Provenance Detail
Eleanor (Morris) Linskea Album - Morris Series - Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris CollectionOwner/Agent
Morris, KathleenAcquisition Method
DigitalAcquisition Date
2023Notes
The Eleanor (Morris) Linskea Album originally belonged to Eleanor (Morris) Linskea [1835-1889], wife of John B. Linskea, daughter of John Morris and Charlotte Nichols. The carte-de-visite size album is inscribed on the front cover with her name, "Elly A. Linskea." After Eleanor's death at Dixmont State Hospital in Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the album appears to have passed to her brother, Jonathan Morris Morris [1832-1915], whose descendants have maintained it as part of his family collection.
The Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection was passed from Jonathan Morris Morris [1832-1915] and his wife, Charlotte (Rinehart) Morris [1834-1916], with the ownership of the Morris Bicentennial Farm in Fordyce, Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their son, Jesse Hull Morris [1875-1947], and his wife, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris [1879-1980]. Elizabeth added her Davis family heritage to the collection, before passing it to her son, Jonathan Rex Morris [1919-2003], and his wife, Sarah Elaine (Hostetler) Morris [1924-2009], whose children, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller, owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023.
SOURCE CITATION: Eleanor (Morris) Linskea Album, Photo 11 - Hannah (Morris) Retzer [1830-1888]; circa 1880-1888, image by J. H. Rogers, Photographer, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. MORK-AN001-0001-0011, Elizabeth Jane (Davis) (Rex) Morris Collection, shared by her grandchildren, John Robert Morris and Kathleen (Morris) Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).