Grant and Degler

Dallas Daniel Degler
(1876 – 1965)

1876 Feb 04
Defiance, OH, state records, Dallas Daniel Degler is born to Enoch E Degler and Ida Catharine Noffsinger
1897
According to news item from 19 Jul 1900, D D Degler was living in Cabool, MO at this time
1897
Westphalia, KS, according to obituary, Degler opened a studio here this year
1899 Oct 26
Westphalia (KS) Times news item says D D Degler will move from his tent studio to a room over the furniture store
1899 Nov 23
Westphalia (KS) Times news item says D D Degler photo rooms are over Mr Cayot’s Furniture store
1900 Jun 01
Westphalia, KS, US census, Dallas Degler as photographer
1900 Jun 28
Westphalia (KS) Times display ad says the gallery will be closed during the hot season

1900 Jul 19
Westphalia (KS) Times item says that D D Degler leaves on the 20th for parental home, Cabool, MO, for a visit with parents and friends, first visit in three years.
1900 Sep 06
Westphalia (KS) Times item says D D Degler has returned to Westphalia
1910 Apr 20
Westphalia, KS, US census, Dallas D Degler as photographer
1903 Jan 22
Westphalia (KS) news item tells of Degler/Payer marriage
1913
Yates Center, KS, newspaper obituary, says Degler opened a studio in Yates Center, KS, this year
1918 Sep 12
Woodson County, KS, US draft registration, Dallas Daniel Degler as photographer; permanent address given here is 112 N Main, Yates Center, KS, but nearest relative is given as Margaret Degler of Westphalia, KS
1920 Jan 11
Westphalia, KS, US census, Dallas D Degler as photographer

1930 Oct 17
Emporia, KS, Emporia Weekly Gazette 23 Oct 1930 item says Granada Studio opened last Saturday 10/17
1930
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler NOT listed in res section; Granada Studio NOT listed in bus pages
1932, 1934
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler of Granada Studio; res 809 Commercial
1935
Yates Center, KS, location according to the 1940 US census
1936
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler as photographer at Granada Studio, 809 Commercial; res same 1938
Emporia, KS, city directory, D D Degler as photographer at Granada studio, 809 Commercial, res 705 Commercial
1940 (next available is 1946)
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler, Granada Studio, 809 Commercial; res same
1946, 1949
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler, Granada Studio, 809 Commercial; res same

1951, 1953, 1955, 1957
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler, Granada Studio; res Yates Center
1957
Emporia, KS, Emporia Gazette obituary says he discontinued operating the Granada Studio this year
1958, 1960
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler NOT listed in res section; Granada studio is still at 809 Commercial
1960 May 06
Emporia (KS) Gazette news item mentions Degler studio in Yates Center, KS, and the Granada Studio in Emporia, KS
1961
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler NOT listed in res section; Granada studio is still at 809 Commercial
1962
Yates Center, KS, newspaper obituary, says Degler opened a studio in Yates Center, KS, this year
1962 (last available)
Emporia, KS, city directory, Dallas D Degler NOT listed in res section; Granada studio is still at 809 Commercial

1965 March 14
Yates Center, KS, state records, FindAGrave, newspaper obituary, Dallas D Degler dies at age 89; obituary also mentions he had studios in LeRoy, Buffalo, Altona and Neodesha in addition to the locations already mentioned in timeline

D D Degler apparently opened a number of studios in small Eastern Kansas towns. So far little has been found to date these studios. The studio called Grant and Degler in Cabool, MO, might have been opened before he left there in 1897 to live in Kansas, or perhaps during one of his trips back there as mentioned in the news items.

The “Grant” in this partnership was probably someone local who took on the responsibility of operating a studio (probably backed financially by Degler), while Degler returns to his studios in Yates Center and Emporia, KS.

But, it is also possible that the partnership was with Belle Grant, who operated a studio in Lamar, MO, just 147 miles from Cabool, Mo. Nothing has been found to support this.

Isabell Van Buskirk (Belle Grant)
(1853-1910)

1853 Apr
Illinois, state records, US census, Isabell Van Buskirk is born to Grant Van Buskirk and Elisabeth Van Buskirk
1870 Oct 09
Pleasant Hill, Winona Minnesota, Isabell Van Buskirk marries photographer Ezra C Grant
1875 May 01
Richmond, MN, territorial census, Isabella Van Buskirk at 22
1880 Jun 10
Wabasha, MN, US census, Belle Grant as photographer with husband Ezra Grant
1894 Jun 22
Husband Ezra C Grant dies at age 46
1900 Jun 20
Lamar, MO, US census, Belle Grant is now in Lamar, MO, as photographer

1910 Apr 24
Lamar, MO, US census, Belle Grant is photographer with own gallery; res 296 Pacific Street
1910
No documents have been found to show Belle Grant died this year at age 57

No newspaper accounts have been found. No city directory is available for Lamar, MO.

