The Alling Children
four oldest children of Stephen Ball Alling (1808–1861), a partner in the New Jersey jewelry firm of Alling, Hall, and Dodd, and Jane H. Weir (1811–1889). From left to right, they are Stephen Ball (1835–1839), Mary Wilder (born 1836), Cornelia Meigs (born 1833), and Emma (born 1831).