HERMAN G. & MARY A. HIER. Believed to be their 50th wedding anniversary photo (1893). Photo appeared in newspaper circa 1907 to accompany a death notice. Photographer: J. W. Emery, Galva, Illinois. Contributed by Bonnie J. Wiley

MARY A. SCHUMAKER HIER, wife of Herman Garrett Hier, believed taken same date as above photo in 1893. Photographer: J. W. Emery, Galva, Illinois. Contributed by Bonnie J. Wiley

CLARK NORMAN HIXSON, at the Geneseo Canning Factory, 1911. Contributed by his grandson Thomas W. Hixson