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The Wright family owned plantations in Rapides Parish, La. Esther Gertrude Wright (1844-1915) married David French Boyd (1834-99), President of Louisiana State Seminary, later Louisiana State University. The digital collection consists of daguerreotypes and photographic prints belonging to the Wright family.

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John David Workman
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Two inscriptions on verso, the upper one partially obscured by black photograph album paper. Upper: "J. ... S ... wh ... & went to Va. [unreadable] Co. B. 9th La. Regt." Lower: "later was Major of 9th La. Regt. Killed Fisher's Hill --- John David Workman (1839 - 1864), son of Dr. John C. Workman (1809 - 1861) and Martha A. Cheny (1816 - 1845) after death of his mother, John David & his brother Wm Edward (1840 - 1862) lived with their great uncle [struck through] great aunt, Dr. [struck through] & Mrs. J. D. Wright. David killed Fisher's Hill. Wm died in hospital in 1862.
John David Workman
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Two inscriptions on verso, the upper one partially obscured by black photograph album paper. Upper: "J. ... S ... wh ... & went to Va. [unreadable] Co. B. 9th La. Regt." Lower: "later was Major of 9th La. Regt. Killed Fisher's Hill --- John David Workman (1839 - 1864), son of Dr. John C. Workman (1809 - 1861) and Martha A. Cheny (1816 - 1845) after death of his mother, John David & his brother Wm Edward (1840 - 1862) lived with their great uncle [struck through] great aunt, Dr. [struck through] & Mrs. J. D. Wright. David killed Fisher's Hill. Wm died in hospital in 1862.
John David Workman
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Two inscriptions on verso, the upper one partially obscured by black photograph album paper. Upper: "J. ... S ... wh ... & went to Va. [unreadable] Co. B. 9th La. Regt." Lower: "later was Major of 9th La. Regt. Killed Fisher's Hill --- John David Workman (1839 - 1864), son of Dr. John C. Workman (1809 - 1861) and Martha A. Cheny (1816 - 1845) after death of his mother, John David & his brother Wm Edward (1840 - 1862) lived with their great uncle [struck through] great aunt, Dr. [struck through] & Mrs. J. D. Wright. David killed Fisher's Hill. Wm died in hospital in 1862.
[ Antoinette Pumphrey]
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Antoinette Pumphrey. Dau[ghter of] Otto Pumphrey & Jane S. Grimball (Pearce) Pumphrey married _____ Granstour of Franklin, LA
[ Cousin Joe Calliham or John David Workman]
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1. Handwritten note on slip of paper in front of image: Cousin Joe Calliham, son of our Aunt Mary Jandon Grimball & J. Y. Calliham. Cousin Joe was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. , Civil War.; 2. Handwritten note on paper behind image: John David Workman. Confederate Army. Killed at Fisher’s Creek, Va. Sept.22,1964 and buried in the field.
[ David F. Boyd]
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David F. Boyd in Confederate uniform
[ David Paul Augustus Wright]
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[Inside back of case reads:] D.P.A. Wright Born 1842, La. Died 1857 at Frankfort, KY
[ David Paul Augustus Wright]
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David Paul Augustus Wright (1842-1857), son of Dr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Wright of Rapides Parish , LA. , when a student at a preparatory school for Yale University in New Haven, Conn. He and his sisters Mary & Ellen attended schools in New Haven, Conn. 1853-1856.
[ Ellen J. Wright, D. P. Augustus Wright & Mary C. Wright]
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Ellen J. Wright (afterwards Mrs. Oscar Cheney) D. P. Augustus Wright & Mary C. Wright, all children of Dr. J. D. Wright & his wife Sarah R. Wright, at school in New Haven, CT. Home near Cheneyviille, La. [written in back of case behind image]
[ Ester G. Wright]
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[inside case] Ester G. Wright, a schoolgirl at Winden, LA about 1859. Mrs. D. F. Boyd (aged 15)
[ Ester Gertrude Wright]
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Ester Gertrude Wright [Ester Wright Boyd written on four-fold enclosure.]
[ Joseph Calliham or William Edmund Workman]
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1.Handwritten note attached to inside of front cover : Joseph Calliham ("cousin Joe") son of John G. Calliham & Mary Jordan Grimball Calliham (1801-1863), soldier under Stonewall Jackson, killed Battle of Fredericksburg.; 2. Handwritten note on the inside the case behind the image: William Edmund Workman Taken at school. Joined Confederate Army in 1861. Died in hospital at Culpepper, Va. On October 21, 1861. Removed from Culpepper Cemetery to Philadelphia, Pa.
[ Mary C. Wright & Ellen Wright]
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Mary C. Wright and Ellen Wright who later married Oscar Cheney. Taken in New Haven Conn. about 1854 (at school).
[ Stony Creek Meadow]
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Inscription on verso: "Stony Creek and Moosehead Mts [sic] with Raguettte River and Stony Creek Meadow in foreground."
[ Stony Creek Meadow]
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Inscription on verso: "Stony Creek and Moosehead Mts [sic] with Raguettte River and Stony Creek Meadow in foreground."
[ Stony Creek Meadow]
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Inscription on verso: "Stony Creek and Moosehead Mts [sic] with Raguettte River and Stony Creek Meadow in foreground."
[ W. H. Foland]
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W. H. Foland who married Ann Judith Grimball
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