Dr. Thomas West Sparrow and Lydia Ann (Weethee) Sparrow

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Dr. Thomas West Sparrow and Lydia Ann (Weethee) Sparrow

Entry/Object ID

2019.26.2

Description

Dated August 1861, Athens, Ohio. Dr. Thomas West Sparrow and his wife, Lydia Ann (Weethee) Sparrow. Margaret Leonice Needham, Laura Weethee, and Lydia Weethee were the first three women to receive male-equivalent bachelor's degrees from Waynesburg College, graduating 23 September 1857, as identified in: Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Waynesburg College for the Academic Year Ending September 1857. A note attached to the photo reads: "Doctor & Mrs. Sparrow (Lydia Weethee) / Athens. O. Aug. 1861. She was my / dearest chum and classmate at Waynesburg / Pa. When last heard from she lived in / Toronto Canada // Sep. 6, 1906." Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1861

Lexicon

Search Terms

Sparrow family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1857, Weethee family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

HART0002

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sparrow, Thomas West

Person or Organization

Weethee, Lydia Ann [1839-1925]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg College Alumni Series - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2006

Notes

The Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection was passed from Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912] to her daughter, Cricket (Still) Tubbs [1866-1955], to her daughter, Bonnie (Tubbs) Watts [1906-1985], to her daughter, Bonnie (Watts) Cook, who owned and, with researchers John and Betty Hartman, shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. SOURCE CITATION: Dr. Thomas West Sparrow and Lydia Ann (Weethee) Sparrow; item no. HART0002, Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection, shared by Bonnie (Watts) Cook in partnership with researchers John and Betty Hartman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).