In April, 1988 Helen Coyer (698 S. Peakview Dr., Castle Rock, CO 80104) sent the photograph (see page 44) along with several family group charts illustrating descent from Thomas Pettit, the early immigrant to Massachusetts. The following is taken directly from the Vail/Pettit chart. Helen cites as her source "Alfred Vail Coll. NYBG Soc. Libr., NY".
HUSBAND'S FULL NAME: Ephraim Vail6; born 23 March 1798, Allegheny Co., PA; married Elizabeth Pettit 16 August 1821 in Richland Co., Ohio; died 14 August 1872, Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa; parents: John5 and Sarah (Vance) Vail.
WIFE'S FULL NAME: Elizabeth Pettit; born 27 February 1802 in West Virginia; died 10 November 1889, Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa; parents: Thomas Pettit (1771-1846) and Elizabeth Burkit (1769-1835).
CHILDREN: 1. THOMAS, born 23 May 1822, married Martha A. Shepard on 5 February 1846 in Wyandot Co., Ohio; 2. MARGARET, born 12 April 1824, married Aaron McBride on 7 June 1854, died 19 December 1902 and is buried at the cemetery in Garden Grove, Iowa (he born 1825 and died 17 May 1879); 3. SARAH, born 1 February 1826 in Crawford Co., Ohio, married Thomas Holmes 7 April 1846; 4. JOHN, born 6 January 1828 in Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio, married Martha Maria Littleton on 8 January 1852 in Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, died 31 August 1907 in Superior, Nuckolls Co., Nebraska and is buried in Garden Grove, Iowa; 5. JONATHAN, born 29 January 1830 in Ohio, married Lizzie A. (1811-1899), died 29 April 1915; 6. SOLOMON D., born 5 December 1831, married Clarrissa Line (1839-1906) on 2 March 1856, died 25 August 1905 and is buried at Garden Grove, Iowa; 7. ELIZABETH, born 30 October 1833, married George W. Peyton or Payton and died 5 February 1904; 8. CHRISTINA, born 18 July 1836 and died 26 December 1915, Garden Grove, Iowa; 9. PETER B., born 3 June 1838, died 4 July 1907, buried Garden Grove, Iowa; 10. MARY A., born 6 April 1841, married Boylston S. Wilson; 11. JAMES M., born 31 March 1843 and married Mary Emrick; 12. HANNAH V., born 13 October 1845, married James F. Crowley (1852-1925) on 2 September 1879 at Leon, Iowa, died 14 December 1925 at Garden Grove, Iowa.