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Nellie Mae Rowe BIOGRAPHY
1900 Fayette County, Georgia - 1982 Flat Rock, Georgia. Known for: Collage, assemblages and colored pencil images of dreams, animals, landscape.
Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a... Read full biography
Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a rural community twenty miles south of Atlanta. Sam, born a slave, used his expertise as a... Read full biography
Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a rural community twenty miles south of Atlanta. Sam, born a slave, used his expertise as a blacksmith and basketweaver to augment the family income. Luella was a talented seamstress and quilter, skills she taught to her daughter. The family worshiped at Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church,... Read full biography
Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a rural community twenty miles south of Atlanta. Sam, born a slave, used his expertise as a blacksmith and basketweaver to augment the family income. Luella was a talented seamstress and quilter, skills she taught to her daughter. The family worshiped at Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest active congregation in the area. The church housed an elementary school that Nellie Mae attended for several years. She married Ben Wheat in 1916, and the childless couple moved to Vinings, a rural community northwest of Atlanta, fourteen... Read full biography
Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a rural community twenty miles south of Atlanta. Sam, born a slave, used his expertise as a blacksmith and basketweaver to augment the family income. Luella was a talented seamstress and quilter, skills she taught to her daughter. The family worshiped at Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest active congregation in the area. The church housed an elementary school that Nellie Mae attended for several years. She married Ben Wheat in 1916, and the childless couple moved to Vinings, a rural community northwest of Atlanta, fourteen years later. Ben died in 1936, and later that year Nellie Mae married Henry "Buddy" Rowe, a much older widower. In 1939, the couple built t... Read full biography
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Born on the 4th of July in 1900, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe was the ninth of ten children of Sam and Luella (Swanson) Williams. The family lived on a rented farm in Fayette County, Georgia, a rural community twenty miles south of Atlanta. Sam, born a slave, used his expertise as a blacksmith and basketweaver to augment the family income. Luella was a talented seamstress and quilter, skills she taught to her daughter. The family worshiped at Flat Rock African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest active congregation in the area.
The church housed an elementary school that Nellie Mae attended for several years. She married Ben Wheat in 1916, and the childless couple moved to Vinings, a rural community northwest of Atlanta...But wait, there's more...
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