Name/Title
Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 18 - Hannah Hester (Jones) Billingsley [1854-1940]Entry/Object ID
2009.4.193Description
Carte-de-visite photograph of Hannah Hester “Hettie” (Jones) Billingsley [1854-1940] - wife of Sias Billingsley, daughter of Lewis Jones and Ethalinda Havely.
Hettie was a graduate of Dana's Musical Institute in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio (Class of 1873). Her schoolmate, Margaret Virginia (Thompson) Pauley [1855-1937] (Class of 1875), assembled the album in which this photograph appears. Hettie and Margaret were also both natives of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. They were among several Greene Countians who attended the Ohio school, possibly due to the fact that Professor and Band Leader Charles R. Bradley [1843-1885] also came from Waynesburg. Margaret boarded with the Bradley family while receiving her education, and it is possible that Hettie stayed in the Bradley house as well. (Source: Catalogue of Dana's Musical Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William P. Kildare, 1875); Library of Congress Music Division.)
Handwritten inscription on album page reads, "Hettie Jones (Billingsley)."
Original, professional photograph from Rogers Brothers, Photographers, Opposite Public Square, Waynesburg, Pa.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Carte de VisiteCollection
Cornerstone Genealogical Society CollectionMade/Created
Studio
Rogers Brothers StudioDate made
circa 1870 - circa 1890Place
Location
Pennsylvania / Greene County / WaynesburgLexicon
Search Terms
Billingsley family, Jones familyOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
CGSP_AN002_0018Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Jones, Hannah Hester [1854-1940]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Pauley-Thompson Album Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society CollectionNotes
The Pauley-Thompson Album once belonged to the family of John Flenniken Pauley [1858-1929] and his wife, Margaret Virginia Thompson [1855-1937]. The album was found in a building set for demolition and was donated to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007.
Source Citation: Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 18 - Hannah Hester "Hettie" (Jones) Billingsley [1854-1940]; circa 1870-1890, image by Rogers Brothers, Photographers, Opposite Public Square, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. CGSP_AN002_0018, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).