Richard Cordley, first historian of Lawrence Lawrence Students
Resource courtesy of Spencer Research Library

Mrs. Oscar Learnard.

Mrs. Oscar Learnard was born Mary Sophia Eldridge, daughter of Col. Shalor W. Eldridge and Mary Norton Eldridge (one of seven children). Her mother died in 1869 and her father remarried in 1871 to Miss Caroline Tobey of Dundee, New York.

Mary Sophia married Oscar E. Learned in 1882. They had six children.

This picture was a gift from Tracy Learnard, 1948.

Related links:
Eldridge, Shalor W.
Learnard, Oscar Eugene
Type: image
Project: WJHS Grant
Temporal coverage: 1870's, 1880's, 1890's, 1900
Spacial coverage: Lawrence, Kansas
Creator: Unknown
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