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Historic Harrisonburg. Harrisonburg, VA: C. J. Carrier Company, 1990: 282.","Find A Grave. \"Mary Jordan (1798-1883).\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 16632274. Accessed May 21, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16632274.","Lathrop, J.M. and B.N. Griffing. An atlas of Rockingham County, Virginia from actual surveys by J. M. Lathrop and B. N. Griffing. Philadelphia, Pa. : D. J. Lake \u0026 Co., 1885.","Firebaugh, Marshall A. Rockingham County personals : published 1884 in Hardesty's Encyclopedia, republished 1984. Harrisonburg, Va. : Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, 1984.","Mary Jordan (1798-1883) lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with her daughter, Julia Ann Jordan Sprinkel, and Julia's husband, Arthur St. Clair in Harrisonburg. The Sprinkel family homestead was located on the corner of Main and Rock streets. 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The local African-American church and school were located in this the same section of town, suggesting why Jordan mentions the deaths of several local African Americans in her 1879 diary. The 1879 diary also contains mentions of her granddaughters, \"Mag\" (Margaret) and Mary. Jordan is buried at Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mary Jordan (1798-1883) lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with her daughter, Julia Ann Jordan Sprinkel, and Julia's husband, Arthur St. Clair in Harrisonburg. The Sprinkel family homestead was located on the corner of Main and Rock streets. The local African-American church and school were located in this the same section of town, suggesting why Jordan mentions the deaths of several local African Americans in her 1879 diary. The 1879 diary also contains mentions of her granddaughters, \"Mag\" (Margaret) and Mary. Jordan is buried at Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 1862-1864 diary was part of the private collection of Maxine and E.R. Grymes Heneberger of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Grymes Heneberger found the diary in 1960 and had it transcribed. He self-published a small run of copies which he offered for sale and distributed to local libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe 1879-1883 diary was part of the Harrison family estate of Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The 1862-1864 diary was part of the private collection of Maxine and E.R. Grymes Heneberger of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Grymes Heneberger found the diary in 1960 and had it transcribed. He self-published a small run of copies which he offered for sale and distributed to local libraries.","The 1879-1883 diary was part of the Harrison family estate of Harrisonburg, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mary Jordan Diaries, 1862-1883, SC 0162, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mary Jordan Diaries, 1862-1883, SC 0162, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhile the 1862-1864 diary does not include any explicit identifying information about the creator, contextual information confirms it was  written by Mary Jordan of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Both December 5 entries in the diary (1862 and 1863) record Jordan's exact birthday and year. This corresponds to the birth year recorded in the 1879-1883 diary. Additionally, the handwriting in present in both diaries matches as does the scribbling used to separate diary entries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 4025\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["While the 1862-1864 diary does not include any explicit identifying information about the creator, contextual information confirms it was  written by Mary Jordan of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Both December 5 entries in the diary (1862 and 1863) record Jordan's exact birthday and year. This corresponds to the birth year recorded in the 1879-1883 diary. Additionally, the handwriting in present in both diaries matches as does the scribbling used to separate diary entries.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 4025."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is comprised of two bound diaries kept by Mary Jordan of Harrisonburg. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first diary dates from May 9, 1862 through August 22, 1864. Jordan's entries describe the death of Turner Ashby (\"Col. Ashby was killed this evening. Poor Ashby poor fellow\"), the Battle of New Market and other battles of note, troop and prisoner movements through Harrisonburg, death and burials of local soldiers, and Union soldiers movements. Additional entries of note include May 7, 1863: \"The Yankee's advanceing great excitement in Town and Country people moveing cattle and negroes and all the commisary stores there was never so much confusion in this place before.