Joel and Rachel (Tapscott) Hutchin
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Joel and Rachel (Tapscott) Hutchin
Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Norma Rogers
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AncientFaces
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10/04/2019
There was no date on this photo but his outfit looks like it's from the late 1700s?
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Definitely NOT 1700s. Probably a daguerreotype, 1840s or '50s. No photography prior to 1839.
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I wonder their age. Could be late 30’s even though they look much older. Could be a minister and his wife as he may be holding a bible.
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Barbara Langel Feinblatt, Quakers didn’t have ministers as we think of them. Anyone, including women could speak at meetings, although some Quakers were known to be skilled preachers.
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I read up on Quakers a few years ago when researching my family tree on Ancestry.com after I discovered that I have 3 lines of Quakers on my tree--the Fitzrandolphs, the Capens & the Hannums. I started out by reading Wikipedia, then I read a book or two, but don’t remember the names.
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So Joel (the man in the photo) was born in 1795? That would fit . . . he would be late 40s or so?
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Yes I guess I was wrong about their age. Late 40’s seems about right.
Nola Rains
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10/04/2019
AncientFaces He died in 1858 and she passed in 1861.
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There are two people with those names who lived 1795-1858 (Joel) and (1791-1861) Rachel, listed on the linked page as the parents of Mary Elizabeth Hutchins. If it's them, I'd agree with Charles - the picture was probably taken in the 1840s or even 50s.
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He looks deceased, maybe a post mortem photo? She seems to be holding him up with her arm and she has a very sad expression.
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Linda Beron good catch. I think you are right
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It’s not one of those Victorian era postmortem photos. They exist, but most of the pictures people claim are postmortem aren’t. General rule, if the person is standing or sitting up and their eyes are open, they were alive when the picture was taken.
Nancy Deal
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10/05/2019
I think he is deceased or very ill. His hands look fixed. His fingers are clubbed. Lung cancer?
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Todd Garrison I've seen many post mortem photos with deceased children or adults with their eyes still open. They tried to make the deceased look as normal as possible for their last family photo together before the funeral.
Brigitte Cherubini
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Outfit, not photo. Yes, first recorded photo of person was in 1839.
Nola Rains
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10/04/2019
Just read about this couple on Ancestry.com. They were Quakers, lived in Ohio, then moved to Iowa. Interesting people!
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Nola Schieferstein-Rains I have 3 lines of Quakers in my family, so I bet some of my ancestors looked like this. Some of them moved from Ohio to Indiana.
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They could be plain folk, Quakers or Mennonites. Their clothing would be similar, especially her bonnet.
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If the background info link that someone else added, they may have belonged to the Society of Friends.
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And according to findagrave, this would have had to been taken sometime in early 1858 or before that, 1858 is the year that Joel Hutchin died.
Joanne Jacobellis
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10/05/2019
His hands and finger nails are very peculiar looking.
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Joanne Latham Jacobellis I agree about his hands too. They are similar to the hands of Amish farm workers I've seen in Indiana--wide & perhaps muscular, or swollen.
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He coulda' been a congressman - she couldn't even vote! :)
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Rachel (Tapscott) Hutchin was born in Monmouth, New Jersey United States of America, and died in Harrisonville, OH. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rachel (Tapscott) Hutchin.
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