OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser
Title: Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection
Dates: circa 1870s-1920s
Quantity: 18 scanned images
Location: As of 2007, original photographs are in the possession of Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser. Scanned images are stored electronically by Greene Connections administrator, Candice Buchanan (63 W. Franklin St.; Waynesburg, PA 15370), and are available to view online at www.greeneconnections.com.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SARAH MARGARET (VARNER) CLOSSER

Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser was born 11 March 1925 in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to Arleigh Ray Varner and his wife, Lida May Smith. On 2 July 1949, Sarah was united in marriage with Ernest Ray Closser, Jr., with whom she raised seven children. Ernest was a son of Ernest Ray Closser, Sr., and his wife, Margaret McKee. Sarah descends from the Cosgray, Inghram, Kennedy, Mooney, Smith, Varner, Wells, Wilson and related families of Greene County, Pennsylvania and neighboring West Virginia counties.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection photographs were passed from Joseph Varner [1828-1896] and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, to their son James Leander Varner [1858-1952] and his wife, Laura Dell Wilson [1870-1949], to their son Arleigh Ray Varner [1888-1986] and his wife, Lida May Smith [1890-1981], to their daughter Sarah Margaret Varner, wife of Ernest Ray Closser, Jr. [1923-1976], who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project in 2006.

The photographs in this collection were initially arranged by family; however, additional photos continue to be added to the end of the collection as they are shared for scanning. For best results, use the CLOS Collection Index to look for specific individuals or subjects.

Photographs in this collection with unidentified or unverified subjects are as follows, if you can help to identify them, please email Candice Buchanan: # CLOS0015, # CLOS0018.

RELATED MATERIALS

None.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession Information
Digital scans were made in 2006 for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project, but the original photographs in this collection remain in the possession of Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser, as of 2007.

Processing Information
Processed by Candice Buchanan, 2007. Indexed by Candice Buchanan, 2007.

Preferred Citation
See each photograph for specific citation.

Restrictions
Photographs may be reproduced and used for family and genealogical/historical purposes. The only request made in exchange for this service is that the appropriate citation information be included with any photo reproduction, this includes both digital and physical presentations. See each photograph for specific citation.

INDEX

The Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection has been indexed. The index provides detailed listings for all known photograph subjects. Unidentified photographs are not included in the index.