Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 06 - William Henry Dana [1846-1906]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 06 - William Henry Dana [1846-1906]

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.181

Description

Carte-de-visite photograph of William Henry Dana [1846-1906] - husband of Emma Jane Tuttle, son of Junius Dana and Martha Potter. William was a Civil War veteran, having served as a musician with Company A, 171st Ohio Infantry Regiment and Company D, 196th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In 1869, William established Dana's Musical Institute in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. In 1875, the school catalog lists William as "Teacher of Theory and Organ; Conductor of Oratorio." (Source: Catalogue of Dana's Musical Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William P. Kildare, 1875); Library of Congress Music Division.) Margaret Virginia (Thompson) Pauley [1855-1937] who assembled the album in which this photograph appears, was a graduate of Dana's Musical Institute, Class of 1875. Handwritten inscription on album page reads, "W. H. Dana / Warren, Ohio." Original, professional photograph from Potter, No. 1 River Block, Warren, Ohio.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Potter (Studio)

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1880

Place

Location

Ohio / Trumbull County / Warren

Lexicon

Search Terms

Dana family, Music, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CGSP_AN002_0006

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dana, William Henry [1846-1906]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Pauley-Thompson Album Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Notes

The Pauley-Thompson Album once belonged to the family of John Flenniken Pauley [1858-1929] and his wife, Margaret Virginia Thompson [1855-1937]. The album was found in a building set for demolition and was donated to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007. Source Citation: Pauley-Thompson Album, Photo 06 - William Henry Dana [1846-1906]; circa 1870-1880, image by Potter, No. 1 River Block, Warren, Ohio; item no. CGSP_AN002_0006, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).