Funeral card of Osee Kent

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2018.6.94

Scope and Content

Funeral card of Osee Kent - daughter of John T. Kent & Eliza Bell. The funeral card states that she "Died Feb. 26, 1889. Aged 10 yrs. 8 mos. 19 dys." The Jacobs-Kent Series probably began with Eleanor Ann (Kent) Jacobs [1832-1902], wife of Henry Moore Jacobs, and daughter of David Kent & Elizabeth Barnes. Eleanor's photographs were passed to her son Joseph Warren Jacobs [1868-1947] to his daughter Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner [1922-1999] to her daughter Anna (Fonner) Blystone who with her husband, George Blystone, owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005.

Collection

Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Funeral card, Kent family

Archive Details

Creator

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Date(s) of Creation

1889

Archive Notes

Level of Description: Item

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: JACB_AN001_0094

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kent, Osee [1878-1889]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Jacobs-Kent Series - Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Notes

Source Citation: Funeral card of Osee Kent, item no. JACB_AN001_0094, Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection, shared by George and Anna (Fonner) Blystone, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).