Name/Title
Marquis Lafayette Gordon [1843-1900]Entry/Object ID
2008.2.158Description
Marquis Lafayette Gordon, Waynesburg College, Class of 1868 - son of John Adam Gordon and Rebecca S. Crawford.
Identification determined in 2014, after David Kent Fonner, author of "All Quiet on the Border: The Civil War Era in Greene County, Pennsylvania," shared research that provided photo comparisons to images included in "M. L. Gordon's Experiences in the Civil War: From His Narrative, Letters and Diary" a posthumous memoir published in 1922, that is now available to read online via Library of Congress.
Reproduction from 4" x 5" negative. The negative is not the original picture; it is a picture of a picture. The negative was probably created during the 1930s as a part of the effort by then Waynesburg College president, Paul Rich "Prexy" Stewart, to locate photographs and information for all alumni.Collection
Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum CollectionMade/Created
Date made
circa 1855 - circa 1865Lexicon
Search Terms
Gordon family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1868Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
WAYN_AN001_1868_0004ARelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gordon, Marquis Lafayette [1843-1900]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Waynesburg College Alumni Series - Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum CollectionNotes
Archived at the Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum (Miller Hall, 51 W. College St.; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2008.
SOURCE CITATION: Marquis Lafayette Gordon, item no. WAYN_AN001_1868_0004A, Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).