Crago-Spencer Album 02, Photo 03 - William John Spencer and Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer

Photograph

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Greene Connections

William John Spencer and his wife, Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer: Origformat: Print-Photographic
William John Spencer and his wife, Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Crago-Spencer Album 02, Photo 03 - William John Spencer and Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer

Entry/Object ID

2008.4.109

Description

Carte-de-Visite photograph of William John Spencer [1805-1889] and his wife, Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer [1806-1883]. This photograph appears twice in the Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection, but is identified differently each time: (1) Image BAKM_AN002_0003 is identified as William John Spencer [1805-1889] and his wife, Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer [1806-1883]. No photographer mark. That photograph is included in a photograph album that may have once belonged to Permelia (Spencer) Crago [1835-1910] - daughter of William John Spencer & Elizabeth Hedge, daughter-in-law of Thommas Crago & Cassandra Hughes. (2) Image BAKM_AN003_0018 is identified as Thomas Crago [1801-1884] and his wife, Cassandra (Hughes) Crago [1800-1891]. Original, professional photograph from T. W. Rogers, Carmichaels, Pa. Identification as William John Spencer [1805-1889] and his wife, Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer [1806-1883], was confirmed in 2011 by Eugenia Slaydon who also owns an original of this photograph. Eugenia is a descendant of the couple through their son William "Taylor" Spencer.

Collection

Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.4

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker

Made/Created

Artist

Rogers, T. W. (Studio)

Place

Town

Carmichaels

Township

Cumberland Township

County

Greene County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Notes

Date: 1865 ca

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hedge family, Spencer family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: BAKM_AN002_0003

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hedge, Elizabeth

Person or Organization

Spencer, William John [1805-1889]

Related Entries

Notes

2008.4.107, 2008.4.108, 2008.4.110, 2008.4.111, 2008.4.112, 2008.4.113, 2008.4.114, 2008.4.115, 2008.4.116, 2008.4.117, 2008.4.118, 2008.4.119, 2008.4.120, 2008.4.121, 2008.4.122, 2008.4.123, 2008.4.124, 2008.4.125, 2008.4.126, 2008.4.127, 2008.4.128, 2008.4.129, 2008.4.130, 2008.4.131, 2008.4.132, 2008.4.133, 2008.4.134, 2008.4.135, 2008.4.136, 2008.4.137, 2008.4.138, 2008.4.139, 2008.4.140, 2008.4.141, 2008.4.142, 2008.4.143 Carte-de-Visite sized photograph album preserved in original order.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Crago-Spencer Album 02 - Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection

Notes

The Album 2 Series photographs are in a Carte-de-Visite size photograph album that may have once belonged to Permelia (Spencer) Crago [1835-1910] - wife of John N. Crago [1832-1907], daughter of William John Spencer [1805-1889] & Elizabeth Hedge [1806-1883]. The album was passed from Permelia (Spencer) Crago [1835-1910] to her son Thomas Spencer Crago [1866-1925] and his wife, Margaret Leah Hoge [1872-1966], to their daughter Leah Abigail (Crago) Waddell [1902-1962] to her daughter Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2006 and 2008. Source Citation: Crago-Spencer Album 02, Photo 03 - William John Spencer and Elizabeth (Hedge) Spencer, item no. BAKM_AN002_0003, Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).