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John B.H. Jefferson, Apothecary (CDV by Israel & Co., 125 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland)
This CDV was in the Dohme Family album. He was identified as one of the fellow students of Louis Dohme at the Maryland College of Pharmacy.
John B.H. Jefferson was born 24 December 1837 in Talbot County, Maryland, the son of John P. Jefferson (1804-1872) and Rebecca Disney (1812-1911). The family moved from Talbot to Baltimore circa 1848. In 1850, John, six sibling, and his parents were living in Baltimore, where his father was a boot and shoemaker. John graduated from the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1860 and became an apothecary in Baltimore. He was apparently married circa 1865 to Ada or Adelae Pascal (born circa 1843), and in 1870 the couple was living in Baltimore with their four-year-old son Howard. The family was still in Baltimore for the 1880 census, but had been joined be Ada’s mother, Mary Pascal. Sometime prior to 1900, John left the pharmacy business, and became a real estate broker and later a promoter of mineral lands. He was married again, this time to Cora D. Jordan (1860-1940) on 7 June 1894. John Jefferson passed away circa 1928.
Photographer Stephen Girard Israel was born in 1826 in New York City, the son of William Israel (1782-1846) and Elizabeth Romney (1791-1879). Stephen’s initial work experience appears to have been in a pharmacy in Baltimore, where he claimed to have served author Edgar Allen Poe several times. He also states that he took part, without much success, in the 1849 California gold rush. In 1850, he was an apothecary in Southampton, New Jersey, and during 1852-1856 held a similar job in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Stephen was married in 1852 to Jane Brown (born circa 1830) and the couple had at least three children. Circa 1857, Stephen began a career in photography in Baltimore, being listed as an ambrotypist at 91 Baltimore Street. In 1858, it was noted that he had available photographs in oil, water color, India ink and plain, and ambrotypes and photographic views of scenes along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Israel remained in Baltimore until around 1870, when he shows up in a Chicago directory as a druggist at 152 Dearborn. From 1873 to at least 1875, he was a druggist at 522 Wabash Avenue; his son Richard B, Israel was a clerk at the pharmacy. Sometime prior to 1877, he returned to photography, with a studio at 221 State Street, Chicago; he was again joined by his son Richard. Stephen was married on 16 January 1884 to Elizabeth Benson (1855-1914). The last reference I found for Israel as a photographer in Chicago was 1889. He then became involved in a business called the “Maryland Granite Company of Chicago”. This business went bankrupt and no later than 1900, Stephen was back in Baltimore. Stephen Israel passed away in Baltimore on 10 February 1914. (Israel credited his long life to eating a full meal at 11:00 PM before he went to bed, and to lots of fresh air.)
John B.H. Jefferson, Apothecary (CDV by Israel & Co., 125 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland)
This CDV was in the Dohme Family album. He was identified as one of the fellow students of Louis Dohme at the Maryland College of Pharmacy.
John B.H. Jefferson was born 24 December 1837 in Talbot County, Maryland, the son of John P. Jefferson (1804-1872) and Rebecca Disney (1812-1911). The family moved from Talbot to Baltimore circa 1848. In 1850, John, six sibling, and his parents were living in Baltimore, where his father was a boot and shoemaker. John graduated from the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1860 and became an apothecary in Baltimore. He was apparently married circa 1865 to Ada or Adelae Pascal (born circa 1843), and in 1870 the couple was living in Baltimore with their four-year-old son Howard. The family was still in Baltimore for the 1880 census, but had been joined be Ada’s mother, Mary Pascal. Sometime prior to 1900, John left the pharmacy business, and became a real estate broker and later a promoter of mineral lands. He was married again, this time to Cora D. Jordan (1860-1940) on 7 June 1894. John Jefferson passed away circa 1928.
Photographer Stephen Girard Israel was born in 1826 in New York City, the son of William Israel (1782-1846) and Elizabeth Romney (1791-1879). Stephen’s initial work experience appears to have been in a pharmacy in Baltimore, where he claimed to have served author Edgar Allen Poe several times. He also states that he took part, without much success, in the 1849 California gold rush. In 1850, he was an apothecary in Southampton, New Jersey, and during 1852-1856 held a similar job in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Stephen was married in 1852 to Jane Brown (born circa 1830) and the couple had at least three children. Circa 1857, Stephen began a career in photography in Baltimore, being listed as an ambrotypist at 91 Baltimore Street. In 1858, it was noted that he had available photographs in oil, water color, India ink and plain, and ambrotypes and photographic views of scenes along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Israel remained in Baltimore until around 1870, when he shows up in a Chicago directory as a druggist at 152 Dearborn. From 1873 to at least 1875, he was a druggist at 522 Wabash Avenue; his son Richard B, Israel was a clerk at the pharmacy. Sometime prior to 1877, he returned to photography, with a studio at 221 State Street, Chicago; he was again joined by his son Richard. Stephen was married on 16 January 1884 to Elizabeth Benson (1855-1914). The last reference I found for Israel as a photographer in Chicago was 1889. He then became involved in a business called the “Maryland Granite Company of Chicago”. This business went bankrupt and no later than 1900, Stephen was back in Baltimore. Stephen Israel passed away in Baltimore on 10 February 1914. (Israel credited his long life to eating a full meal at 11:00 PM before he went to bed, and to lots of fresh air.)