Name/Title
Henry Moore Jacobs [1832-1904] with his granddaughter Pearl Marie (Jacobs) Cole [1898-1953]Entry/Object ID
2018.6.15Description
Henry Moore Jacobs [1832-1904] with his granddaughter Pearl Marie (Jacobs) Cole [1898-1953].
Henry's great-grandson, David Kent Fonner, shared that the photograph was taken in front of Henry's blacksmith and wagon repair shop on First Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The building was also later used by Henry's son, Joseph Warren Jacobs, for the Jacobs Birdhouse Company.
Original, no photographer listed.Collection
Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Jacobs family, Log cabins, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--First StreetOther Names and Numbers
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JACB_AN001_0015Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Jacobs, Henry Moore [1832-1904]Person or Organization
Jacobs, Pearl Marie [1898-1953]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Jacobs-Kent Series - Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner CollectionNotes
The Jacobs-Kent Series probably began with Eleanor Ann (Kent) Jacobs [1832-1902], wife of Henry Moore Jacobs, and daughter of David Kent & Elizabeth Barnes. Eleanor's photographs were passed to her son Joseph Warren Jacobs [1868-1947] to his daughter Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner [1922-1999] to her daughter Anna (Fonner) Blystone who with her husband, George Blystone, owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005.
Source Citation: Henry Moore Jacobs [1832-1904] with his granddaughter Pearl Marie (Jacobs) Cole [1898-1953]; item no. JACB_AN001_0015, Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection, shared by George and Anna (Fonner) Blystone; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).