Hirshburg, Wesley
(1871-1941)



Birth: March 13, 1871
Death: October 20, 1941
Parents: Leopold and Nancy Adaline (Sawyer) Hirshburg
Spouse: Sadie Jonas, married 1896
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Individual Number: 1709


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- Wesley Hirshburg Studio owner Seymour?, Jackson County, IN
1890s Wesley Hirshburg Studio owner Seymour, Jackson County, IN over Carlson Hardware
1898 Unknown Photographer Anderson, Madison County, IN
1900 Dalbey Art Studio Operator Richmond, Wayne County, IN
1915 Wesley Hirshburg


















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OriginalNotes: Find A Grave 75797575
On tombstone: Wesley Hirshburg, b. Mar. 13, 1871, d. Oct. 20, 1941; buried in Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia; son of Leopold and Nancy Adaline (Sawyer) Hirshburg; wife: Sadie J. Hirshburg (1873-1963), whose is buried with him.

1898 - ST. LOUIS & CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Jan. 1898, p. 35:
2 yrs. ago Wesley Hirshburg married the dau. of Mrs. Amy Jonas, owner of Hotel Jonas in Seymour.  Mother objected to marriage and chased them to as they went to Florida after the ceremony.  She caught them in Louisville and convinced dau. to return home.  After months he filed suit for $10,000.  The Scott Circuit Court awarded him $1,500 because she had alienated the affections of Mrs. Hirschburg.  Case carried to appellate court where decision was sustained.  Hirschburg and wife were recently restored to each other, and now live at Anderson.

1900 - ST. LOUIS AND CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Apr. 1900, p. 190:
Wesley Hirshburg, operator for the Dalbey Art Studio, Richmond, won 1st prize in genre class at IAP for "Confidence and Fidelity"

1917 - Scott County Journal, June 6, 1917, p. 5
From Seymour Journal - Mrs. J. B. Shepard received letter from Mrs. Wesley Hirshberg stating that she and Mr. H. had lost everything during big Atlanta, Georgia fire. Mrs. Hirshberg was formerly Miss Sadie Jonas, of this city and Mr. Hirshberg conducted a photograph gallery in the rooms over the Carlson Hardware store a little over 20 year ago.
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OriginalSource: Scott County Journal, June 6, 1917, p. 5
From Seymour Journal - Mrs. J. B. Shepard received letter from Mrs. Wesley Hirshberg stating that she and Mr. H. had lost everything during big Atlanta, Georgia fire. Mrs. Hirshberg was formerly Miss Sadie Jonas, of this city and Mr. Hirshberg conducted a photograph gallery in the rooms over the Carlson Hardware store a little over 20 year ago.
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OriginalSource: ST. LOUIS & CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Jan. 1898, p. 35:
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Apr. 1900, p. 190:
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OriginalSource: Bulletin of Photography, 18 Aug. 1915, p. 218 The Wesley Hirshburg Photographic Studio, 34 1/2 Whitehall St., Atlanta, GA purchased by A. V. Clifton of Athens; 29 Aug. 1915,  p. 410 Wesley Hirshberg returned to Atlanta, GA after traveling all through the west; has bought back 1/2 interest in the studio he sold to A. V. Clifton,now Hirshberg & Clifton.
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