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNames of Charles Frank Echard (1870-1941) family members are penciled in the diary and post-date Mary Jordan's entries. Echard was married to Maude Jordan Dillard, Mary Jordan's great granddaughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second diary dates from January 1, 1879 until October 1879, and also includes scattered entries through 1883. The diary entries are brief and record the weather, daily activities such as church attendance, visits from relatives and friends, travel of relatives to Baltimore, and getting loads of wood and barrels of flour. Occasional items of local news are also mentioned, such as court dates, trials, births, marriages, and deaths, including the deaths of several African Americans living in Harrisonburg in 1879 (\"Sunday January the 26th 1879 A coulered woman buried this evening\").\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn the first page is written: \"Mary Jordan born in 17 hundred and 98 and this is 1879 I am still here.\" Family names mentioned in the diary include Sprinkel, Dillard, Bowman, Rohr, Wilton, and Dwyer, among others.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection is comprised of two bound diaries kept by Mary Jordan of Harrisonburg.","The first diary dates from May 9, 1862 through August 22, 1864. Jordan's entries describe the death of Turner Ashby (\"Col. Ashby was killed this evening. 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Occasional items of local news are also mentioned, such as court dates, trials, births, marriages, and deaths, including the deaths of several African Americans living in Harrisonburg in 1879 (\"Sunday January the 26th 1879 A coulered woman buried this evening\").","On the first page is written: \"Mary Jordan born in 17 hundred and 98 and this is 1879 I am still here.\" Family names mentioned in the diary include Sprinkel, Dillard, Bowman, Rohr, Wilton, and Dwyer, among others."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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Their daughter, Martha, was born in 1908.","Elmer Keister kept meticulous weather records for Pendleton County from at least 1916 until his death in 1946. Martha continued to add narrative weather observations until 1957.","Per seller's description: \"From a Shenandoah Valley private collection.\"","Two bound meteorological record books documenting weather in Pendleton County, West Virginia. The record books were kept primarily by Elmer L. Keister (1883-1946) of Brandywine.","The volumes are both official U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Voluntary Observer's Meteorological Record books and were kept by Keister until his death in 1946. His daughter, Martha Keister, continued the second book, but only added narrative updates to the \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" section. The record books include the latitude, longitude, and elevation for the Brandywine weather station.","The record books contain monthly charts to track daily maximum and minimum temperatures, daily precipitation, and climatological data including \"miscellaneous phenomena\" (auroras, frosts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc.). Ice harvests are noted in this section.","At the end of each record book is a section titled \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" to document, according to the section's instructions, \"periods of unusual heat, cold, protracted drought, excessive rains, floods, violent storms, etc., with dates of occurrence.\" In addition to weather events, this section was also used to document livestock and crop reports including fruit and cider, births, deaths, marriages, road work and public utilities improvements, and community and family news. Multiple entries mention renting out the Keister farm after the death of Elmer Keister.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1918Spanish influenza arrived about the same time [September 22] and by Dec. 31 had sent a good round number to reap their reward above.1919Brandywine was \"hard hit\" by the \"flu\" during the month of January, several deaths.1921Had lots of whooping cough in this section this year.1923A number of moonshine stills came into existence during the year. The star performer Jack Joyce was sent to the penitentiary at the July term of court for four years.1927The year 1927 was to be the year without a summer.1930The year 1930 was the worse drought since the year one. Total rainfall for the year was 15.95 inches.1932The Lindbergh boy was kidnapped \u0026 murdered.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1937West Penn built the power line, and the convicts arrived to hard surface Route 5.1939Prison labor finished the surface on Route 33 and moved away.1944John Puffenbarger's baby in the well turned out to be a rabbit after Franklin fire truck pumped the water out.1946October 19, 1946 - Death of Elmer Keister.1947Took Mama [Mary Hoover Keister] to Dr. in Harrisonburg on Jan. 2nd where she remained till Jan. 11th.1948Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company extend telephone service to the Brandywine area.1949In June we went through the most devastating flood that ever struck this section. Sugar Grove section was hardest hit in Pendleton. Thousands of dollars of damage. Most all crops were destroyed. Fences, [dam], and road way, wire bridge all washed away.New Methodist Church at Deer Run officially opened on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.Farm Women's Club established the 'South Fork Community Dump.'1954Entered the year with much uncertainty. Mama still is no better. No farm help worth a cuss any more. I decided to sell the farm and sold it to Walter Simpson...Crowd was estimated at 1,000 people - probably the largest to ever attend a public sale in Pendleton County.1957Jury Service for women was first put into practice during Nov. term of Circuit Court when the Grand Jury made history for itself when it included the first woman to serve on a jury in Pendleton County. Mrs. Charles (Eunice) Matheny of Upper Tract was one of the 15 persons making up the jury.