Unidentified / Identification Conflict

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.243

Description

Unidentified couple. A modern handwritten inscription on the reverse of the image reads, "Samuel Thompson / Sarah Ellen Call," indicating that the subjects may be Samuel Thompson [1839-1925] and his first wife, Sarah Ellen (Call) Thompson [1840-1894]. However, this caption has been disproven. First of all, the unidentified couple are older than Samuel and Sarah would have been in the 1890s. Sarah died at age 54, in 1894. Secondly, a photograph in this same collection of the Thompson family in front of their home, taken shortly before Sarah's death, provides an obvious and contradicting comparison (see item # CGSP-AN015-0003) proving that Samuel and Sarah are not the unidentified couple. Other identified images of Samuel provide additional evidence for his appearance over the years (see item # CAND_AN003_0012, item # CAND_AN003_0013, and item # GCHS-AN026-0241B). The Illinois photographer stamp may be relevant to several of the Thompson lines among Samuel's siblings and children that moved to that state. Original, professional photograph from E. E. DeBolt, Washburn, Ill.

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

DeBolt, E. E. (Studio)

Date made

circa 1890 - circa 1900

Place

Location

Illinois / Woodford County / Washburn

Lexicon

Search Terms

Unidentified--People

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CGSP-AN015-0002

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Samuel Thompson Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Samuel Thompson Series was most likely passed from Samuel Thompson [1839-1925] and his wife, Sarah Ellen (Call) Thompson [1840-1894], to their daughter, Coral (Thompson) Huffman [1884-1943], to her daughter Ruth (Huffman) Clutter [1910-1985], to her daughter, Mary Lou (Clutter) (Mohr) James [1934-2021], to her son, Donald Mohr, who, in 2017, donated the series to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Circa 1890-1900, image by E. E. DeBolt, Washburn, Ill.; item no. CGSP-AN015-0002, Samuel Thompson Series, donated by Donald Mohr, 2017; Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).