Name/Title
David McCracken [1799-1875] and Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]Entry/Object ID
2021.7.16Description
Carte-de-Visite photograph believed to be David McCracken [1799-1875] and his wife, Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]. The couple lived in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, prior to their move to Marshall County, West Virginia.
CDV preserved with the McCracken Family Group Sheets detailing the descendants of David McCracken [1799-1875] and his wife, Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884].
Original, professional photograph from G. L. Bayda, Photographer, Monongahela City, Pa. This image would have been taken after the move to West Virginia, but the couple may have been sat for it on a visit back to their old neighborhood or it may have been reproduced by the photographer there.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Carte de VisiteSubject Person or Organization
McCracken, David [1799-1875], Crall, Mary "Polly" [1803-1884]Collection
Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich CollectionMade/Created
Studio
Bayda, G. L. (Studio)Date made
circa 1865 - circa 1875Place
City
Pennsylvania / Washington County / MonongahelaLexicon
Search Terms
McCracken family, Crall familyOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
SCHE-AN005-0000Provenance
Provenance Detail
McCracken Series - Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich CollectionNotes
The Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich Collection was owned and shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012, by Eugene Scherich, son of Thomas Eugene Scherich and his wife, Bertha May (Staggers) Scherich. Thomas is the son of Orange Scherich and Margaret Dinsmore. Bertha is the daughter of James Harry Staggers and Mary Ellen McCracken.
Source Citation: Believed to be David McCracken [1799-1875] and Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]; circa 1865-1875, image by G. L. Bayda, Photographer, Monongahela City, Pa.; item no. SCHE-AN005-0000, Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich Collection, shared by Eugene Scherich, Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).