Gold framed portrait of Mary H. Guyer. The opening is oval with small gesso flowers in the corners Updated information (1/14/2021) supplied by Alan Geier who identified woman in photograph as is great aunt.
A widow with two children, she met John Geier in Philadelphia. Because land was inexpensive in Tazewell County, they travelled there eventually marrying (at the original St. Joseph Church in Peoria) and settling in Peoria.