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Long-lost cousins from across the globe having a Jolley time
Photo By: Chris Dorst
POCA - Alexander Jolley had a couple of sons.Peter Edgar, Jolley's great-grandson, has a photograph of the father and the two sons, taken in England in 1901.
Alexander Miller Jolley (right) poses with sons Alexander Jolley Jr. (far left) and John Jolley in a photo taken more than a century ago. Alexander Jr., Edgar’s grandfather, would eventually move to Australia. Alexander Sr. and John — Wiles’ grandfather — came to West Virginia.
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