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Meighen Series - Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson CollectionNotes
The Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection was passed from Dennis Meighen [1853-1929] and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Carpenter [1855-1934], to their daughter, Mary Priscilla (Meighen) Garrison [1889-1973], and her husband, Guy Stanley Garrison [1889-1956], to their daughter, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005.
SOURCE CITATION: Dennis Meighen Sr. home located approximately halfway between Pine Bank and Jollytown, in Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, believed to be pictured, [Left-right]: Edward Ambrose Meighen [1902-1974], Martha Helen (Meighen) Hagen [1898-1990], Dennis Meighen Sr. [1853-1929], James Lawrence Meighen Sr. [1883-1967], Susan (Hoy) Meighen [wife of James Lawrence Meighen], Laura McCracken [an orphan who came to live with Dennis and Elizabeth Mary (Carpenter) Meighen], Elizabeth Mary (Carpenter) Meighen [1855-1934], Dennis Meighen Jr. [1889-1957], Mary Priscilla (Meighen) Garrison [1889-1973], Catherine (Meighen) Eddy and James Lawrence Meighen Jr. [daughter and son of James Lawrence Meighen Sr. and Susan Hoy]; circa 1915, image by Rogers Studio, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. THOM0005, Meighen Series, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).