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Alida Carroll of Maryland and Washington D.C. married John Marshall Brown, a Portland resident, in 1866. The couple met while Brown was recuperating after being wounded before the Battle of Petersburg during the Civil War. Brown returned to Maine about a year before the couple married. The two engaged in a long distance courtship, followed by a Portland wedding in December of 1866.
Alida was the daughter of William Thomas Carroll, a US Supreme Court clerk and his wife Sally (Sprigg) Carroll, a socially well-connected couple in the region. Her mother Sally Sprigg was the daughter of former Maryland governor Samuel Sprigg.
About This Item
- Title: Alida Carroll Brown, Portland, ca. 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2145, Box 52, Album 3 (2011.046.100)
- Collection: John Marshall Brown collection
- Object Type: Image
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