Claire (Lindsey) Reisinger [1884-1916], Waynesburg College, Class of 1916
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Name/Title
Claire (Lindsey) Reisinger [1884-1916], Waynesburg College, Class of 1916
Entry/Object ID
2008.2.436
Description
Claire (Lindsey) Reisinger [1884-1916], Waynesburg College, Class of 1916 - wife of Emory William Reisinger, daughter of John Howard Lindsey and Ella Jean Wilson, stepdaughter of Robinson Franklin Downey.
Claire was killed in a car accident on 6 June 1916, just nine days before her graduation day on 15 June 1916. Her mother, Ella Jean (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey, a Waynesburg College alumna, Class of 1879, accepted Claire's diploma at the ceremony.
Reproduction of original photograph from Clarence F. Long, Waynesburg, Pa.
Collection
Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum Collection
Archived at the Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum (Miller Hall, 51 W. College St.; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2008.
Source Citation: Claire (Lindsey) Reisinger [1884-1916], Waynesburg College, Class of 1916; item no. WAYN_AN001_1916_0015, Waynesburg University Paul R. Stewart Museum Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).
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