This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bernhardt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1077.1 Message Board Post: Jacob and Esther (Hester) Lites lived in Henry County Georgia and had several children, including John Joseph Berhnardt. John Joseph was a First Lieutenant, Company A, 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry and fought in the battle of Vicksburg. His bother William Preston was killed in the Civil War. John Joseph married Amanda A. M. Whaley in Talbot County Georgia November 6 1856. I have their marrige license and Amanda's Pension Application. John Joseph and Amanda had several children including Henry and Ida Tuna. Henry married Nancy Cassandra Smith and he opened one of the first photography studios in Spartanburg, South Carolina about 1890. Henry was born in 1870 in Warm Springs, Meriwether County Georgia and died in Spartanburg January 28, 1958. His wife, Nancy Cassandra Smith was born 1878 in Reidville, near Spartanburg South Carolina and died in Spartanburg December 13, 1951. Both Henry and his wife were photographers and their daughter DeViolette Bernhardt was as well and she! continued the photography studio after her father's death. Henry and his daughter were both artists. Henry also was a sculptor. John Joseph and Amanda had a daughter Ida Tuna Bernhardt who married Joseph "Joe Brown" Weaver and they lived in Wayne County Georga and raised three children: Georga A., Mae L. and Josie Weaver. Josie married Leon Neslon Yarbrough and their son Colvin Nelson Yarbrough is my father. I have lots of original documents and photographs of this family and would be delighted to share them. Don Yarbrough dyarbrough@attorney-cpa.com