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Multiple entries mention renting out the Keister farm after the death of Elmer Keister.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eEntries of interest are listed below:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1918\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eSpanish influenza arrived about the same time [September 22] and by Dec. 31 had sent a good round number to reap their reward above.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/eventgrp\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1919\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBrandywine was \"hard hit\" by the \"flu\" during the month of January, several deaths.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/eventgrp\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1921\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eHad lots of whooping cough in this section this year.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/eventgrp\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1923\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eA number of moonshine stills came into existence during the year. 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Sugar Grove section was hardest hit in Pendleton. Thousands of dollars of damage. Most all crops were destroyed. Fences, [dam], and road way, wire bridge all washed away.\u003c/event\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNew Methodist Church at Deer Run officially opened on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.\u003c/event\u003e\u003cevent\u003eFarm Women's Club established the 'South Fork Community Dump.'\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/eventgrp\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1954\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEntered the year with much uncertainty. Mama still is no better. No farm help worth a cuss any more. 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Keister (1883-1946) of Brandywine.","The volumes are both official U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Voluntary Observer's Meteorological Record books and were kept by Keister until his death in 1946. His daughter, Martha Keister, continued the second book, but only added narrative updates to the \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" section. The record books include the latitude, longitude, and elevation for the Brandywine weather station.","The record books contain monthly charts to track daily maximum and minimum temperatures, daily precipitation, and climatological data including \"miscellaneous phenomena\" (auroras, frosts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc.). Ice harvests are noted in this section.","At the end of each record book is a section titled \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" to document, according to the section's instructions, \"periods of unusual heat, cold, protracted drought, excessive rains, floods, violent storms, etc., with dates of occurrence.\" In addition to weather events, this section was also used to document livestock and crop reports including fruit and cider, births, deaths, marriages, road work and public utilities improvements, and community and family news. Multiple entries mention renting out the Keister farm after the death of Elmer Keister.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1918Spanish influenza arrived about the same time [September 22] and by Dec. 31 had sent a good round number to reap their reward above.1919Brandywine was \"hard hit\" by the \"flu\" during the month of January, several deaths.1921Had lots of whooping cough in this section this year.1923A number of moonshine stills came into existence during the year. The star performer Jack Joyce was sent to the penitentiary at the July term of court for four years.1927The year 1927 was to be the year without a summer.1930The year 1930 was the worse drought since the year one. Total rainfall for the year was 15.95 inches.1932The Lindbergh boy was kidnapped \u0026 murdered.