Photo taken of Hoy J. Mahaffey as young man age unknown (probably before Civil War) married Emma Bryant, on 3 July 1878 Cedar Glades, Montgomery Co, AR, 3 sons: Joseph, Orin, Robert.
H. J. Mahaffey - Private, Confederate 16th South Carolina Infantry, Greenville Regiment, enlisted at Adams Run.
Father W. M. Mahaffey bn. 1810 SC, mother Matilda (Johnson) bn. 1810 SC
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...