Portrait of Mary Davenport Chenoweth of Charles Town, W. Va., Age 95

Identifier:

037772

Collection Number:

A&M 2354

Title:

Portrait of Mary Davenport Chenoweth of Charles Town, W. Va., Age 95

Description:

This photograph was taken from a daguerreotype of Mary Davenport Chenoweth, daughter of John Davenport and niece of Major Abraham Davenport. Mary Chenoweth was also the great aunt of Frances Williams Davenport (Frances Packette Todd's grandmother). Frances W. Davenport married John Thomas Gibson at Mary Chenoweth's ancestral home, Altona, in Jefferson County, in 1855. Refer to back of the photograph for more information.

Subjects:

Portraits--C.

Personal Names:

Chenoweth, Mary Davenport.

Acquisition Source:

Old Charles Town Library

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView