Alexander Spotswood Creath

Name/Title

Alexander Spotswood Creath

Entry/Object ID

2023.30.14

Description

Small photographic portrait of one-year-old Alexander Spotswood Creath adhered to a black matte. Inscribed in pencil on the back: Spottswood Creath Age 1yr

Made/Created

Notes

Original

Provenance

Notes

Alexander Spotswood Creath, a third-great-grandson of Patrick Henry, was born to Celeste Dandridge Fontaine (1873-1969) and Rev. William Thomas Creath (1862-1943) on December 1, 1899. He lived just over one year, around the time that this photograph was taken, before he died on December 6, 1900. He is buried in Halifax County, Virginia. This photograph was given to PHMF on May 3, 2023, by Monique and Philip Heller. They inherited this object and the others in this accession from her stepmother, Catherine Spotswood Fontaine Lawrence (1938-2015), a third-great-granddaughter of Patrick Henry. Alexander Spotswood Creath was her cousin.