Photo #122989
Last Name: Briggs
First Name: Frank
Middle Name:
Subject's City:
Subject's State: Maine
Subject's County: Somerset
Subject's Country:
Date: 1851-1900
Photographer: Dole
Photographer's City: Bangor
Photographer's State: ME
Nee:
Type**: CC
Comments: Frank Briggs (Nee: ) | Maine | 1851-1900 | Comments: Frank Briggs, circa 1880?
• The photographer was Dole of Bangor, Maine.
• Handwritten on the back is, “Frank Briggs (I think)”.
• On a separate paper is a note that reads, “[this person] may be from the Dexter or Cambridge, Maine, area.
What I learned while researching this photo:
• The Bangor City Directories list Augustus K Dole as a photographer from 1864 to 1893. Augustus died in 1894.
• There is a Frank L Briggs who lived in Ripley, Maine, during the 1880 census. Ripley is about 7 miles from Cambridge and about 5 miles from Dexter. Frank L Brigs was only 12 years old in 1880, so it is unlikely this photo is of him.
• There was a Frank W Brigs who lived in Pittsfield, Maine, during the 1900 census. Pittsfield is about 20 miles from Cambridge. 21 miles south of Dexter, and 65 miles from Bangor. Frank W’s age was not recorded in the census. The 1880 US Census suggests that Frank W. Briggs, who was then living in Freeman, Franklin County, Maine, was 46 years old.
• There is a Frank Briggs that lived in Anson, Maine during the 1880 and 1900 censuses. Anson is about 29 miles from Cambridge, 38 miles from Dexter, and about 40 miles to Bangor. He was born in 1851, making him about 29 years old in 1880, when the photo was probably taken.
I believe this is *probably* a photo of Frank Briggs of Anson taken about 1880.
Digital Image Only? NO
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Frank Briggs