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1937West Penn built the power line, and the convicts arrived to hard surface Route 5.1939Prison labor finished the surface on Route 33 and moved away.1944John Puffenbarger's baby in the well turned out to be a rabbit after Franklin fire truck pumped the water out.1946October 19, 1946 - Death of Elmer Keister.1947Took Mama [Mary Hoover Keister] to Dr. in Harrisonburg on Jan. 2nd where she remained till Jan. 11th.1948Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company extend telephone service to the Brandywine area.1949In June we went through the most devastating flood that ever struck this section. Sugar Grove section was hardest hit in Pendleton. Thousands of dollars of damage. Most all crops were destroyed. Fences, [dam], and road way, wire bridge all washed away.New Methodist Church at Deer Run officially opened on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.Farm Women's Club established the 'South Fork Community Dump.'1954Entered the year with much uncertainty. Mama still is no better. No farm help worth a cuss any more. I decided to sell the farm and sold it to Walter Simpson...Crowd was estimated at 1,000 people - probably the largest to ever attend a public sale in Pendleton County.1957Jury Service for women was first put into practice during Nov. term of Circuit Court when the Grand Jury made history for itself when it included the first woman to serve on a jury in Pendleton County. Mrs. Charles (Eunice) Matheny of Upper Tract was one of the 15 persons making up the jury."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Sugar Grove section was hardest hit in Pendleton. Thousands of dollars of damage. Most all crops were destroyed. Fences, [dam], and road way, wire bridge all washed away.\u003c/event\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNew Methodist Church at Deer Run officially opened on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.\u003c/event\u003e\u003cevent\u003eFarm Women's Club established the 'South Fork Community Dump.'\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/eventgrp\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate\u003e1954\u003c/date\u003e\u003ceventgrp\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEntered the year with much uncertainty. Mama still is no better. No farm help worth a cuss any more. 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Keister (1883-1946) of Brandywine.","The volumes are both official U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Voluntary Observer's Meteorological Record books and were kept by Keister until his death in 1946. His daughter, Martha Keister, continued the second book, but only added narrative updates to the \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" section. The record books include the latitude, longitude, and elevation for the Brandywine weather station.","The record books contain monthly charts to track daily maximum and minimum temperatures, daily precipitation, and climatological data including \"miscellaneous phenomena\" (auroras, frosts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc.). Ice harvests are noted in this section.","At the end of each record book is a section titled \"Unusual Meteorological Phenomena\" to document, according to the section's instructions, \"periods of unusual heat, cold, protracted drought, excessive rains, floods, violent storms, etc., with dates of occurrence.\" In addition to weather events, this section was also used to document livestock and crop reports including fruit and cider, births, deaths, marriages, road work and public utilities improvements, and community and family news. Multiple entries mention renting out the Keister farm after the death of Elmer Keister.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1918Spanish influenza arrived about the same time [September 22] and by Dec. 31 had sent a good round number to reap their reward above.1919Brandywine was \"hard hit\" by the \"flu\" during the month of January, several deaths.1921Had lots of whooping cough in this section this year.1923A number of moonshine stills came into existence during the year. The star performer Jack Joyce was sent to the penitentiary at the July term of court for four years.1927The year 1927 was to be the year without a summer.1930The year 1930 was the worse drought since the year one. Total rainfall for the year was 15.95 inches.1932The Lindbergh boy was kidnapped \u0026 murdered.","Entries of interest are listed below:","1937West Penn built the power line, and the convicts arrived to hard surface Route 5.1939Prison labor finished the surface on Route 33 and moved away.1944John Puffenbarger's baby in the well turned out to be a rabbit after Franklin fire truck pumped the water out.1946October 19, 1946 - Death of Elmer Keister.1947Took Mama [Mary Hoover Keister] to Dr. in Harrisonburg on Jan. 2nd where she remained till Jan. 11th.1948Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company extend telephone service to the Brandywine area.1949In June we went through the most devastating flood that ever struck this section. Sugar Grove section was hardest hit in Pendleton. Thousands of dollars of damage. Most all crops were destroyed. Fences, [dam], and road way, wire bridge all washed away.New Methodist Church at Deer Run officially opened on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.Farm Women's Club established the 'South Fork Community Dump.'1954Entered the year with much uncertainty. Mama still is no better. No farm help worth a cuss any more. I decided to sell the farm and sold it to Walter Simpson...Crowd was estimated at 1,000 people - probably the largest to ever attend a public sale in Pendleton County.1957Jury Service for women was first put into practice during Nov. term of Circuit Court when the Grand Jury made history for itself when it included the first woman to serve on a jury in Pendleton County. Mrs. Charles (Eunice) Matheny of Upper Tract was one of the 15 persons making up the jury."