Mystery solved, found John and Harriet Powers buried nextto Susan Austin in the Quaker Cemetery @ North Collins, NY (see
https://web.archive.org/web/20070625060113/https://www.buffnet.net/~macdowel/ncollins/nc.htm)
Now have Harriets Austins death as 1892,she is most likely
the mystery women above.
Could these be the maid of honor and the bridesmaids? If so, the most likely wedding is that of George Wilson and Alice Austin. In which case, one girl is surely Georgie Ana Hussey. Alice was nine when her mother, Kate Call died. Kate's sister Mary, Georgie Ana's mother, lived next door and surely raised them both. The other two girls are anybody's guess.
Do you see a similarity between the ears of the middle girl
and the lady below? Do you think it had anything to do with
the Quaker custom of not "marrying out of good order"
and the limited options? Where are the groom and ushers?
Could this be Alice Austin's wedding picture? Alice's father was a Quaker who probably did not attend her wedding since she was "marrying out". Does she seem unhappy? Alice is a country girl from Taylor Hollow, NY and married a flamboyant person from Charlestown, MA whom she couldn't have known very well. Does she look concerned or worried?
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