Robert and Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams family home, North Morris Street, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.4

Description

Dated 1864. Robert and Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams family home, located on North Morris Street, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. First inscription on back of photograph reads: "Old Adams House North Morris Street, Later Home Of Henry C. Sayers, Then Home Of Dr. T. B. Hill, Then Of Charles & Mary Hill Strosnider - Now Owned By McKee. / This Pict Taken Late In Summer Of 1864. Bob Says His Father Is Holding Young Dos By The Hand. He Was Then About 2 Years Old. Bob Appears Resting One Foot In A Wheel Barrow. The Two Little Girls With Aunt Nancy Hook And The One With Uncle Dos Are Probably Sweet Ruth And Annie. Moses McCurdy Appears Resting One Foot On The Handle Of The Wheelbarrow. The Boy In The Old Willow Tree Is Dr. McCurdy." The details in this caption were provided by Robert Adams [1847-1910] who was a son of Dawson Blackmore Adams Sr. [1811-1890] and his wife, Nancy (Ledwith) Adams [1816-1903]. Second inscription on back of photograph, in another hand, reads: "North Morris St. opposite Christian Ch. / Robert Adams home / Nancy & Dawson Adams / Grandparents of Sallie Adams Cooke. / Robert Adams had tan yard."

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Artist

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Date made

1864

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Adams family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Houses, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Morris Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN024-0003

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Adams, Robert (Sr.) [1769-1864]

Person or Organization

Blackmore, Rebecca [1778-1853]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Adams Series - MULTIPLE COLLECTIONS

Notes

The Robert Adams Sr. Family Collection is no longer owned intact by one person or repository. It was divided between two Adams heirs, who were third cousins once removed: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] and Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]. Their divided portions were further separated by donations to separate repositories as well as private ownership. The following is an account of the three known divisions of the Adams Collection. The Robert Adams Sr. Family Collection appears to have passed intact from Robert Adams Sr. [1769-1864] to his son-in-law Ezra Mitchell Sayers [1812-1909] to his son Henry Clay Sayers Sr. [1840-1926] to his son Henry Clay Sayers Jr. [1872-1945] to his daughter Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005]. Portion A: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] donated to the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370): (1) the original Robert Adams Sr. Family Bible data pages (removed from Bible, no title page), (2) a pair of photo-print reproductions captioned as "Robert Adams Sr. [1769-1864]" and his wife, "Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams [1778-1853]," and (3) three original photographs captioned as the Adams, and later the Sayers, family home taken over the years of family ownership. These items are available to view in the archives at GCHS and were researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. Portion B: Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver [1899-2005] gave to her third cousin once removed Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]: a pair of 8" x 9.75" card-mount photographs of Robert & Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams taken by S. G. Rogers, Washington, Pa., from which the photo-print reproductions archived at GCHS were made. These Rogers' prints are circa 1870s reproductions of earlier ambrotype or daguerreotype images likely taken in the 1840s - 1850s. Helen’s collection was inherited by Farley Toothman who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2014. Portion C: While still in the possession of Wilma (Sayers) (Milliken) Wisecarver, Helen (Denny) Howard made photo-print reproductions of (1) the Robert Adams Sr. Family Bible data pages (including the Bible's title page) and (2) the pair of photographs captioned as Robert and Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams. These photo-print reproductions from Helen’s collection were inherited by Farley Toothman who donated them to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) in 2003. These prints are archived in the Adams family vertical file at CGS and were researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. Source Citation: Robert and Rebecca (Blackmore) Adams family home, North Morris Street, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, item no. GCHS-AN024-0003, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).