Young girl in dark dress, dark ribbon in hair, seated.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
Young woman with hair up, white bow tie, ruffle and lace at collar. Identified as Lyona Jacobs.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
James F. Downey. Man with curly hair and long mustache.
Provenance
Small red velvet album with M A W 1868 engraved on front cover. Contains carte de visites, many of which are identifed. Album may have belonged to Mary Ann Rettew Willson, wife of George Willson, Sr. Their son George B. Willson and their niece, Mary Willson Rettew, were the last residents of Wheatland.
Daniel Esbenshade, born 1765 and died 1856, and his wife Elizabeth Lefever. From a tintype taken c. 1850. Elizabeth Lefever was a great-granddaughter of Isaac Lefever. Daniel Espenshade was a farmer and tanner by trade. He owned the first known tannery in Paradise Township.
