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Stanton and Moore family photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P050

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a photograph album containing tintype and carte de visite photographs from the Stanton, Moore, Pike, and Wright families in Indiana ranging from the mid- to late 19th century regarding portraits of individual family members and one image of Spiceland Academy. Many of the photographs are unlabeled.

Dates

  • 19th century

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Biographical Note

Some of the indentified individuals in the photograph album may be the following people:

Lucretia Wright was born on February 14, 1814 to Hatfield (1769-1839) and Lucretia (Lowe) Wright in Maryland. The Wrights were Quakers and had several other children John, Mary, Cecelia, Isaac, and Amelia. She first married Reese Ridgeway (1807-1846) and they had 3 children: Henry, Mary, and Viola. They lived in Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana. After his death, she remarried, this time to John Schooley Pike (1813-1900), who worked as a farmer and tile maker. The Pikes had 2 sons, Albert (1851-1891) and Irwin Wilber (1853-1914). Lucretia Wright Ridgeway Pike died on September 24, 1888 and was buried in Center Grove Cemetery in Lincolnville, Wabash County.

Mary Elizabeth Stanton was born in 1830 to Peter and Celia (Wright) Stanton. She lived with Lucretia (Wright) Ridgeway and her 3 children in Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana 1850. She married Charles Wright Moore (1824-1897), son of George Daily and Mary Ellen (Wright) Moore, on October 12, 1850 and they had 8 children: Allice B., Mary, Alonzo D., twins Alvin W. (also Alva) and Albion LeMartin (1857-1898), Oclan L., Lewis G., and Jessie (1859-1910). Mary E. Stanton Moore died in 1877.

Allice (also Allie or Alice) B. Moore, born 1851, married Emmett Shanks (1855-1941) on October 14, 1880 in Huntington County, Indiana. She was most likely the daughter of Mary E. and Charles W. Moore. She most likely died between 1910 and 1917 because her husband married Allie (Bechtel) McCalley on August 12, 1917.

Sources:

Ancestry.com. "Allie B. Moore." Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Allie B. Moore." Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Allice B. Shanks." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Emmett Shanks." Ancestry.com. "Allice B. Shanks." 1910 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

1920 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Emmett Shanks." U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Hatfield Wright." U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Lucretia Ridgeway." 1850 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Lucretia Pike." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Lucretia Pike." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Lucretia Pike." 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Lucretia Pike." U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Mary Moore." 1860 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Mary Moore." 1870 United States Federal Census. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Mary E. Stanton." Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Ancestry.com. "Mary Elizabeth Stanton." North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Daughters of the American Revolution: Lineage Book, NSDAR, Volume 096, 1912. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. http://wwww.ancestrylibrary.com.

Findagrave.com. "Charles W. Moore." Find A Grave Memorial. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74768100/charles-w.-moore.

Findagrave.com. "Emmett Shanks." Find A Grave Memorial. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74123830/emmett-shanks.

Findagrave.com. "Lucretia Wright Pike." Find A Grave Memorial. Accessed Augsut 6, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35916093/lucretia-pike.

Administrative Note

Spiceland Academy in Henry County, Indiana was founded by members of the Society of Friends and operated from 1826 to 1921.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 small custom box)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection consists of one item.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid created by Amy C. Belcher in 2004. Collection reprocessing completed 2021/08/06 by Brittany Kropf. EAD finding aid created 2021/08/06 by Brittany Kropf.
Title
Stanton and Moore family photograph album
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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