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Cross, Hannah: Grandmother of Virginia Neil Glass, who came to St. Joseph as Slave, Portrait, c. 1890Entry/Object ID
AM2017.47.3Scope and Content
Cross, Hannah: Grandmother of Virginia Neil Glass, who came to St. Joseph as Slave, Portrait, c. 1890. Charcoal drawing of Hannah Cross, head/shoulders. Hannah is shown as woman in mid-life, She is wearing a dark dress with high collar, with many buttons up the front. Her dark hair is pulled back, perhaps a braid down her back, she has short bangs over her forehead.
Includes snapshot of portrait (B).
According to sketchy notes made by Carol Smith when helping Virginia with her genealogy:
Hannah came to Missouri from West Virginia with the Edward & Anna Aisquith family.. It is possible that Hannah was given to Ms. Asquith as a Christmas gift (?). The 1860 slave census lists Aisquith as a slave owner. He also fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The 1870 census, first after emancipation, lists Hannah Cross (M), age 19, living with the Aisquiths in Virginia as a domestic servant.
In St. Joseph, Aisquith's daughter, Kate O. married John Corby on July 25, 1900. This John Corby was the son of Joseph Corby. Joseph Corby was a nephew of John Corby of railroad and banking interests in St. Joseph, who originally arrived in St. Joseph in 1843.
See 2017.47.4 for photo of Mrs. Kate Corby.Lexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Glass Family, Neil Family, Black History, Black Teachers, Corby Family, Former Slaves in St. JosephRelationships
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Glass, VirginiaPerson or Organization
Hannah CrossPerson or Organization
Corby, JohnPerson or Organization
Kate Aisquith CorbyPerson or Organization
Edward M. AisquithPerson or Organization
Anna Aisquith