Funeral card of Mrs. Jacobs

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2018.6.119

Scope and Content

Funeral card of "Mrs. Jacobs." The funeral card states that she "Died July 23, 1889." Original, no printer listed. The Jacobs-Kent Series probably began with Eleanor Ann (Kent) Jacobs [1832-1902], wife of Henry Moore Jacobs, and daughter of David Kent & Elizabeth Barnes. Eleanor's photographs were passed to her son Joseph Warren Jacobs [1868-1947] to his daughter Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner [1922-1999] to her daughter Anna (Fonner) Blystone who with her husband, George Blystone, owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005.

Collection

Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2018.6

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

George and Anna (Fonner) Blystone

Lexicon

Search Terms

Funeral card, Jacobs family

Archive Details

Creator

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Date(s) of Creation

1889

Archive Notes

Level of Description: Item

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: JACB_AN001_0120

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Jacobs-Kent Series - Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Notes

Source Citation: Funeral card of Mrs. Jacobs, item no. JACB_AN001_0120, Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection, shared by George and Anna (Fonner) Blystone, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).