Mary Elizabeth (Call) Morris [1858-1905] - Memorial service

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2021.15.17

Description

Dated 1905. Memorial service for Mary Elizabeth (Call) Morris [1858-1905]. Mary Elizabeth (Call) Morris of Yolo County, California, unexpectedly passed away at age 48 from pneumonia. Her family held a private service for her in their Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, home (shown here) at the very same time that her funeral was held in Yolo County, California. Original, no photographer listed. Photo courtesy of Betty Lou Morris Grimmer, Arbuckle, California. Photo was used in the research for the children’s book Asa and the Holstein Queen, by Lynne Gough.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Call, Mary Elizabeth [1858-1905]

Collection

Lynne Gough Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1905

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Call family, Morris family, Funeral, Interior, Flower

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MORR-AN001-0017

Web Links and URLs

Asa and the Holstein Queen

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Morris-Call Series - Lynne Gough Collection

Owner/Agent

Gough, Lynne

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2016

Notes

The Morris-Call Series photographs and research notes were compiled by Lynne Gough (descendant of the Morris and Call families of Greene County) while doing research for her children’s book, Asa and the Holstein Queen. Each photograph includes an explanation of its provenance. The images and related history were shared by Lynne with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2016. Source Citation: Memorial service for Mary Elizabeth (Call) Morris [1858-1905] held by her family in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, at the same time that her funeral was held in Yolo County, California; dated 1905; item no. MORR-AN001-0017, Lynne Gough Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).