I’ve searched for years for images of these women. Esther Damon appears in volume 1 of the Last Muster Series and I’m aware of newspaper photos of Rebecca Mayo, but photos of the other women may not exist.

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In the Globe article were two pictures. On of Rebecca and the other of her house. Both of these pictures have proved elusive. I can’t find them. I’m hoping that someone will see this story and send me a lead.

Here’s the search so far:
The Boston Globe archive at the Boston Public Library doesn’t own the pictures. It’s likely that this story and the images were picked up from another news source.

The Pulaski County Public Library searched their collections, but didn’t own them either.

The Wilderness Road Regional Museum in Newbern, Virginia couldn’t help me.

I also tried the Virginia Room at the Roanake Public Library and the Library of Virginia in Richmond.

With more than 6,000 widows that could have posed for a photograph, I was trying major sources first before diving into a search for living family members.

If you know of another source for these images email me at mtaylor@taylorandstrong.com. It’s really annoying to be able to see her face in a newspaper article, but not be able to find the original photograph. Unfortunately, the newsprint isn’t good enough quality for book publication.

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