Title
George Shotwell Roudebush
Subject
Roudebush, George Shotwell, 1828-1921
Clergy
Teachers
Description
George Shotwell Roudebush sits for a portrait.
On verso: "Rev. Dr. George Shotwell Roudebush, deceased, Madison, Mississippi - This gentleman, friend and distant relative (tho we spell our names slightly different) has been a guest in our home when we lived in Decatur Ill - over looking the university campus on W. North St. He was about 90 yrs old but very keen mentally when last we met. He had been a College President in Miss. tho a Pa. by birth and graduated from Pa. moved south on account of his health before the Civil War and remained there most of his life - He was a Presbyterian minister and also a graduate in law - but school work was his principal life's work. He had several children who were also engaged in school work - Margaret was at the head of a girls school in Miss, later teacher in State Teachers College Boulder Col. One of his son's was state agt. for Life Ins Bank & Trust Co. another Half is head of the Missouri Valley Bank &;amp Trust Co. St. Louis Mo. During his last visit in our home he Baptized our son Franklin - He was a friend worth knowing. R. F. R."
On verso: "Rev. Dr. George Shotwell Roudebush, deceased, Madison, Mississippi - This gentleman, friend and distant relative (tho we spell our names slightly different) has been a guest in our home when we lived in Decatur Ill - over looking the university campus on W. North St. He was about 90 yrs old but very keen mentally when last we met. He had been a College President in Miss. tho a Pa. by birth and graduated from Pa. moved south on account of his health before the Civil War and remained there most of his life - He was a Presbyterian minister and also a graduate in law - but school work was his principal life's work. He had several children who were also engaged in school work - Margaret was at the head of a girls school in Miss, later teacher in State Teachers College Boulder Col. One of his son's was state agt. for Life Ins Bank & Trust Co. another Half is head of the Missouri Valley Bank &;amp Trust Co. St. Louis Mo. During his last visit in our home he Baptized our son Franklin - He was a friend worth knowing. R. F. R."
Creator
Seutter, A.
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
404905
Franklin Roudybush Collection
Original Format
cabinet card
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
23 x 15 cm