Believed to be James H. Fordyce [1842-1912]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.29

Description

Cabinet card believed to be James H. Fordyce [1842-1912] wearing a membership medal from the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization for Civil War veterans. James H. Fordyce was a member of Company F, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, during the Civil War. He enlisted 16 August 1861 and was mustered out 14 March 1863. He lived in Greene County, Pennsylvania, most of his life. Sometime after the 1890 Census, when he appears in Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, James moved to Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, where he appears in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses, and died in 1912. James H. Fordyce [1842-1912] was the husband of Sarah Jane Murdock, and son of James H. Fordyce and Nancy Bowers. ADDRESSING CONFLICTS: Another James H. Fordyce [1820-1895] also served in the Civil War with Company K, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He lived most of his life in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Based on the age of the man in the photograph, it seems that this James would be too old to be the man pictured. Handwritten inscription on reverse of image reads, "Jim Fordyce." Original, professional photograph from Kough's Photographic Art Studio, Cor. Morgantown and Church Sts., Uniontown, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Collection

Ruth Cecilia (Morris) (Shultz) Minor Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Kough Studio

Date made

circa 1890

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Fayette County / Uniontown

Lexicon

Search Terms

Fordyce family, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MORS-AN005-0009

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fordyce, James H. [1842-1912]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miscellaneous Series - Ruth Cecilia (Morris) (Shultz) Minor Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2024

Notes

The Ruth Cecilia (Morris) (Shultz) Minor Collection was passed from Ruth Cecilia (Morris) (Shultz) Minor [1893-1986] to her daughter, Virginia (Shultz) Patton [1916-1993], to her daughter, Linda (Patton) Henderson, who passed the collection to family historian, Kathy (Morris) Miller, for preservation. Kathy owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2024. SOURCE CITATION: Believed to be James H. Fordyce [1842-1912] wearing a membership medal from the Grand Army of the Republic; circa 1890, image by Kough's Photographic Art Studio, Cor. Morgantown and Church Sts., Uniontown, Pa.; item no. MORS-AN005-0009, Miscellaneous Series, Ruth Cecilia (Morris) (Shultz) Minor Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).