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Portrait of Caroline Dawson Montgomery

Object number86.1.207

Artist Unknown

Date1870-1870

MediumOil on canvas; Wood

Credit LineGift of Admiral & Mrs. Persons

DescriptionFramed oil painting. Portrait of a woman with brown hair that has been styled into ringlets that reach her shoulders. She is seated and wearing a light green dress with short puffed sleeves and orange blossoms down the front. Brown background. Gold frame.Dimensions34.4999 x 29.4999 in. (87.6 x 74.9 cm)
Signednone-
InscriptionsFramers Label:Davis Gallery/Where picture framing is an Art/910 Ala Moanou, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Historical NotesThis painting was donated to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania by Rosalie Young Persons. She was the grandaugthter of Caroline Dawson Montgomery. Caroline Dawson Montgomery was the third child of William and Susannah Scott Dawson. She attended 6th Ward school and in 1859 was one of three students to graduate from Pittsburgh High School. In 1869 Caroline married James Hamilton Montgomery, who had served in the Civil War with her brother Edwin. In 1879, Caroline gave birth to the couple's only child, Annie Montgomery. She was named after Caroline's sister that had passed away in 1871. Annie Montgomery attended Pittsburgh High School and graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (Chatham College), Pittsburgh, in 1900. She married John Mason Young, and they had one daughter, Rosalie. The Dawson Family was a middle class family who lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1809, four year old William Dawson (1805-1888) moved, with his family, from Wilmington, Delaware, to the Pittsburgh area. In 1832, Dawson married Susannah Scott (1810-1902), and worked as a steamboat captain on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Dawson remained in the area throughout his life and played a role in the local community. He helped to organize the North Presbyterian Church in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1863 and served as its ruling elder. William and Susannah had six children: Mary Elizabeth (1833-), Harriet Jane (1836-), Caroline (1840-1924), William Albert (1843-1923), Edwin Alexander (1845-), and Annie Lea (1850-1871).

Related person James Hamilton Montgomery (born 1842)

Related person Caroline Dawson Montgomery (1840 - 1924)

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