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Mary Emma (Wisman) Neeb and Child

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Title

Mary Emma (Wisman) Neeb and Child

Subject

Neeb, Mary Emma "Mollie" (Wisman) (1857-1936)

Description

Photograph of Mollie (Wisman) Neeb and an unidentified young child who is standing on a wicker baby carriage.

Mollie (Wisman) Neeb was from the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County, one of many children born to William Franklin (1824-1889) and Sarah Frances (Orwick) (1827-1915) Wisman, a farming couple.

In 1882, she married Luther Neeb (1855-1906), the son of Valentine (1822-1875) and Regina (Coverstone) (1832-1869) Neeb. Luther was a farmer and also worked in the fertilizer business.

The couple had no children and lived on a farm just outside the Woodstock town limits, on Fairview Road. Luther died unexpectedly, and the 1910 census found widowed Mary E. Neeb living by herself.

In the 1920 census, a 28-year old nephew, Curtis S. Golliday, lived with her, and farmed her land.

Mollie stayed on her 60-acre farm, close to Woodstock, for the rest of her life. After she died, the farm was sold at auction.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Nov 1911".

Contributor

Mary Neeb identified in 2025 by library staff based on other photographs of the subject.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Mollie (Wisman) Neeb appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 010321, 012310, 023077, and 026660.

Identifier

023077

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Mary Emma (Wisman) Neeb and Child,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 8, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/52677.

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