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Burney, Cox, and Simpson families photographs collection, circa 1860-1925
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Burney, Cox, and Simpson families photographs collection
- Dates
- circa
1860-1925 (inclusive)18601925
- Quantity
- 0.54 cubic feet , (164 photographs in 2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Org. Lot 184
- Summary
- This collection includes portraits of the Burney, Cox, and Simpson families of Portland, Or. Family photographs range over four generations, circa 1860-1925, from early settlers and their families to their relatives in the eastern United States.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Prints from this collection are open to the public. Nitrate negatives are stored offsite and are not available for use by researchers.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Thomas Burney (b. 1852) was the son of Morrison W. Burney and Nancy Brown Burney and brother of Sally Burney Cramer. He was educated at the common schools of Palmetto, Ga. and later studied law at the University of Virginia. He came to Oregon in November of 1878, where he practiced law and later was appointed Registrar of the United States Land Office at Oregon City, Or. in 1886, after which he operated a land office in Portland. On 1880 February 21, he married Alice Blandina Simpson (1861-1891), daughter of Gen. Benjamin Simpson and Nancy Cooper Simpson. They had five children: Lounora (died as a baby); Ben Simpson; Dora; Alladine, who married Arthur Wayland Wright and had one daughter, Nancy Burney Wright; and Nancy Katherine, who married Walter Glen Cox and had a son, Glen Cox, Jr. After Alice's death, William married her sister, Elanora "Nora" Simpson in August of 1895. They had one son, Tom.
General Benjamin Simpson (1816-1910) was the third out of the eleven children of William Simpson (1793-1858) and Mary "Polly" Kinsey Simpson (1797-1858). He and his second wife, Nancy Cooper Simpson (b. 1819) had ten children: Sylvester (b. 1844); Samuel L. (1845-1898), who married Fanny McFarlane; Louisa, who later married Roy Stowall; Dora (b. 1855), who married William Milton Killingsworth; Elanora (b. 1856), William Thomas Burney's second wife; Frank; William, who married Mary Dickenson and had two sons, Harold and Ben; Grover B. (b. 1858), who later married Alma Beasley and had two sons, Dudley (b. 1890) and Burney (b. 1892); Alice (1861-1891), William Thomas Burney's first wife; and Clarence (b. 1865).
Dora Simpson (b. 1855) married in 1875 William Milton Killingsworth (b. 1850), a Portland, Or. real estate developer who laid out the Walnut Park addition, established the city's first streetcar line, and was elected in 1905 to the Oregon state legislature. The couple had six children: Nancy (b. 1877); Fay (b. 1879); William Milton, Jr.(b. 1880); Alice, who later married C. L. Shorno; Louisa "Lou", who later married Harry Swart and had a daughter, Betty Lou Swart; and Flawnice, who later married Dell O'Holon.
Norris Remy Cox (1855-1925) was the son of William H. Cox and Adeline F. Sauvier Cox and brother of Alfred Cox. He married Lillie B. O'Neal, daughter of Thomas O'Neal, in 1879 and practiced as a dentist in the offices of Glenn & Cox, with Dr. John G. Glenn, in Portland, Or. Norris and Lillie had two children, Norris Roy Cox and Walter Glenn Cox. Walter later married Nancy Katherine Burney, daughter of William Thomas and Alice Blandina Simpson Burney, and had a son, Glen Cox Jr.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains 164 portrait photographs in two boxes of various members of the related Burney, Cox, and Simpson families of Portland, Or., dating from circa 1860-1925. Included are studio portraits and informal snapshots from three to four generations of each family, as well as many friends of family members. Subjects include William Thomas Burney and his wives, Alice Blandina Simpson Burney and Elanora Simpson Burney, and their families; General Benjamin Simpson; Norris Remy Cox and his family; various members of the related Dolph, Killingsworth, and Wright families; U.S. senators Harry Lane and John Hipple Mitchell; and prominent Portland real estate developer William Milton Killingsworth, as well as many others. Also included are views of scenic locations in and around the Portland area, as well as views of family homes and the office of dentists John G. Glenn and Norris Remy Cox. The collection also contains family trees for each of the Burney, Simpson, and Cox families, as well as the Killingsworth family, that were created during the course of processing this collection.
