Portrait of Abner Francis
Abstract
This Cival War Era photography is an "Ebay" purchase made by librarian Trenton Boyd and donated to the Medical Sciences Library. It is noted that historically, the area known as Shandon, was also called "Paddy's Run" Ohio which is located about 11 miles from Hamilton, Ohio. It is likely that Abner Francis traveled to Hamilton to have his portrait taken by Eugene Brandt who was a portrait and Landscape photographer. Eugene Brandt owned the Mammoth Art Gallery, located over Peter Jacob's drug store opposite the county court house in Hamilton, Ohio from about 1868 until 1877.
Mark Francis's father, Abner Francis was the grandson of Welsh emigrants David Francis and his wife Mary who settled in Paddy's Run in 1802. Abner married Martha Ann Vaughan
Description
This is an original civil war era carte de visite (CDV) photo of Abner Francis of Shandon, Ohio, father of Mark Francis College Station, Texas. Mark Francis was the first veterinary professor at Texas A&M College. Then known as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Physical description: black-and -white print (photograph), CDV (Carte de visite style)_ 10.5X6mmCitation
BrandtPortrait of Abner Francis. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /169780.