Miller-Simpson Album 01, Photo 011 - William Henry Black

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.43

Description

Carte-de-visite of William Henry Black - husband of Mary Ella Henderson, son of Felix Black and Lydia Frederick. Handwritten inscription reads, "Will H. Black / Covington, Ohio." Also see # WAYN_AN001_1876_0002. Original, professional photograph from Finch's Gallery, East of Court House, Lebanon, Ohio.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Finch's Gallery

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1880

Place

Location

Ohio / Warren County / Lebanon

Lexicon

Search Terms

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

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MERR-AN004-0001-0011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Black, William Henry [1854-1930]

Web Links and URLs

DOWNLOAD high-resolution JPG image, DOWNLOAD high-resolution TIFF image, View Photos in Album

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 11 - William Henry Black; item no. MERR-AN004-0001-0011, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by their grandson Peter Merrick; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).