Believed to be John Isaac Watson [1843-1926]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.25

Description

Tintype believed to be John Isaac Watson [1843-1926] - husband of Sarah Louisa Baker, son of John Watson and Mary Ann Almost. John Isaac Watson served during the Civil War as a member of Company B, 85th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry between 12 September 1861 and 22 November 1864. Identified by comparison to item # ALLS0001. Original, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Subject Person or Organization

Watson, John Isaac [1843-1926]

Collection

Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860 - circa 1870

Lexicon

Search Terms

Flag--United States, Military, Veterans--Civil War, Watson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOG-AN002-0004

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Watson Series - Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Notes

The Watson Series photographs, documents, and heirlooms were passed from Robert Watson [1847-1942] and his wife, Catharine Anderson [1848-1933], to their daughter, Ella May (Watson) Throckmorton [1893-1988], and her husband, Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. [1889-1964], to their daughter, Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman [1919-2012], to her son Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III who owned and shared the items with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2016 and 2022. Source Citation: Believed to be John Isaac Watson [1843-1926]; circa 1860-1870; item no. TOOG-AN002-0004, Watson Series, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).