Dennis Meighen Sr. home located between Pine Bank and Jollytown, Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Name/Title

Dennis Meighen Sr. home located between Pine Bank and Jollytown, Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Entry/Object ID

2022.13.4

Description

Dennis Meighen Sr. home located approximately halfway between Pine Bank and Jollytown, in Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. [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]. Original, professional photograph from Hawkin & Johnson, Masontown, Pa.

Collection

Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Hawkin & Johnson (Studio)

Date made

circa 1905

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Fayette County / Masontown

Lexicon

Search Terms

Carpenter family, Gilmore (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Houses, Horses, Meighen family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

THOM0004

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Carpenter, Elizabeth Mary [1855-1934]

Person or Organization

McCracken, Laura

Person or Organization

Meighen, Dennis [1853-1929]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Dennis [1889-1957]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Edward Ambrose [1902-1974]

Person or Organization

Meighen, James Lawrence [1883-1967]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Martha Helen [1898-1990]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Mary Priscilla [1889-1973]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Mathias Anthony "Ben" [1880-1936]

Person or Organization

Meighen, Thomas Leo [1892-1959]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Meighen Series - Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection

Notes

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).