O’Neal Family Photo Album of Olde Pine Tower
During the “Little Colonel Era”
J. T. and Lydia O’Neal gave Kentucky one Mayor of Louisville (J. T. O’Neal, Jr.), a Commonwealth Attorney (Merrit Doup O’Neal) and a member of the U.S. House of Representative and Ambassador to the Philippines (Emmet O’Neal)
Top: J. T. O’Neal. Middle, Mina Davis and Mrs. J. T. (Lydia) O’Neal.
Bottom: J. T. O’Neal, Jr. and George Wright (Lydia’s brother)
Top to Bottom: J. T. O’Neal, Jr., Bob Peters, Merrit O’Neal, Tom Peters
Standing on either side of the tree: Lydia Wright O’Neal and her husband, J. T. O’Neal.
From top to bottom branches: Emmet O’Neal, George Wright; O. Arnold; Miss Davis; and J. T. O’Neal, Jr. holding Dewey
Back: George Wright and J. T. O’Neal;
Middle: Merrit, J. T. O’Neal and Emmet O’Neal;
Bottom: Goodloe O’Neal and the family dog Dewey
Back: J. T. and Lydia Wright O’Neal; Front: J. T. O’Neal, Jr. and Mina Davis
Merrit O’Neal and Dewey
Top: Mrs. Goodman(?), Mr. Wright, Mrs. Gwathering(?)
Bottom: Emmet O’Neal, Mina David, Goodloe O’Neal, Miss Houlman(?), Mr. Wright, Miss Houlman(?)
[(?) indicates that the name could be incorrect and is a best guess based on the handwritten notation in the photo album]
Thanks to Mary Hamilton O’Neal for sharing her grandparents’ photo album of their summer home in Pewee Valley.
Page by Donna Russell