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Jean M. Dempsey Photograph Collection


Leonidas Marion King (1841-1894) served with the 6th Regiment, N. C. Troops, Confederate States Army. Captain James H. Smith (1832-1906) served with Troop G, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, USA. King and Smith were great-grandfathers of the donor.The collection includes portraits of Leonidas Marion King and Captain James H. Smith in their military uniforms and with their families.

Title

Jean M. Dempsey Photograph Collection

Collection Number

PhC.64.1

Date(s)

circa 1865-1880s

Language

English

Physical Description
13.0 item(s)
Includes six photographs, including four cased tintypes and three snapshots.
Abstract

Leonidas Marion King (1841-1894) served with the 6th Regiment, N. C. Troops, Confederate States Army. Captain James H. Smith (1832-1906) served with Troop G, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, USA. King and Smith were great-grandfathers of the donor.

The collection includes portraits of Leonidas Marion King and Captain James H. Smith in their military uniforms and with their families.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives.

Creator

Dempsey, Jean M.

Repository

State Archives of North Carolina


The tintypes and snapshots have been placed in a postcard box. Copy negatives have been made for the permanent file.


Available for research.


Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.


Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, August, 1996

Encoded by Stephen E. Massengill

Encoding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012


Leonidas Marion King (1841-1894) served in the 6th Regiment, N. C. Troops, CSA. After the war Smith lived in Raleigh and became superintendent to the Federal Cemetery. He is buried in the cemetery, and his marker contains the dates March 25, 1832-January 1, 1906. His wife was Mary Yates King (1841-1914). Captain James H. Smith (1832-1906) served in Troop G, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, USA. King and Smith were great-grandfathers of the donor.


[Identification of item], PhC.64.1, Jean M. Dempsey Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.


The photographs were donated to the State Archives by Mrs. Jean M. Dempsey, 1914 Jumpin' Run Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 on May 13 and July 17, 1996.


Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)  http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov.


The ninth plate cased images are likenesses of Leonidas Marion King (1841-1894), 6th Regiment, N. C. Troops, CSA and wife Mary Yates King (1841-1914) of Wake County, North Carolina (photos dated July, 1865). The two sixth plate cased images are of Captain James H. Smith (1832-1906), Troop G, 2nd Michigan Cavalry, USA, in uniform. The other two pictures are turn of the century snapshots of Captain Smith and his wife and their son Zeliffe Paul Smith. The collection also contains a copy of Captain Smith's war record copied from Michigan in the War compiled by Jno. Robertson in 1882.


  • King, Leonidas Marion, 1841-1894.
  • King, Mary Yates, 1841-1914.
  • Smith, James H., 1832-1906.
  • Smith, Zeliffe Paul.
  • Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 6th.
  • United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1866). Company G.
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs.