Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Circus Parade - 1901

The Hollman Brothers-Schuman Circus Parade down Broadway in 1901 in Union City. The photograph was taken by Roy Barton Cline. The only store front identified in the picture is that of Leo Johnson Grocery.

Note - Roy Barton Cline was born on 29 May 1877 (birth record lists his given name as Leroy) to James Lewis and Maryette "Barton" Cline in Union Township. He married Nellie M. Mowry in Coldwater on 04 Dec 1901. Roy and Nellie had two children, a son Lewis and a daughter Marjorie. Roy died on 17 June 1949 and his wife Nellie died on 05 December 1938. All four are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Union City in Section 7A.

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