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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According to his obituary, Thompson had for some time been residing with his son John W. Thompson. The obituary later lists his surviving children, including Benjamin H. Thompson and Ida E. Thompson \"who lived with their mother.\" This suggests that, for one reason or another, Frank Thompson was not living in the same residence as Martha Thompson, his children's mother.","Other family members documented in this collection include Elizabeth Frances Sharpes Thompson (1872-1958) who was married to John William Thompson (1874-1932), Benjamin F. Thompson's eldest son; and Mary A. Thompson (1903-1997), the daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Sharpes Thompson.","These materials descended in the Benjamin F. Thompson (1849-1913) family of Rockingham County, Virginia.","The collection was received in no particular order. As a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type and date.","Mary A. Thompson Papers, 1882-1974, SC 0152, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Thompson Family Papers, 1869-1944, document the lives of Benjamin F. Thompson and his family. The collection includes correspondence between Thompson and his future-wife Martha E. Liskey Thompson, diaries, a weather journal, financial and legal documents, genealogical notes, and family photographs.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1869-1873, 1944, is comprised primarily of approximately 17 letters between Benjamin F. Thompson and Martha E. Liskey Thompson, written during their courtship. The content is generally newsy in nature and includes community and family gossip. The letters are also sentimental, conveying feelings of longing to be in the physical presence of one another. Miscellaneous letters, from persons with an unknown relationship to the Thompson family, are also included. The letters are arranged by recipient.","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1886-1902, 1943, includes miscellaneous papers of the Thompson family primarily created by Benjamin F. Thompson. Papers include a listing of household accounts, a bargain agreement between Benjamin F. Thompson and Daniel Liskey for one hog and one piece of land adjoining the Mt. Vernon school house lot, and two diaries and one weather journal written by Benjamin F. Thompson. Thompson's diaries include brief daily entries in which he mentions visiting with neighbors, travel and work duties, and weather happenings. Of particular interest is a copy of an April 10, 1888 article of agreement between the Board of Trustees of Central School District of Rockingham County and Benjamin F. Thompson, et. al.. In this agreement the Board permits Thompson, Noah, L. Spitzer, and J. P. Brown to use school house number 10 (Dillard or Mt. Vernon) for preaching, Sunday school, and singing during the summer of 1888. In return, Thompson, et. al. will complete all necessary repairs to the building by October 1, 1888 in order to make it ready for public school.","The papers also include handwritten genealogical notes on the Thompson and Liskey families. Also included is an autograph album and war ration book belonging to Elizabeth F. Sharpes Thompson, Benjamin F. Thompson's daughter-in-law.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1872, 1907, includes two Thompson family photographs and a newspaper clipping from the December 19, 1907 Harrisonburg Daily Times.","One photograph, taken by Jas. O. A. Clary's Palace of Photography in Harrisonburg, depicts Benjamin F. Thompson on November 18, 1872. The verso is inscribed with the following: \"No. 18th 1872. Age 23 y 6 m 8 d. B. F. Y.\" The identity of the person in the second photograph is likely Clarissa Moubray Thompson based on the genealogical clues provided in the inscription: \"Joseph Thompson wife. My great grand mother. Mary A. 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In this agreement the Board permits Thompson, Noah, L. Spitzer, and J. P. Brown to use school house number 10 (Dillard or Mt. Vernon) for preaching, Sunday school, and singing during the summer of 1888. In return, Thompson, et. al. will complete all necessary repairs to the building by October 1, 1888 in order to make it ready for public school.","The papers also include handwritten genealogical notes on the Thompson and Liskey families. Also included is an autograph album and war ration book belonging to Elizabeth F. Sharpes Thompson, Benjamin F. Thompson's daughter-in-law.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1872, 1907, includes two Thompson family photographs and a newspaper clipping from the December 19, 1907 Harrisonburg Daily Times.","One photograph, taken by Jas. O. A. Clary's Palace of Photography in Harrisonburg, depicts Benjamin F. Thompson on November 18, 1872. The verso is inscribed with the following: \"No. 18th 1872. Age 23 y 6 m 8 d. B. F. 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