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  • Collection: Jacob Strawn Collection

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Jacob Strawn was an early settler of Morgan County, moving from Ohio in 1831, and becoming a successful farmer in the Jacksonville area.

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Portrait of David Gates Strawn, son of Jacob Strawn, an early settler of Morgan County, with his wife, Laura Eliza Holmes Strawn. Like his father, David was a successful farmer in the Jacksonville area.

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Portrait of Julius E. Strawn, son of Jacob Strawn, an early settler of Morgan County. Like his father, Julius was a successful farmer in the Jacksonville area.

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Portrait of Laura Eliza Holmes Strawn, wife of David Gates Strawn, who was the son of Jacob Strawn, both successful farmers in the Jacksonville area.

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Portrait of George C. Brown, relationship to the Strawn family unknown.

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Portrait of Elizabeth Conklin, relationship to the Strawn family unknown. On verso: "Lindstry."

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Portrait of Maggie Mitchell, an American stage actress during the mid to late nineteenth century. Mitchell was rumored to be a one time girlfriend of Abraham Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth. After Booth was shot, a picture of the actress was…

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Portrait of Silas F. Shorey, relationship to the Strawn family unknown.
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