Photographs in this collection were taken by Frank G. Abell, Joseph B. Buchtel, Corry A. Bushnell, and Joseph Thwaites, all of Portland, Or., as well as by many others. Includes cabinet cards, cartes de visite, cyanotypes, and one ambrotype.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Burney, Cox, and Simpson Families Photographs Collection, Org Lot 184, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following series:
- Series A: Portraits, circa 1860-1925
- Series B: Views, 1867-circa 1892
- Series C: Family trees
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series A: Portraits, circa 1860-1925Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Alice Simpson
Burney
Photographer unknown.
Copy photograph; original not in collection.
|
circa 1879-1880 |
1/2 | Ben Simpson
Burney
Taken by Joseph Thwaites and others.
Includes photograph of Ben with Nancy Katherine Burney Cox
and William Thomas Burney.
|
circa 1885-1910 |
1/3 | Elanora "Nora" Simpson
Burney
Taken by Buchtel and Stolte (Portland, Or.), Francis A. Smith (Salem, Or.), D. B. Taylor & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.), and others.
Includes cartes de visite ands photo-postcards of Nora with
Dora Simpson Killingsworth, Lou Simpson Stowal, Tom Morrison Burney, and
William Thomas Burney.
|
circa 1865-1910 |
1/4 | Lounora Burney
Taken by Denny H. Hendee (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1882-1887 |
1/5 | Nancy Brown
Burney
Taken by C.W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.).
Includes cabinet card of Nancy with Sally Burney Cramer and
William Thomas Burney.
|
circa 1870-1881 |
1/6 | Tom Morrison Burney with
unidentified others
Photographer unknown.
Two photo-postcards.
|
circa 1910-1920 |
1/7 | William Thomas
Burney
Taken by Frank G. Abell (Portland, Or.) and others.
|
circa 1879-1910 |
1/8 | Frederic B.
Chandler
Photographer unknown.
Cyanotype.
|
circa 1898 |
1/9 | Glen Jr. Cox
Taken by Davies Studio (Portland, Or.) and others.
|
circa 1905-1920 |
1/10 | Lillie B. O'Neal
Cox
Taken by Buchtel and Cardwells (Portland, Or.), Davidson Photo (Portland, Or.), and others.
Includes photograph of Lillie on the steps of her home in
Seaview, Wash.
|
circa 1865-1925 |
1/11 | Nancy Katherine Burney
Cox
Taken by Joseph Thwaites (Portland, Or.) and H. S. Shuster (Astoria, Or.).
|
circa 1885-1891 |
1/12 | Norris Remy Cox
Taken by Davies Studio (Portland, Or.) and Davidson Bros. (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1884-1890 |
1/13 | Norris Roy Cox
Taken by Davies Studio (Portland, Or.)
|
circa 1886-1887 |
1/14 | Walter Glenn Cox
Taken by Isaac Davidson, Towne, Davies Studio (Portland, Or.) and others.
Includes snapshot photograph of Walter with a group of boys
at the Boys Department of the YMCA in New York, N.Y. and also with Nancy
Katherine Burney Cox.
|
circa 1884-1910 |
1/15 | Billy and Katherine
Dolph
Taken by E. Martin Webb.
Photograph includes their children, Jane and Cyrus
Dolph.
|
circa 1920s |
1/16 | Cyrus A. Dolph and
wife
Taken by Davies (Portland, Or.), Corry A. Bushnell (Portland, Or.), C. Elmore Grove (Portland, Or.), and others.
|
circa 1893-1925 |
1/17 | Hazel Dolph
Taken by Aune Studio (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1900-1920 |
1/18 | Dr. John Dorning
Taken by Dana Portraits (New York City, N.Y.).
|
circa 1892 |
1/19 | Dr. John G. Glenn
Taken by Davidson and Bros. (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1880-1884 |
1/20 | Julius A.
