April 9, 1941 in Newport, Arkansas.
• Brenda Carolyn Mason was born on August 26, 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Brenda with Clyde Mason, her biological father.

• Edgar in uniform in France.

• Home from the war!

• Granny Peddicord's birthday brought the family together.
• The move of Brenda's family to Austell was viewed by them as a move to the country.

• Brenda and Bonnie on the side porch.
• Brenda, Bonnie and Wayne Ivey were playmates at the Austell house.
• Nave family gathering in Newport, Arkansas.
• Frank and Mae Owsley in Owensboro, Kentucky.

• Bonnie, Sherry, Brenda in the snow.
• Brenda and Bonnie with infant Sherry on a truck bed.
• Duncan children in summer.
• Grandmother Susie Owsley on her 74th birthday.
• Family gathering for Dorothy's wedding.

• Duncan girls and the ice storm of winter '49.
• Herb and the Sunday gathering of men.

• Marjorie Duncan and her girls pose with the family truck.

• 80th birthday of Albert M. Speer.
• Aunt Gertrude .

• 100th birthday of great grandfather Petticord.
• Denise Duncan was born on July 29.

• Edgar at work in Paducah.

• Rod, Philippe, Janet on horse at Nave gathering.

• Duncans and Iveys in side yard.

• Herb and Marjorie in yard.

• Marjorie and the girls in May.
• Duncan girls in front yard.
• Charles and Wanda with Bobby Charles and Mary.

• Naomi with baby Leland.

• Brenda in nurses uniform.