B&W Photograph of Bessie Wilmot Linn (front)

John Blair Linn; Immediate Family

Bessie Wilmot Linn, John Blair Linn's second child from his first marriage, at age of 18 years; born in Lewisburg, PA in 1860; daughter of John Blair Linn (1831 - 1899) and Julia Pollock Linn (1831 - 1862); lived with her mother’s parents in Williamsport, PA after her mother’s death and then with her sister, Sarah 'Sallie' Pollock Linn (1859 – 1933) in Williamsport, PA; never married; died in Williamsport, PA in 1933; buried in Wildwood Cemetery (Williamsport, PA); printed text at bottom of 'D. C. Burnite, 16 North 3rd St., Harrisburg, Pa.'

Burnite, D. C. (Photographer, Harrisburg, PA)

1878-09

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This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Assumed photograph date of 'Sept. 1878' as handwritten in album under picture. Photograph likely taken during trip to Harrisburg, PA to visit their father, John Blair Linn, then the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Identity based on comparison with other known images and handwritten text below the photograph in the album.