Belle Grant operated a studio in Lamar, MO, at least from June of 1900 to April of 1910.

Perhaps, Degler partnered with Ezra Grant around 1890. Ezra Grant then died in 1894 and Belle Grant took over the operation. Degler moved to Westphalia, KS, in 1897. Much to speculate here until more documentation can be found.

Westphalia (KS) Times - 26 Oct 1899 Westphalia (KS) Times - 23 Nov 1899 Westphalia (KS) Times - 19 Apr 1900

Westphalia (KS) Times - 12 Jul 1900 Westphalia (KS) Times - 12 Juo 1900 Westphalia (KS) Times - 19 Jul 1900 Westphalia (KS) Times - 16 Aug 1900 Westphalia (KS) Times - 06 Sep 1900

Westphalia (KS) Times - 22 Jan 1903

Emporia (KS) Weekly Gazette - 23 Oct 1930

Emporia (KS) Gazette - 06 May 1960

Iola (KS) Register - 23 Nov 1962

Emporia (KS) Gazette - 16 Mar 1965

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M J H Joyce

photographer: M J H Joyce
Warren, AR
example from LOST GALLERY
(Finished between 1891 and 1899)

Marion Jasper Housea Joyce
(1853 – 1940)

1853 Dec 28
North Carolina, state record, M J H Joyce is born to John Anderson Joyce and Sarah Norton
1875 Dec 28
Hardin KY, state records, M J H Joyce and Urilla Zantippe Lampton are married; They have nine children between 1876 and 1903; Birth certificates will show location but not profession at that time
1876 Oct 18
Wallingford, KY, state records, son Edmond is born
1879 Mar 18
Wallingford, KY, state records, son John is born
1880 Jun 18
Wallingford, KY, US census, M J H Joyce as farmer
1881 Dec 01
Monticello, AR, state records, son Andrew is born
1888 Feb 21
Bradley County, AR, state records, son Herbert is born
1890 Apr 04
Tiller, AR, state record, son Clarence is born

1893 Jul 27
Warren, AR, state records, daughter Hettie is born (no city known)
1891
Warren, AR, according to Littlerock (AR) Gazette, M J H Joyce Jeweler/watchmaker/photographer was living in Warren beginning this year
1894 Jan 20
Warren, AR, newspaper Little Rock (AR) Gazette, mentions M J H Joyce as watchmaker/jeweler in Warren, AR
1895 Oct 10
Arkansas, state record, daughter Alpha is born
1898 May 02
Arkansas, state record, son Patrick is born
1900 Jun 22
Pennington, AR, US census, Marion J H Joyce as jeweler and photographer
1903 Feb 13
Millville, AR, state record, daughter Hallie is born
1910 Apr 15
Leola Town, AR, US census, M J H Joyce as physician, general practice; res Seventh st
1920 Jan 08
Beech, AR, US census, Jasper M Joyce as physician; wife Irene M Joyce and Daughter Hallie

1930 Apr 25<br/> Nix, Dallas, AR, US census, Marion J Joyce as farmer; living with daughter Hettie and family
1940 Apr 17
Manning, AR, state records, Dr M J H Joyce dies at age 86
1940 May 17
Nix, Dallas, AR, US census, Martin J H Joyce, no occupation shown, living with daughter Hettie and family (Yes he is listed in the US census after his death certificate date.)

No city directories are available for the mentioned towns.

In the 1880 census he is noted as a farmer.

The US census of 1900 lists Joyce as “Jeweler/photographer”.

Also he is mentioned as “watchmaker, jeweler and photographer” in a Little Rock Gazette newspaper article about Warren, AR dated 1894 Jan 20.

By the 1910 census, he is a practicing physician.

So until more information is found, M J H Joyce was a photographer at some time between 1890 and 1910. According to the birth certificates of two of his children and a mention in a newspaper article, M J H Joyce was in Warren, AR, beginning in 1891 and the following years possibly up to 1900 where he is then listed in the US census as living in Pennington, AR.

From the Little Rock (AR) Gazette, 20 Jan 1894
(excerpt from a two page article about Warren, AR.)

