]> phc_rencher_abraham_family.xml Finding Aid of the Abraham Rencher Family Photograph Collection, 1847 - 1889 Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley &hdrNcDncsa; 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October, 2005 Description is in English Finding Aid of the Abraham Rencher Family Photograph Collection, 1847 - 1889 State Archives of North Carolina &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary State Archives of North Carolina. Rencher family. Abraham Rencher Family Photograph Collection, 1847 - 1889 P.C. 108.1 Materials in English 4 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina. Abraham Rencher (1798-1883) served as a Congressman, was charge d'affaires to Portugal (1843-1847), and was territorial governor of New Mexico (1857-1861). The collection is composed of three photographs and one lithograph containing likenesses of the Abraham Rencher family. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PC 108, Abraham Rencher Family Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

The collection was donated to the State Archives on April 29, 2005, by the estate of Shirley Winston, Virginia (Marianna Theo, agent). Shirley Winston was a direct descendent of Rencher. Abraham Rencher's daughter Geneva married Robert Newton Winston. The items were accessioned in July, 2005.

 Processing Information

Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, June, 2005

Encoded by Dietra Stanley, October, 2005

 Biographical Note

Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), a native of North Carolina, served as a Congressman, was charge d'affaires to Portugal (1843-1847), and was territorial governor of New Mexico (1857-1861). His wife was Louisa Mary Jones Rencher (ca. 1810-1901), daughter of Col. Edward Jones.

 Collection Overview

The collection is composed of three photographs and one lithograph containing likenesses of the Abraham Rencher family. Includes photographs of Abraham Rencher, Louisa Mary Jones Rencher, daughter Sarah Sallie Rencher Anderson, Col. S. Latham Anderson, and Mary Louisa Anderson.

 Collection Arrangement

The photographs are arranged chronologically.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Anderson, Mary Louisa. Anderson, S. Latham. Anderson, Sarah "Sallie" Rencher. Lithographs. Photographs. Rencher, Abraham, 1798-1883. Rencher, Louisa Mary Jones. Related Collections

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 Container List Photographs, ca. 1847-1889 108.1 Lithograph of Louisa Mary Jones Rencher and daughter Sarah Sallie Rencher (b. ca. 1843) made in Portugal, ca. 1847 Slightly enlarged, hand-colored photograph of Rencher, ca. 1860. Black and white portrait of Louisa Mary Jones Rencher in mourning dress, taken at the time of Abraham Rencher's death in 1883. 11 x 14 Outdoor group family photograph taken in Chapel Hill in 1889.

Top row, left to right: Col. S. Latham Anderson, and Mrs. Abraham Rencher. Below, left to right: Mary Louisa Anderson and Mrs. S. L. Anderson Sallie. The framed photograph has sustained some water damage.