~Neat History Stuff~

 

Mary Roberts Walker. 

Daughter of Ester Darlington and James Roberts,

Married Daniel Walker in 1847. 

Moved to Frederick Virginia. Died in 1855, buried at Hopewell Friends Meeting.

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Quaker Lady

Unknown

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“Uncle Thomas F. Seal, 1822-1901.”

Well-known Quaker naturalist in Unionville, PA. 

Operated the Rosewood Nursery, early producer of hothouse carnations.

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Owen & Rachel Philips and their seven sons, and niece.

From left to right: Lewis, Josiah, Catherine Stiteler (niece), Joseph, Owen Thomas Philips.

Front: David Jesse, Owen, Rachel, Abner Philips.

Family lived in East Nantmeal Township. 

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 “Jennie (?) S. Clark.” Group of five,

including African-American woman.

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“Grandmother.”

Silhouette / watercolor painting of elderly lady daycap, shawl, holding small book.

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This one is so lovely!

The unknown lady gazes at

at a picture.

Her ring denotes a marriage.

Has he gone away?

Has he passed?

We shall never know, but we can enjoy this photo

still after both are long gone.

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"Harvest"

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Quaker Couple?

She appears to have a bible.

And hes too cute for words!

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Here's another sweetie.

Unknown

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Elijah Cornell was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the second son of Massachusetts farmers. Of Puritan origins, the family had early joined the Society of Friends. At the age of nineteen, Elijah was apprenticed to a potter, a trade he pursued for most of his life. In 1805, he married Eunice Barnard, whose family primarily included seamen and farmers. Elijah was thirty-four; Eunice was seventeen. They were married for nearly fifty-two years and had eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to adulthood.

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George Cadbury, (1839-1922), in 1906 at the age of 78. English Quaker industrialist and social reformer who, with his brother Richard, took over their father's chocolate business in 1861. In 1866 they were the first in Britain to sell cocoa as a drink.

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Laura S. Haviland. 

Portrait of Laura S. Haviland, nee Smith (1808-1898), a Quaker pioneer and an avid opponent of slavery. She flouted the American 'Fugitive Slave Law', helping to establish the Underground Railroad and assisting many runaway slaves and slave families. United States of America, circa 1870.(Notice she's pictured with a broken shackle beneath her foot.)

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