Mitchener Album 01, Photo 07 - Mary (Way) Mitchener [1812-1901]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.43.7

Description

Carte-de-visite photograph of Mary (Way) Mitchener [1812-1901] - wife of William Mitchener, daughter of Francis Way and Lydia Clark. Caption reads, "Mary Way Mitchener - Mother of Dora Mitchener Baily." There is a 2 cent tax stamp on the back side indicating that the photo dates to the Civil War, probably between 1 August 1864 and 1 March 1865 during the time when a tax stamp higher than one cent was used. Original, professional photograph from S. G. & T. W. Rogers, Carmichaels, Greene Co., Pa. Mitchener Album 01, Photo 07. Based on the identified photographs and an inscription that reads, "Album presented to Lee I. Mitchener by F. M. Mitchener," we believe the Mitchener Album originally belonged to Ida Leonis "Lee" Mitchener [1857-1924], daughter of William B. Mitchener and Mary Way. The album passed to Lee's sister Harriet Eldora "Dora" (Mitchener) Baily, whose descendants have preserved it in original order.

Collection

William M. Baily Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Rogers, S. G. (Studio)

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Cumberland Township / Carmichaels

Notes

Date: 1864-1865

Lexicon

Search Terms

Mitchener family, Tax stamp, Way family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: BAID-AN001-0007

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Way, Mary [1812-1901]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mitchener Album 1 Series - William M. Baily Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The William M. Baily Collection was passed from John Ewing Baily [1856-1915] and his wife, Harriet Eldora "Dora" Mitchener [1854-1937], to their son Kenneth Gaddis Baily [1900-1962] and his wife, Mabel Louise Cooper [1909-1964], to their son William Mitchener Baily [1943-2008] and his wife, Bonnie Jeffries, to their son Daniel Mitchener Baily who owned, scanned, and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Source Citation: Mitchener Album 01, Photo 07 - Mary (Way) Mitchener [1812-1901], item no. BAID-AN001-0007, William M. Baily Collection, shared by Daniel M. Baily, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).