PHOTO ALBUM OF MISS CARRIE COLGIN JONES
Pictures Found

In May 2008, Wesley E. Pippenger of Arlington, Virginia, was loaned an old Victorian photograph album that is inscibed by its owner Miss Carrie C. Jones. The album is completely separated and in poor condition. It appears that many photographs once in the album have been removed. Of those that remain, only one is labeled, as Robert Munday. Most photographs come from photographic studios either in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., or Washington, D.C.

Miss Carrie Colgin Jones, daughter of John Haley Jones, Jr. and Maria Russell Nelson, was born in Matagorda, Texas in March 1861. Her father drowned in the Battle of Matagorda, near Galveston, on or about December 30, 1863. A memorial to him and his comrads is found in the Matagorda City Cemetery.

Mrs. Maria (Nelson) Jones did not stay a widow long, as she married (2) c.1876 to Richard Henry Waring of "Glenvilla," Essex County, Virginia. The date of her death and place of burial have not yet been determined. The known photograph we have of Maria Russell Nelson and her daughter Carrie Colgin Jones was taken by photographer Rees in Richmond, Va. R.H. Waring died in 1894.

Carrie Colgin Jones was married in December 1888 in St. John's Episcopal Church of Tappahannock, Virginia, to John Waller Faulconer, Jr. In 1896, the couple purchased an historic home at the west end of Prince Street in Tappahannock, known as Little Egypt. The house and farm remained in their possession until Carrie died in December 1925 and John died in November 1926. Their heirs divided the Faulconer farm into small lots, and afterward the circle around which the lots sit was named Faulconer Circle.

It may be that photographs of immediate (and recognized/identified) family were removed and the remaining photographs in the album were of friends and acquaintances. Those remaining in the photograph album of Miss Carrie C. Jones are as below:

• Young man with mustache. Photographer W. Getz, 42 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer Richard Walzl, 205 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. and 477 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.
• Adult woman and child. Photographer Richard Walzl, 205 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. and 477 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.
• Adult woman. Photographer Davis Gallery, 827 Broad St., Richmond Va., and Washington, D.C.
• Robert Munday with mustache. Signed Yours Very Truly, Robt. Munday. Photographer Davis, 827 Broad St., Richmond, Va.
• Two men with mustaches, one sitting, one standing. Photographer R. Holyland, 231 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer A.L. Rogers, 58 Lexington St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young adult woman. Photographer Bachrach & Bro., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer R. Holyland, 231 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young adult woman. Photographer Bachrach & Bro., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man. No photographer noted.
• Young woman with lace collar dress. Photographer W.J. Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. Copyright 1886.
• Young woman. Photographer Kemethy, 1109 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.
• Infant girl, perhaps Carry Russell Faulconer. No photographer noted.
• Young woman, perhaps Carrie Colgin Jones. Photographer G.W. Davis, 925 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., and 827 Broad St., Richmond, Va.
• Young man. Photographer Baltimore Photographic Co., 20 N. Charles St., 68 Lexington St., 120 & 122 Lexington St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young adult woman in fancy dress and hat. Photographer Hunt, Paducah, [Ky.].
• Young adult man with mustache holding hat. Photographer Shorey, 157 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md., Negative #37641.
• Adult man with beard. No photographer noted.
• Young woman. No photographer noted.
• Young man. Photographer Richard Walzl, 205 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md., and 477 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.
• Young adult woman. Photographer W. Getz, 42 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer [F]reeburger, Baltimore, Md.
• Young man. Photographer W. Getz, 210 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
• Elderly couple, seated man, standing woman. Photographer W. Getz, 210 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer Davis, 827 Broad St., Richmond, Va.
• Young man with mustache. Photographer Bachrach & Bro., Eutaw and Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Md.
• Adult woman. Illegible photographer from Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Interested parties are requested to contact Mr. Pippenger at the E-mail address given below.

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