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Meighen Series - Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson CollectionNotes
The Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection was passed from Dennis Meighen [1853-1929] and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Carpenter [1855-1934], to their daughter, Mary Priscilla (Meighen) Garrison [1889-1973], and her husband, Guy Stanley Garrison [1889-1956], to their daughter, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005.
SOURCE CITATION: Dennis Meighen Sr. home located approximately halfway between Pine Bank and Jollytown, in Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, pictured [Left-Right]: James Lawrence Meighen Sr. [1883-1967], Mathias Anthony "Ben" Meighen [1880-1936], Thomas Leo Meighen [1892-1959], Dennis Meighen Jr. [1889-1957], Dennis Meighen Sr. [1853-1929], Elizabeth Mary (Carpenter) Meighen [1855-1934], Laura McCracken [an orphan who came to live with Dennis and Elizabeth Mary (Carpenter) Meighen], Mary Priscilla (Meighen) Garrison [1889-1973], Edward Ambrose Meighen [1902-1974], Martha Helen (Meighen) Hagan [1898-1990]; circa 1905, image by Hawkin & Johnson, Masontown, Pa.; item no. THOM0004, Meighen Series, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).