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URNnw2822
Work TypePhotograph
TitleWoman with flower at the collar of dress [Narcissa Chisholm Owen]
Creatorno creator given
SubjectVirginia and Tennessee Railroad - Officers, Civil War Societies
MaterialBlack & White
Current SiteNW 004 / DLA045
NotesNeg#504640. Email from Rachel Deddens, Lynchburg Museum System, Virginia gives the following information: Narcissa Chisholm Owen, Wife of Robert Latham Owen, Sr., president of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 1860-1867. She was the daughter of Thomas Chilholm the last hereditary Chief of the Western Cherokees. Narcissa Owen lived here and was a vital part of the local Ladies Relief Society during the Civil War.
Formatimage/jpeg
Date19980416
Ownerdla
Copyrightdla
SourceNorfolk & Western Historical Photograph Collection