Silveus-Taylor Album 01, Photo 28 - Benjamin Anthony Taylor [1861-1947]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.819

Description

Carte-de-Visite photograph believed to be of Benjamin Anthony Taylor [1861-1947] - husband of Nancy Jane McClure, son of Benjamin Taylor & Elizabeth Silveus. Identification research provided by Richard S. Winder, great-great-grandson of Benjamin Anthony Taylor, 2014. Original, professional photograph from W. B. Pearson, Mercer, PA.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Taylor, Benjamin Anthony [1861-1947]

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Pearson, W. B. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1880 - circa 1890

Place

City

Pennsylvania / Mercer County / Mercer

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN011-0028

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Silveus-Taylor Album 01 - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Owner/Agent

Greene County Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

Silveus-Taylor Album 01 is a carte-de-visite size photograph album inscribed, "Presented to / Alice Silveus by her / sister Jennie / 31st of March 1881." Sarah Alice Silveus [1864-1883] was a daughter of Henry Bowman Silveus and Rachel (Taylor) (Silveus) Headley. She married John S. Headley, son of George Headley and Margaret (Grove) Headley. Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project in 2005-2011. SOURCE CITATION: Silveus-Taylor Album 01, Photo 28 - Benjamin Anthony Taylor [1861-1947]; circa 1880-1890, image by W. B. Pearson, Mercer, Pa.; item no. GCHS-AN011-0028, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).