Glass Neg 1900 George Family of ME at Itsenburg Germany

5" x 7"  (full measurement) Original Glass B&W Negative taken in 1900 of Dr. Edward Payson George and his children Alice Creighton, Hilda May and Donald Payson of Thomaston Maine, but photo taken while they were living in Itsenburg Germany. Photo was probably taken by a member of the household of Dr. Edward Payson George and his wife Harriet Rose Creighton George. Dr George resided at Thomaston (ME) and Frankfurt Germany and North Carolina, Portland Maine and Denver Colorado at different times in his life, his wife resided with him at Maine and Frankfurt locations. The George and Creighton families were interesting families, see below (as taken from Genealogical and Family History of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs) for more detail. Includes original sleeve. My item George206.

 Nice view of father and children. 

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Edward Payson, son of Asa and Adeline (Kemp) George, was born in the town of Groton, Grafton county, New Hampshire, July 4, 1840. He took a collegiate course at Davidson College, North Carolina, and at the outbreaking of the civil war joined the Confederacy, becoming a captain in the commissary department. After the cessation of hostilities he removed to Denver, Colorado, and engaged in the insurance business. He next studied dental surgery in Boston, Massachusetts, locating soon after in Frankfurt, Germany. It was there he met the lady who became Mrs. George. Returning to America he located in Thomaston, Maine. Seven years more and we find him again in Europe, this time at Hanover, Germany, besides traveling extensively on the Continent. When in the United States again he settled on the old Creighton homestead in Thomaston, his wife's birthplace. He was a devoted member of the Congregational church. February 1, 1887, he married Harriet Rose, daughter of James Alexander Creighton, of Thomaston. Mr. and Mrs. George had three children : Alice Creighton, born in Frankfurt, Germany, November 21, 1888; Hilda May, Thomaston, Maine, October 8, 1891 ; Donald Payson, Portland, Maine, February 5, 1893. Mr. George died December 19, 1907. In his will he bequeathed the following benefactions : To the town of Thomaston, six thousand dollars, to aid the needy poor requiring hospital service. To the Congregational church, two thousand dollars. To Thomaston Public Library, one thousand dollars. He also had in his lifetime given liberally to Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, the Children's Aid Society of New York, and Jacob Riis' worthy schemes in tenement district work in New York. A leading newspaper in the state has this to say of him :

"Dr. Edward P. George was an educated, refined and cultured gentleman, with the graceful manners of the old school. He had decided opinions on the questions of the day, but did not advertise them or obtrude them upon others. He was always considerate, and treated every one with extreme courtesy. He came to Thomaston a stranger, but at once and always commanded the highest respect and esteem of our people, and his death is mourned by the entire community. He was unostentatiously charitable. * * *

"While he resided in Thomaston, he took great interest in local affairs, and especially in beautifying the town and promoting the efficiency of its schools. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Village Improvement Society in Thomaston, and was active in having the street sides kept neat and trim. * * * It was through his energetic and diplomatic efforts that the town finally voted to introduce the study of music in the schools."

The line of Creighton runs back to David, who was a Scotch-Irish settler in Warren, Maine, and was killed by the Indians in 1744. His children were : Abraham, Samuel and David.

(II) Samuel, second son of David Creighton, married Lucretia Howell, of Bridge- water, Maine. Their children were : Captain James, John and Jane (Mrs. Jonathan Fuller). Samuel died November 10, 1783.

(III) John, second son of Samuel and Lucretia (Howell) Creighton, was born March 24, 1774, and married Joanna Jordan. Their children were: Captain Samuel, Robert, John, Captain Ebenezer, Keziah, Joshua, Jordan, Captain James Alexander and Lucretia J-

(IV) Captain James Alexander, sixth son of John and Joanna (Jordan) Creighton, was born June 6, 1821. He went to sea at an early age and was master mariner at twenty- one, following aboard ship till he was thirty- two, when he returned to Thomaston, and began the burning of lime. The captain was as prosperous on land as he had been on deck, and built up a large business. He also operated a grist-mill, a general store, coal and wood-yards. He married Emily, daughter of Nathaniel Meservey, of Rockland, Maine. The children were: 1. Emily, married Sidney Smith. 2. Clara A., deceased. 3. James Edwin, died in infancy. 4. Harriet R., widow of Dr. Edward Payson George, of Thomaston, whose ancestors are sketched in this work. 5. Elizabeth, died in childhood. 6. John M., see forward. 7. Charles A., interested in the firm of [. A. Creighton and Company. 8. James Arthur, died in childhood. Captain Creigh- ton married (second) Isabelle Lewis, of Alfred, Maine, who died in 1900, without issue. Captain Creighton died in December, 1893.

 Glass negative in very good condition other than the boy (Donald) being blurred as he moved, I have only shown (in my first scan) a portion (as a positive image) of the negative as my scanner back light is limited to items 3 inches in width  or less. If any scan has a reddish tint to it, it is from my scanner and does not reflect the color of the scan. Includes original negative sleeve which is in a tattered condition.

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