J. H. and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Family Bible, Photo 02 - Capt. Frank M. Powell

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

J. H. and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Family Bible, Photo 02 - Capt. Frank M. Powell

Entry/Object ID

2021.14.3

Description

Carte-de-Visite photograph believed to be Capt. Frank M. Powell, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. This photograph is included in the J. H. and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood family bible. It is in a slot on the pages designated for family photographs. Handwritten inscriptions read: (1) on Bible page below photo, "S. M. Powell" (2) on back of photograph, "Yours truly / F. M. Powell / Capt. 142nd PA." Original, professional photograph from Purviance, Pittsburg, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Powell, Frank M.

Collection

Rev. John Harrison and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Purviance

Date made

circa 1860 - circa 1870

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Allegheny County / Pittsburgh

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Powell family, Throckmorton family, Veterans--Civil War, Wood family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

WOOD-AN001-0008

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Rev. John Harrison and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2012

Notes

J. H. and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood family bible records (including photographs and family papers), 1842-1958, "New Devotional and Practical Pictorial Family Bible," Superfine edition (Philadelphia, Pa., Chicago, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., and Atlanta, Ga.: National Publishing Co., no date); privately held by Bill Anderson, Vancouver, WA, 2012. Passed from Rev. John Harrison Wood [1842-1928] and his wife, Elizabeth Throckmorton [1842-1931], to their son Isaac T. Wood [1862-1946] and his wife, Minnie Hayden, to their daughter Alta (Wood) McCormick, to her cousin Edna (Wood) White, to her daughter Ethel (White) Anderson, to her son Bill Anderson who owned and shared the Bible and its contents with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012. Source Citation: J. H. and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Family Bible, Photo 02 - believed to be Capt. Frank M. Powell, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteers; circa 1860-1870; item no. WOOD-AN001-0008, Rev. John Harrison and Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Wood Collection, shared by Bill Anderson, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).