Miller-Simpson Album 01, Photo 002 - Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.34

Description

Dated Winter 1871-72. Carte-de-Visite photograph of Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson [1856-1934], while a student at Waynesburg College - husband of Lida C. Miller, son of William Simpson. Another original of the same photograph included in the loose photos of the same collection, has the handwritten inscription on the back that reads, "Winter of '71 - '72 / at Waynesburgh." See item # MERR-AN003-0005. Original, professional photograph from S. G. Rogers, Waynesburg, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Rogers, S. G. (Studio)

Date made

1871 - 1872

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Simpson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MERR-AN004-0001-0002

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simpson, Theodore Parker (Dr.) [1856-1934]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miller-Simpson Album - Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Notes

The Miller-Simpson Album Series photographs are in a cabinet card size photograph album originally owned by Eliza Campbell "Lida" (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919] - wife of Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson, daughter of Alfred Brashear Miller and Margaret Kerr Bell. Lida was a graduate of Waynesburg College, Class of 1876; the album includes many of her classmates, as well as family and friends. The album was passed from Eliza Campbell "Lida" (Miller) Simpson and her husband, Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson, to their daughter, Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959], and her husband, Silas Clarence Merrick [1879-1942], to their only son, Robert Silas Merrick [1914-2002], and his wife, Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick [1918-2005], to their grandson, Peter Merrick, who owned and shared the album with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project. SOURCE CITATION: Miller-Simpson Album 01, Photo 02 - Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson, item no. MERR-AN004-0001-0002, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by Peter Merrick, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).