Clarksville

 

Here are pictures that Otto took in Clarksville, Virginia, in May 2003, on a trip with his son, Eddie.  Otto passed away in April 2006.

 

Site of Francis (Franz)  Liipfert's furniture store, called Dutch Gap.  He fell off a roof and died.

 

Behind this cemetery is the old road from South Boston to Clarksville

Franz (Francis) Julius Liipfert

October 29, 1834  (Lunzenau, Germany) - July 23, 1895 (Clarksville, VA)

 

 

Mary Eliza Gilliland Liipfert

Franz's wife

1836 - 1907

Rosa Ann Liipfert

1857 - 1936

Frances Liipfert Sizemore -- Aunt Fanny

July 28, 1861 - August 30, 1943

Mary Lizzie Sizemore Williams -- Aunt Fanny's daughter

November 25, 1890 - April 28, 1981

Al W. Williams -- Mary Lizzie Sizemore's husband

October 25, 1892 - February 9, 1946

Sizemore home

Aunt Fanny's daughter

May 11, 1894 - April 5, 1985

 

Aunt Fanny's son

Feb 28, 1901 - December 27, 1983

 

Henry Sizemore -- Aunt Fanny's son

Died in New York under mysterious circumstances

 

Charles H. Liipfert

Never married.  Lived with Aunt Fanny

1874-1944