Floral Album 1878

 

 

The Floral Album

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Cover (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Cover (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 This floral authograph book has signatures dating from 1878 to 1929.  Only  pages with known signatures have been scanned and uploaded.  In 1878 Parthenia P Calhoon was on the upper Mississippi visiting her brothers Thomas F and Joseph.  In 1888, the officers of the str Katie Stockdale signed the book.

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Presentation (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Presentation (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Str katie Stokdale Officers (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Str katie Stokdale Officers (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 The str Katie Stockdale was a luxury packet built expressly for the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Packet Line.  Dan Lacey according to Capt Frederick Way was a clerk on the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Packet Line from 1888 on the str Hudson to 1896 on the str Queen City.  Charles W Knox was also a clerk from 1886 to 1888 on the Katie Stockdale  then moved to the Keystone State .  In 1896 Charles W Knox was named captain of the Keystone State.   J Harry Ollum was a pilot for several boats in the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Packet Line  fleet.  On the date of their signatures in Parthenia P Calhoon’s book, Charles W Know was probably the first clerk;  Daniel Lacey was his mud clerk; and J  Harry Ollum was one of her pilots.  This trip was quite possibly the last for the Katie Stockdale.  She was dismantled in 1888-89 and her engines, roof bell, and whistle were installed on the Keystone State.

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Thomas F Calhoon (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Thomas F Calhoon (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Jacob Poe (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Jacob Poe (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 Jacob Poe.

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Obituaries (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Obituaries (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 

 

 

P Calhoon Floral Album Dory C Poe (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Dory C Poe (Frances and John Finley Collection)

 

Dory C Poe (Theodore Cochran Poe) was a half first cousin of Parthenia P Calhoon.  Both lived in “The Poe House” in Georgetown, PA.

 

P Calhoon Floral Album JQA Parr (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album JQA Parr (Frances and John Finley Collection)

As the obituary states, John Quincy Adams Parr was the consumate packet clerk.   John QA Parr was on the upper Missouri in 1869 on the str Ida Stockdale when he talked with Nancy Ann (Poe) Ebert who was suffering from home sickness.  He worked on Poe, Calhoon, and Parr boats operating from Georgetown, PA.
P Calhoon Floral Album Theo Poe  (Frances and John Finley Collection)

P Calhoon Floral Album Theo Poe (Frances and John Finley Collection)

Theodore Cochran Poe signed twice separated by approximately five years.

 

 

 

 

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