The Sober Family Photo Album

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Atwood I Sober My great-grandfather, Atwood Isaac Sober (approximately 13 years old). Son of Isaac J. & Abagail Furman Sober
Photo taken ca. 1891
Atwood I Sober Atwood Isaac Sober
Photo taken ca. 1900
Isaac John Sober My great-great-grandfather, Isaac John Sober.
(photo #1)
Isaac John Sober My great-great-grandfather, Isaac John Sober.
(photo #2)
Isaac John Sober My great-great-grandfather, Isaac John Sober.
(photo #3)
Abagail & Lillie Sober w/ others My great-great-grandmother, Abagail Furman Sober (r), Lillie B. Sober Schrader (l)
Photo taken 08 May 1912
(Child and younger woman unidentified. I assume they are the daughter & grandaughter of Lillie. Their names are on the back of the photo, however it is illegible at this point.)
The Isaac J Sober Family Isaac J & Abagail Sober with some of their children. (Most are unidentified. I believe the man seated to the far left is John F. Sober. The man w/ the moustache standing in the second row is George R. Sober. Lillie B. Sober is seated to the right of her mother, Abagail.)
George Sober George R. Sober, son of Isaac J. & Abagail Furman Sober
(approximately 15 years old)
Photo taken ca. 1891
George Sober George R. Sober
Abby, John & Mable Sober John F. Sober, son of Isaac J. & Abagail Furman Sober, with his daughters Abby (l) and Mable (r).
Mable Sober Mable Sober, daughter of John F. Sober
Abby Sober Abby Sober, daughter of John F. Sober
t_mary_alexander.jpg (1300 bytes) Mary Foy & Alexander Sober
(original photo in the possession of Mary Hetzel.)
If you would like to visit another Sober ancestor's website, go to Matt Thompson's website. He has quite a bit of Sober history as well as photos.

Avin Alexander Sober
Alvin Alexander Sober (?), son of Isaac J. & Abagail Furman Sober. Caption written on back says "pop's [Atwood's] uncle Alvin Alexander."   Could this actually be Alexander J. Sober????? If you know for sure, please email me
 

Update 31 Jan 2002....Mystery Solved!

While looking through the 1860 Census (Coal Twp., Shamokin P.O., Northumberland Co., PA) for another family, I came across an entry for an Elizabeth Furman (age 15)  living with Alvin Alexander (age 32) & his wife, Rebecca (age 26). It turns out that "pop's uncle Alvin Alexander" was married to Rebecca Furman, daughter of John Furman & Ann Ritchie.  John and Ann Furman had both died in 1859, and young Elizabeth must have gone  to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Alvin Alexander.

Alexander was his surname, not a middle name, which was partially responsible for my confusion.

 

More photos to come soon!