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ID: 1749
CATNUM: 1876
IsPhotographer: True
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NameFirst: Brock ~Mary
NameLast: Brock
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BirthMonth: 2
BirthDay: 12
BirthYear: 1833
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OriginalBirthCity: Greencastle
OriginalBirthState: IN
OriginalBirthCounty: Putnam
OriginalBirthNation: USA
DeathMonth: 9
DeathDay: 23
DeathYear: 1918
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DeathCause: pneumonia
OriginalDeathCity: Jacksonville
OriginalDeathState: IL
OriginalDeathCounty: Morgan
OriginalDeathNation: USA
Parents: George Allen and Elizabeth (Harvey) Brock
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:28 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:28 PM
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Raw Data - E_CareerPhotographer

ID: 1749
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OriginalNotes: OTHER:
"Photographers of Greencastle, Indiana, 1850-1980" by Eleanore Cammack, pp. 5-6: Mary Brock b. 02-12-1833 in Greencastle, member of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1853 taught in "Female Department" of high school (for 2 terms), in 1855 taught in "Female grammar school" and in 1859 taught at Danville Academy. Photographer ca. 1866-71. In 1876 she moved to Jacksonville, IL to live with a brother, Marquis.  She d. of pneumonia in 1918 and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle.

A Putnam County Historical Society catalog record for a CDV by Mary Brock states that Mary Brock photography studio was in business from 1871-1886.

1860 Putnam Co. Census, Greencastle, p. 419-20, family 610:
Elizabeth Brock, 44, b. Tenn., Housekeeper, RP $8000, PP $100, head
Mary Brock, 27, b. IN, teacher
Marquis L. Brock, 25, b. IN, teacher
Robert Brock, 19, b. Ill., student
Sarah A. Brock, 11, b. Ill.

Brock Family Tree (viewed on ancestry.com January 2013) posted by tiger63lake
Lists parents, birth and death dates; lists siblings as Marquis L. Brock, William Brock, and Sarah A. Brock

Putnam County Public Library Cemetery Records
Mary Brock, 1833-1918, buried in section P of Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:28 PM
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PersonID: 1749
CATNUM: 1876
NameFirst: Brock ~Mary
NameLast: Brock
LocationID: 6381
Address1: W. side of Public Square, Thornburg's Block, 3rd story
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City: Greencastle
State: IN
StudioID: 4522
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ID: 4522
StudioName: Mary Brock
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 6:01:36 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
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Name: Mary Brock
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County: Putnam
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OriginalSource: Photo backstamp "Photographed by Mary Brock, West Side of the Public Square, Greencastle", quoted in "Photographers of Greencastle, Indiana, 1850-1980" by Eleanore Cammack, p. 5;
Cammack states that gallery was on the 3rd story of Thornburg's Block, over Nees, Elliott & Co., Dry Goods & Groceries, west side of the square.  Brock's ads appear 1866-71.  She taught in the 1850s and moved to Illinois in 1876.

ca. 1870 cameo CDV [copy of an older image] for sale on eBay. Stamp on back: "Pictures made by / Mary Brock. / West Side Public Square, / Greencastle Ind."
OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner
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PersonID: 1749
CATNUM: 1876
NameFirst: Brock ~Mary
NameLast: Brock
LocationID: 6380
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City: Greencastle
State: IN
StudioID: 4522
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ID: 4522
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 6:01:36 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
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Name: Mary Brock
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OriginalSource: 1869 Logansport Directory and Classified Business Directory of Indianapolis, Lafayette, and 100 Surrounding Towns (Cowen, Indianapolis): p. 278, Mary Brock, Greencastle
OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner
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