Prentiss Price Biography of Samuel M. Shaver
In this short biography, Prentiss Price discusses Samuel M. Shaver's family and career as a painter. He also includes a list of Shaver's portraits and a memorandum about Shaver's ancestry written by S. C. Williams.
Dates
- circa 1946-1947
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
In this short biography, Prentiss Price discusses Samuel M. Shaver's family and career as a painter. He also includes a list of Shaver's portraits and a memorandum about Shaver's ancestry written by S. C. Williams.
Biographical/Historical Note
Samuel M. Shaver was born to David and Catherine (Barringer) Shaver in Sullivan County, Tennessee in 1816. He married Mary Hannah Elizabeth Powel (1825-1856) at Robertsville, Tennessee on December 30, 1845, and the couple had two children. Shaver's earliest known portraits date from the year of his marriage. Between 1845 and 1860, Shaver painted in a number of locations in East Tennessee and taught at the Odd Fellows' Female institute in Rogersville, Tennessee (1851). When the Civil War broke out, the pro-Confederate Shaver moved to Knoxville where he helped to found the East Tennessee Art Association and was commissioned to paint portraits of fifteen prominent Confederates. Shaver moved to Russellville in 1863, where he remained until joining his mother-in-law and her family in Jerseyville, Illinois in 1868. He died on June 21, 1878.
Prentiss Price was born in Mississippi in 1870. He married Kate Kyle (1881-1940) on December 11, 1907 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and the couple had at least one son, Prentiss Jr. Price harbored a deep interest in history and contributed research to a number of scholarly institutions and publications during his life. Price died on May 22, 1939 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository