Miller-Simpson Album 01, Photo 005 - Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Miller-Simpson Album 01, Photo 005 - Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919]

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.37

Description

Carte-de-visite photograph of Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919] - wife of Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson, daughter of Alfred Brashear Miller & Margaret Kerr Bell. Original, professional photograph from A. B. Chalfant, Beaver Falls, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Chalfant, A. B. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1890

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Beaver County / Beaver Falls

Lexicon

Search Terms

Miller family, Simpson family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1876

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MERR-AN004-0001-0005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Miller, Eliza Campbell [1856-1919]

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 05 - Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919], item no. MERR-AN004-0001-0005, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by Peter Merrick, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).