Goerdeler
Taken by Vetter Studio (New York City, N.Y.) and others.
|
circa 1900-1920 |
1/21 | Backus and Lavina Henry and
family
Taken by Vetter Studio (New York City, N.Y.) and others.
Copy photographs of daguerreotypes or ambrotypes. Parents of
Mary Lavinia Henry Glenn, wife of Dr. John G. Glenn.
|
circa 1860s |
1/22 | Else Hubert
Photographer unknown.
Taken in Kirkland, Wash. with a friend identified as "B.
T."
|
1913 |
1/23 | Dora Simpson
Killingsworth
Taken by Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.) and Trover Cronise Studio (Salem, Or.).
|
circa 1900-1923 |
1/24 | Fay Killingsworth
Taken by Owen Spencer Burns (Portland, Or.) and Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.)
|
circa 1896-1910 |
1/25 | Flawnice
Killingsworth
Taken by Owen Spencer Burns (Portland, Or.) and Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.).
Includes photograph of Flawnice with sister, Louisa
Killingsworth Swart.
|
circa 1896-1910 |
1/26 | Nancy
Killingsworth
Taken by Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.) and unidentified photographer.
|
circa 1892-1910 |
1/27 | William Milton
Killingsworth
Taken by Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1900-1910 |
1/28 | William Milton Killingsworth,
Jr.
Taken by Isaac Grundy Davidson (Portland, Or.) and unidentified photographer.
Includes cabinet card of William with his sister, Alice
Killingsworth Shorna.
|
circa 1881-1910 |
1/29 | Jack Knight
Taken by White (New York City, N.Y.).
|
circa 1885-1900 |
1/30 | Harry Lane
Taken by Abell and Son Inc. (Portland, Or.). Mayor of Portland, 1905-1909.
Served as United States Senator from Oregon (Democratic),
1918-1917.
|
circa 1884-1891 |
1/31 | Hollister D.
McGuire
Taken by Hayes and Hendee, Jr. (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1889-1891 |
1/32 | Kate McGuire
Taken by Hayes and Hendee, Jr. (Portland, Or.) and unidentified photographer.
|
circa 1889-1930 |
1/33 | Dr. Stewart
McGuire
Taken by Joseph Buchtel (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1888 |
1/34 | John Hipple Mitchell and
wife
Taken by W. R .Hansen (Chicago, Ill.) and Jassett (Washington, D.C.).
John Hipple Mitchell served as United State Senator from
Oregon (Republican), 1873-79, 1885-1897, and 1901-1905.
|
circa 1866-1900 |
1/35 | Belle Louise
Ogilbe
Taken by Frank G. Abell (Portland, Or.).
|
1883 |
1/36 | Thomas O'Neal
Photographer unknown.
|
circa 1880s |
1/37 | Aladine Scroggins
Photographer unknown.
|
circa 1890-1900 |
1/38 | Alice Killingsworth Shorno in
wedding dress
Photographer unknown.
|
circa 1900 |
1/39 | Gen. Benjamin
Simpson
Taken by C.W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) and unidentified photographer.
|
circa 1881-1910 |
1/40 | Ben Simpson
Taken by E. E. Bertrand's Studio (Spokane Falls, Wa.).
|
circa 1889-1893 |
1/41 | Clarence Simpson
Photographer unknown.
|
circa 1900-1910 |
1/42 | Dudley and Burney
Simpson
Taken by Finely (Chicago, Ill. And Godfrey, Ill.).
|
1900, ; 1903 |
1/43 | Grover B. Simpson
Taken by Matzene (Chicago, Il.) and unidentified photographers.
|
circa 1890-1927 |
1/44 | Harold Simpson
Taken by Joseph Thwaites (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1886-1891 |
1/45 | Nancy Cooper
Simpson
Taken by Stratford.
|
circa 1870-1875 |
1/46 | Samuel L. Simpson
Taken by Cutberth (Portland, Or.) and unidentified photographer.
|
circa 1875-1890 |
1/47 | Sylvester Simpson
Taken by Abell and Son (Portland, Or.), F. M. Harkness (Portland, Or.), and an unidentified photographer.
