Carrington-Owens Picture

Attached to this message is a picture of an African American couple. The picture was taken approximately during the late 1800s or early 1900s. The picture has no name on in, however, it was with papers related to Philip Grant Carrington and his mother Clara Owens Carrington Kidd. The picture may be of Clara's parents who had the last name of Owens or Raiford (Rayford or Ray). Clara was born in South Carolina approximately 1892 in or near Spartanburg or Laurens.

Philip was born in 1910 in Ashdown, Arkansas but also lived in Colorado, Missouri, Ohio before dying in Michigan in 1982 where he was very well known throughout the state.

Please inform me if you know who the persons are in the picture.

South Carolina History and Resource

For everyone interested in locating African American ancestors who lived in South Carolina during the mid to late 1800s thru 1919 there is a 500+ page book. The book has only biographies and pictures of African Americans. The book is entitled HISTORY of the AMERICAN NEGRO: South Carolina Edition, edited by A.B. Caldwell. This is the original edition which is illustrated and published in 1919 by the A.B. Caldwell Publishing Company in Atlanta, Georgia.