Skip menu to read main page content

Portrait of H. W. Dorsey Waters

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of Henry Woodward Dorsey Waters (1813-1880), son of Nathanial Magruder Waters of Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1837, he married Prudence Jane Griffith, daughter of Major Greenbury Griffith of Anne Arundel County. Their children were: Nathaniel Magruder (1839-1909); Greenberry Griffith (1841-1864); Susannah Magruder (1845-1933), married William Nevins Worley; Achsah Dorsey (1848-1890), married Roderick Dorsey Hobbs; Tilghman (1851-1883), married Drusilla Hammond; and Prudence Jane (1853-1923), married Charles McGill Williams. After the death of his wife, Waters married Emily Griffith (1818-1903), her younger sister, with whom he had no further children.

Creator

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Object ID

CSPH 137

Extent

1 cased photograph

Resource ID

17574

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.