Bitterman Family Portrait, ca. 1903

Three generations of Bitterman descendants are depicted in this photograph, dating from around 1903 (based on the ages of the infants in the photo).  From the groupings in the photo I've been able to reconstruct a pretty good idea of who everyone is.  The white-haired man near the center of the photo is Levi Bitterman, with daughter Mary Ann and wife Esilla (Rachal) sitting to either side of him.  On Esilla's other side, wearing a plaid dress, is their daughter Emma with husband William Woodson Wright Jr. and their children seated and standing around them.  At far left in the center row is Levi and Esilla's son Fred, with wife Mary Susan (Elliff) and their daughters.  On the other side of Mary Susan is Milus Polk Wright, Mary Ann's husband and brother of Emma's husband W. W., and the four boys sitting on the ground and the girl behind them belong to M. P. and Mary Ann.  At the back row is Lee Bitterman with wife Hester (Clark), married about a year at the time this was taken, and the identities of the next two young men in the photo would be either Ulyses or Edgar Bitterman (but I'm not certain which one is which).  On their other side is their niece Mabel Wright, her brother Earl, and sister Ghaskye.  Their brothers Will and Harry are seated on the ground in front of their parents, The small girl with her hair in ribbons, immediately behind Harry and being held onto by their father, is my great-grandmother Pearl Anais, who was around three years old.