David McCracken [1799-1875] and Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]
Name/Title
David McCracken [1799-1875] and Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]
Entry/Object ID
2021.7.16
Description
Carte-de-Visite photograph believed to be David McCracken [1799-1875] and his wife, Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]. The couple lived in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, prior to their move to Marshall County, West Virginia.
CDV preserved with the McCracken Family Group Sheets detailing the descendants of David McCracken [1799-1875] and his wife, Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884].
Original, professional photograph from G. L. Bayda, Photographer, Monongahela City, Pa. This image would have been taken after the move to West Virginia, but the couple may have been sat for it on a visit back to their old neighborhood or it may have been reproduced by the photographer there.
McCracken Series - Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich Collection
Notes
The Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich Collection was owned and shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2012, by Eugene Scherich, son of Thomas Eugene Scherich and his wife, Bertha May (Staggers) Scherich. Thomas is the son of Orange Scherich and Margaret Dinsmore. Bertha is the daughter of James Harry Staggers and Mary Ellen McCracken.
Source Citation: Believed to be David McCracken [1799-1875] and Mary "Polly" (Crall) McCracken [1803-1884]; circa 1865-1875, image by G. L. Bayda, Photographer, Monongahela City, Pa.; item no. SCHE-AN005-0000, Thomas and Bertha (Staggers) Scherich Collection, shared by Eugene Scherich, Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
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