Elizabeth Nancy (Day) Whitman and Eliza Campbell Lida (Miller) Simpson

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Elizabeth Nancy (Day) Whitman and Eliza Campbell "Lida" (Miller) Simpson

Entry/Object ID

2019.18.5

Description

Tintype of [Left-Right]: Elizabeth Nancy (Day) Whitman [1857-1935] and Eliza Campbell "Lida" (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919]. These two ladies were evidently very good friends because Elizabeth was Lida's only attendant when she was married 4 October 1877 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Original, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Collection

Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1875

Lexicon

Search Terms

Day family, Miller family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1876, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1878

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MERR-AN004-0002-0005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Day, Elizabeth Nancy [1857-1935]

Person or Organization

Miller, Eliza Campbell [1856-1919]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miller Series - Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection

Notes

The Miller Series was passed from Alfred Brashear Miller [1829-1902] and his wife, Margaret Kerr Bell [1826-1874], to their eldest daughter, Lida C. (Miller) Simpson [1856-1919] and her husband, Dr. Theodore Parker Simpson [1856-1934], to their daughter Kate McBeth (Simpson) Merrick [1884-1959] and her husband, Silas Clarence Merrick [1879-1942], to their only son, Robert Silas Merrick [1914-2002], and his wife, Eva Mae Christie [1918-2005], to their grandson, Peter Merrick, who owned and shared the series with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012. Source Citation: [Left-Right]: Elizabeth Nancy (Day) Whitman and Eliza Campbell "Lida" (Miller) Simpson; item no. MERR-AN004-0002-0005, Miller Series, Robert Silas and Eva Mae (Christie) Merrick Collection, shared by their grandson, Peter Merrick; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).