Grable-McGinnis Album, Photo 10 - Abigail (McGinnis) (Grable) Moore and her daughter Abigail (Grable) Hedge

Photograph

Greene Connections

Abigail (McGinnis) (Grable) Moore and her daughter Abigail (Grable) Hedge

Name/Title

Grable-McGinnis Album, Photo 10 - Abigail (McGinnis) (Grable) Moore and her daughter Abigail (Grable) Hedge

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.472

Description

Carte-de-Visite photograph of Abigail (McGinnis) (Grable) Moore [1809-1880] and her youngest daughter, Abigail (Grable) Hedge [1850-1940]. Handwritten inscription on album page reads: "Aunt Abby More and youngest daughter." There is a 2 cent tax stamp on the back side indicating that the CDV dates to the Civil War, probably between 1 August 1864 and 1 March 1865 during the time when a tax stamp higher than 1 cent was used. Original, professional photograph from J. S. Young, Washington, Pa.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Young, J. S. (Studio)

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Washington County / Washington

Notes

Date: 1865 ca

Lexicon

Search Terms

Grable family, Hedge family, McGinnis family, Moore family, Tax stamp

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: GCHS-AN025-0001-0010

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Grable, Abigail [1850-1940]

Person or Organization

McGinnis, Abigail [1809-1880]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Grable-McGinnis Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection, Grable-McGinnis Album - Grable-McGinnis Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Notes

The Grable-McGinnis Album Series photographs are preserved in a Carte-de-Visite size album that may have once belonged to Abigail (McGinnis) Grable [1809-1880] - wife of Daniel Grable [1795-1851]. The album was donated by James Grable in 2007, to the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2011. Source Citation: Grable-McGinnis Album, Photo 10 - Abigail (McGinnis) (Grable) Moore and her daughter Abigail (Grable) Hedge, item no. GCHS-AN025-0001-0010, Greene County Historical Society Collection, donated by James Grable in 2007, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).