This is a photo of my 2nd great-grandfather, Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster. Don’t you just love that bow tie?!
Ebenezer was a Civil War veteran. I wrote about him in a previous post titled Tombstone Tuesday–Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster.
This photo of Ebenezer was taken when he was 18 years old, or about the year 1856, just a few short years before the start of the Civil War.
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Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster
at 18 years of age
circa 1856
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Jana
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Oh yeah boy, he's working that bow tie! Handsome guy. I bet the girls loved him.
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, Ya, that bow tie was something else!
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A dapper-looking fellow who probably led an eventful life. By the way, no need for fair warnings on Wordless Wednesday - I gave up on WWs myself because I could never manage to make them really wordless!
ReplyDeleteHi ljhlaura, No need to give up on WWs. Just do what a lot of us do and add a "few" words. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteNot your average 18-year old, eh? And that bow tie must have been interesting to learn to tie! A definite dandy, this young man. Very interesting post, Jana - I love old photos.
ReplyDeleteHi Celia! Interesting thought about learning how to tie that enormous bow tie!
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I can't say that I've ever seen a bow tie like that one! Wonderful portrait.
ReplyDeleteI can't say I've ever seen one like it either Kathy. It really is something isn't it?
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A great post - loved the photograph, the tie and the name - Ebenezer Perry Carlisle. Ebenezer always makes me think of Ebenezer Scrooge out of Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol" - but your Ebernezer certainly does not confirm to that image. How wonderful to have a photograph that old.
ReplyDeleteHello! Ya, Ebenezer really is an old-fashioned name for sure!
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