Local Families Photograph Collection/Group taken on Hall porch, Meadville PA 1909; Nora and Lewis Brown, Addie Beatty, Sarah Wilcox, Detta Hall, Mrs. Scott, Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson

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Group taken on Hall porch, Meadville PA 1909; Nora and Lewis Brown, Addie Beatty, Sarah Wilcox, Detta Hall, Mrs. Scott, Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson: Front of photograph - Top row (left to right): Adaline "Addie" Smith Beatty, ?, Nora Brown, Elwood Glisson Bottom row (left to right): DeEtta Hall, ?, Amy Ida Glisson, Lewis Brown
Group taken on Hall porch, Meadville PA 1909; Nora and Lewis Brown, Addie Beatty, Sarah Wilcox, Detta Hall, Mrs. Scott, Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson

Front of photograph - Top row (left to right): Adaline "Addie" Smith Beatty, ?, Nora Brown, Elwood Glisson Bottom row (left to right): DeEtta Hall, ?, Amy Ida Glisson, Lewis Brown

Name/Title

Local Families Photograph Collection/Group taken on Hall porch, Meadville PA 1909; Nora and Lewis Brown, Addie Beatty, Sarah Wilcox, Detta Hall, Mrs. Scott, Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson

Entry/Object ID

2023.006.060

Tags

Photograph

Scope and Content

This photograph collection primarily consists of the Hall and Williams family and their extended relations of Chester County, Pennsylvania. At some point in the 20th century the family and photographs extend to Meadville of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Context

Group photograph taken on "Hall porch" (DeEtta and Mabel Hall's home, formerly Rosanna B. Smith Hall's home) (c. 1910), Meadville, PA 1909; Nora Leona Merriman Brown (1877-1937), Lewis Stanton Brown (1907-1941), Adaline "Addie" Smith Beatty (b. 1837), Sarah Wilcox (1832-1917), Flora DeEtta Hall (1858-1932), Lucy Ann Gaylord Scott ("Mrs. Scott", 1837-1929) Elwood Glisson (1855-1938), and Amy Ida Glisson (1857-1944). Sarah Wilcox is likely Sarah Ann Smith Wilcox (1832-1917), the Hall sisters' aunt. She was the sister of their mother Rosanna B. Smith (1836-1905). Nora Brown is DeEtta's cousin Harriet ("Hattie") Wilcox Brown (1854-1926)'s daughter-in-law. Lewis Brown is Nora's son. Mrs. Scott lived in Crawford County since at least 1860, but has no identified familial connections with the Hall sisters or anyone else in the Local Families Photograph Collection. As a widow, she lived with her son Clifford J. Scott (b. 1880) as of the 1900 census. By the 1910 census, after Clifford had gotten married in 1905, she was living with Mabel and DeEtta as a "roommate."

Collection

MSS 006 Local Families Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Daniel McCormick

Category

Nora Leona Merriman Brown, Lewis Stanton Brown, Adaline Smith Beatty, Flora DeEtta Hall, Elwood Glisson, Amy Ida Williams Glisson, Sarah Ann Smith Wilcox, Lucy Ann Gaylord Scott
Brown Family, Smith Family, Hall Family, Williams Family

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photography, Black & white photographs, Portrait photographs

Create Date

June 3, 2025

Update Date

June 19, 2025