Item 116: Portrait of Lydia Atherton, 1820

Item — Box: 21, Folder: 116

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Dates

Created: 1820

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Colored Print

Condition Note:

Good, no issues.

Measurements:

6 in. x 8 11/16 in.

Title:

Lydia Atherton print, 1820-1882

Description:

A portrait of Lydia Atherton with a description of her life on the back. Lydia Atherton was the sister to Thomas Ferrier Atherton and never married. She lived with her sister and family and is described to have a “lonely face.” Mentioned in the transcript, Melanie Parke Updegraff was the daughter of Melanie Atherton Updegraff and David Benjamin Updegraff. She was born on June 30, 1916 in Miraj, Maharashtra, India. Married to John Clinton Adams in June 1942, she had at least one daughter. She emigrated to New York City in 1930, eventually living in Oberlin, Ohio and later Manhattan, New York in 1940. Melanie died some time later in Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, in May 1986 at the age of 69.

Location:

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Transcription:

Lydia Atherton - 1820-1882 -

Sister of Sarah Atherton Henry- She never married + lived with her sister and her family- She was a “millerite” - a sect which set the date for her last judgement. When that day came, the faithful put on their ascension robes and went up on the house tops- I think she has a very lonely face - Her brother was Thomas Ferrier Atherton - who built our Wilkes-Barre house-

(Melanie Uydegraff)