Studio portrait of Allen E. Flowers and Louisa Flowers with their sons Loyd, Ralph, Elmer and Ervin. Allen E. Flowers owned a farm in Oregon. He was listed as a divorced church sexton in 1880. Louisa Flowers was from Massachusetts. Her father was from Massachusetts and her mother was from Puerto Rico. Written on back of photo: Mr. & Mrs. Allen E. Flowers and family, Portland, Oregon, lived for a time in California.
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African American farmers African American families Flowers, Elmer Allen, 1888-1968 Flowers, Ralph Perpeno, 1887-1961 Flowers, Louisa Matilda Thacker, 1849-1928 Flowers, Allen E. (Allen Ervin), 1847-1934 Flowers, Loyd Alonzo, 1884-1951 Flowers, Ervin M., b. 1891
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