Includes photograph of Sylvester with his wife, Fanny
McFarlane Simpson.
|
circa 1884-1910 |
1/48 | William Simpson
Taken by E. E. Bertrand's Studio (Spokane Falls, Wash.).
Cabinet card photograph of William with his wife, Mary
Dickenson Simpson, and children, Ben and Harold Simpson.
|
circa 1889-1893 |
2/1 | Arvilla McGuire
Stolte
Taken by Benjamin A. Gifford and unidentified photographer.
|
circa 1883-1900 |
2/2 | Louisa Simpson
Stowall
Taken by Towne (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1887 |
2/3 | Roy Stowall
Taken by Davies (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1893-1899 |
2/4 | Betty Lou Swart
Taken by Corry A. Bushnell (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1915-1925 |
2/5 | Louisa Killingsworth
Swart
Taken by Bushby and Co. (Portland, Or.) and Christopher Aerne Jr. (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1890-1910 |
2/6 | Alladine Burney
Wright
Taken by Hemenway Photos (Los Angeles, Ca.), F. A. Webster (Oakland, Ca.), and unidentified photographers.
Includes damaged photographs.
|
circa 1900-1915 |
2/7 | Nancy Burney
Wright
Taken by Hemenway Photos (Los Angeles, Ca.), F. A. Webster (Oakland, Ca.), and unidentified photographers.
Photographs include Nancy as a child with William Thomas
Burney, and Alladine Burney Wright.
|
circa 1912-1925 |
2/8-2/10 | Unidentified
individuals
2/10 contains an eighth-plate ambrotype in brass preserver
of an unidentified child.
|
circa 1870-1920 |
Series B: Views, 1867-circa 1892Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/11 | Oregon City
Taken by Eaton (Portland, Or.) and others.
|
1867-circa 1890 |
2/12 | Portland, Or.--General
views
Photographers unknown.
Includes copy photograph of view of Front Street, originally
taken in 1852.
|
undated |
2/13 | Portland, Or.--Office of
Glenn & Cox, Dental Surgeons
Taken by Davies (Portland, Or.).
|
circa 1892 |
2/15 | Unidentified locations--Homes
and landscapes
Photographers unknown.
|
undated |
Series C: Family treesReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/16
Series contains family trees for the Burney, Cox, Killingsworth and Simpson families that were created and collected while this collection was being processed.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dentists--Oregon--Portland--Photographs
- Legislators--United States--Photographs
- Mayors--Oregon--Portland--Photographs
- Real estate developers--Oregon--Portland--Photographs
Personal Names
- Burney, Alice Blandina Simpson, 1861-1891--Photographs
- Burney, Elanora Simpson, b. 1856--Photographs
- Burney, William Thomas, b. 1852--Photographs
- Cox, Norris Remy, 1855-1925--Photographs
- Killingsworth, William Milton, b. 1850--Photographs
- Lane, Harry, 1855-1917--Photographs
- Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1825-1905--Photographs
- Simpson, Benjamin, 1816-1910--Photographs
Family Names
- Burney family--Photographs
- Cox family--Photographs
- Dolph family--Photographs
- Killingsworth family--Photographs
- Simpson family--Photographs
- Wright family--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Portland (Or.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Ambrotypes
- Cabinet photographs
- Cartes de visite
- Cyanotypes
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Abell, Frank G., d. 1910 (photographer)
- Buchtel, Joseph B., 1830-1916 (photographer)
- Bushnell, Corry A., d. 1941 (photographer)
- Thwaites, Joseph (photographer)