Hunter with boy and dog standing outside a thicket. On the left is Wickliffe Cotton, holding a rifle and wearing an ammunition belt. Wickliffe was the cousin of Descartes Pascal and the son of Salem and Mercy Cotton. On the right is Lee Pascal, nephew of Descartes Pascal. A dog named Pedro sits on a handmade sled beside three dead rabbits. Snow covers the ground.
Teacher and students posed outside a one-room schoolhouse. The children in the front row are dressed in white and are carrying flowers. The tallest woman on the left in the back row is Lucy Pascal, sister of Descartes Pascal. The school is located in Lincoln Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa.
Farm workers threshing oats and stacking straw. A steam engine is on the left and a separator is on the right. Ten with pitchforks are on top of the straw pile.
Graduation from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1888. The three women dressed in white dresses are the sisters of Descartes Pascal. From left to right:Lucy, Arcana Celestia (Lettie), and Laura.
Two women seated beside the back door of their house in DeWitt, Iowa. On the left is Della M. Cotton and on the right is Bertha M. Cotton. They are the daughters of Salem Cotton and his wife Mercy Brown.
Pascal family photo. Back row, left to right: Arcana Celestia (Lettie), John, Laura, Descartes (Dan), George, Lucy. Front row, left to right: (Sarah) Celia, Aylett, Lee, George Wourms (father), Talitha Cumi [Cotton] (mother). Celia was Aylett's wife. Lee was their son. The dog's name was Pedro.
Back view of the Pascal house, Grand Mound, Iowa in winter. Men are cutting wood. Between the two men on the left is a circular saw. On the right are two horses.
Home of George Wourms Pascal and his wife Talitha Cumi Cotton Pascal, parents of Descartes Pascal. Pascal's boyhood home was located near Grand Mound, Iowa. A man in the foreground of the picture is photographing a young standing child.
