Photo of Wrisk/Everhart/Olds House

Title

Photo of Wrisk/Everhart/Olds House

Subject

Photography -- Negatives
Glass Negatives
Country Life
Sidney (Ill.)

Description

John Wrisk (1857-1926) was
born in Madison, Indiana, but lived in the vicinity of Sidney nearly all his life. He owned a farm near the
corporate limits of Sidney. In 1897, he married Lettie Burnes (1870-1915) of Sidney and they had five
children, Nellie, Bessie, Joseph, Wilbur, and Jay Willard. Pictured, left to right, are Archie Thompson,
Vern Wrisk, John Wrisk, Pauline Wrisk, and Kate Wrisk. The house is still standing (2016) at 947 CR 2050 East, Sidney, Illinois.

Source

Everett C. Block Collection, 1902-2000, bulk 1902-1910, Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library

Publisher

Everett C. Block

Date

Undated

Rights

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Format

Photograph

Files

25_X10_WriskHouse.jpg

Citation

“Photo of Wrisk/Everhart/Olds House,” Champaign County Historical Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, https://urbanafree.omeka.net/items/show/348.

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