Joseph Varner Jr. and Elizabeth Jane (Kennedy) Varner family

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Joseph Varner Jr. and Elizabeth Jane (Kennedy) Varner family

Entry/Object ID

2019.7.6

Description

Children of Joseph Varner Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, pictured [Left-Right]: BACK - Florence Ellen (Varner) Blaker, Andrew Johnson Varner, Garnet Leone (Varner) Welsh, Mary Elizabeth (Varner) Phillips; FRONT - James Leander Varner Sr., Lorraine "Lou" (Varner) Bump, Sarah Margaret (Varner) Mapel, Rowena Belle (Varner) Lemley. Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.7

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1905

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hats, Lemley family, Varner family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CLOS0006

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Varner-Closser Series - Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection

Notes

The Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection photographs were passed from Joseph Varner [1828-1896] and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, to their son James Leander Varner [1858-1952] and his wife, Laura Dell Wilson [1870-1949], to their son Arleigh Ray Varner [1888-1986] and his wife, Lida May Smith [1890-1981], to their daughter Sarah Margaret Varner, wife of Ernest Ray Closser Jr. [1923-1976], who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. Source Citation: Joseph Varner Jr. and Elizabeth Jane (Kennedy) Varner family; item no. CLOS0006, Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).