Mitchener Album 01, Photo 63 - Dr. John Barclay Laidley [1830-1922]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Mitchener Album 01, Photo 63 - Dr. John Barclay Laidley [1830-1922]

Entry/Object ID

2019.43.63

Description

Dr. John Barclay Laidley [1830-1922] - son of Thomas Hamilton Laidley and Sarah Barclay. He was a Surgeon with the 85th Pa. Vol. Inf. Regt. during the Civil War Caption reads, "Dr. J. B. Lardly." Original, no photographer listed. Mitchener Album 01, Photo 63. Based on the identified photographs and an inscription that reads, "Album presented to Lee I. Mitchener by F. M. Mitchener," we believe the Mitchener Album originally belonged to Ida Leonis "Lee" Mitchener [1857-1924], daughter of William B. Mitchener and Mary Way. The album passed to Lee's sister Harriet Eldora "Dora" (Mitchener) Baily, whose descendants have preserved it in original order.

Collection

William M. Baily Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Lexicon

Search Terms

Laidley family, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

BAID-AN001-0063

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Laidley, John Barclay (Dr.) [1830-1922]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mitchener Album 1 Series - William M. Baily Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The William M. Baily Collection was passed from John Ewing Baily [1856-1915] and his wife, Harriet Eldora "Dora" Mitchener [1854-1937], to their son Kenneth Gaddis Baily [1900-1962] and his wife, Mabel Louise Cooper [1909-1964], to their son William Mitchener Baily [1943-2008] and his wife, Bonnie Jeffries, to their son Daniel Mitchener Baily who owned, scanned, and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Source Citation: Mitchener Album 01, Photo 63 - Dr. John Barclay Laidley [1830-1922], item no. BAID-AN001-0063, William M. Baily Collection, shared by Daniel M. Baily, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).