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Marcellus M DeWitt

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lack'a Av, Scranton, PA
example from LOST GALLERY
(finished between 1882 and 1886)

Marcellus DeWitt
(1856-1903)

1856 Jan
New York, NY, state records, Marcellus M DeWitt is born to John Sammons DeWitt and Harriet C Calkins
1880
New York, NY, city directory, Marcellus DeWitt is NOT listed; Albert P Whiteman is listed as photographer with Whiteman and (Ray D) Chapman at 116 Bowery
1880 Jun 08
New York, NY, US census, Marcelus DeWitt as photographer; same residence as John Siewer, Albert Whiteman and Nathaniel Abraham, photographers;
1881
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt NOT listed
1882
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 Lack av;
1883
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 AND 321 Lack av;

1883 Sep 22
Scranton (PA) Evening Times, Small ad for DeWitt studio at 406 and 321 Lackawanna
1883 Nov 25
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad for DeWitt photos at 406 Lackawanna av
1884, 1885, 1886
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 Lack av;
1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack’a av;
1892
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack av; also as jeweler at 203 Lack (as operated by his brother William;)
1893, 1894
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack av,
1884 Apr 13
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad for DeWitt studio at 406 Lackawana
1894 Oct 20
Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 435 Spruce St

1895
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt, as photographer at 435 Spruce Av.; res
1896 (NO 1897)
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M Dewitt as photographer at 435 Spruce; also listed under artists’ materials, same address
1886 April 27
Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette item says DeWitt has opened a branch gallery in Pittston
1898 Sep 01
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper item mentions DeWitt’s “Penny Gallery” in Wilkes-Barre, PA
1898 Nov 05
Scranton (PA) Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 134 Wyoming (possibly a miss-print)
1898 Nov 24 and 1898 Dec 15
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad says DeWitt Gallery is at 435 Spruce st, corn of Washington av
1898 (no 1897 0r 1899)
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 435 Spruce; NOT listed under artist materials
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1899 Mar 22
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 435 Spruce
1899 Apr 14
Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 110-116 Wyoming
1900 Jun 01
Newspaper item: J B Schreiver takes over the De Witt studio at 10 Wyoming
1900
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt; res 1341 Capouse ,(occupation not shown); and NOT listed in Bus Section

1901
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer; res 1345 Capouse av; NOT in bus pages
1902
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as bkkpr, 1345 Capouse av; NOT in bus pages
1903
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M Dewitt as photographer; res 1345 Capouse av
1903 Nov 20
Scranton, PA, newspaper obit, state records, Marcellus M DeWitt dies at age 47

As a studio location recap:
(All are Scranton except as noted) 406 Lack Av – 1882-1886
406 Lack and 321 Lack – 1883
5 N Main, Pittston - 1886 to 1890
316 Lack Av - 1887-1893
435 Spruce – 1895-1898 (and early 1899)
Wilkes-Barre "Penny Gallery" - 1898
110 Wyoming - April 1899 up to April of 1900
1341 Capouse – 1900 - 1903 (also his residence)

(yes, “Lack” is short for “Lackawana”)

Typical City Directory ad (1883)

Scranton (PA) Evening Times -
22 Sep 1883 Scranton (PA) Repbulican -
25 Nov 1883 Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette -
01 May 1884

Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette -
27 Apr 1886 Scranton (PA) Republican -
10 Oct 1886

Scranton (PA) Republican -
23 Jan 1887 Scranton (PA) Republican -
10 Mar 1890 Pittston (PA) Gazette -
27 Jun 1890

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
29 Oct 1894 Scranton (PA) Tribune -
11 Nov 1895

Scranton (PA) Republican -
01 Sep 1898 Scranton (PA) Tribune -
05 Nov 1898 Scranton (PA) Republican -
24 Nov 1898 Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
15 Dec 1899

Scranton (PA) Republican -
22 Mar 1899

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
14 Apr 1899

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
04 Jun 1900

Scranton(PA) Times-Tribune -
20 Nov 1903

Scranton (PA) Republican -
21 Nov 1903

Tampa Bay (FL) Times -
17 May 1939

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer; DeWitt
406 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
316 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer; DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Opp. Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction site (unfortunately trimmed at bottom)

photographer: DeWitt
Opp. Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from pinterst

photographer: M M De Witt
Opposite Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction house

reverse if card at left

Following are examples from photographer G H DeWitt of Madison and Plattsburg, NY.

No connection to M M DeWitt of Scranton, PA, has been found.

photographer: G H DeWitt
Madison, NY
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Madison, NY
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Madison and Plattsburg New York
example from auction site

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Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately removed.