Would Grandpa Joe be Joseph Alexander Reeves (1861-1937)? If so, he is my wife's 4th cousin 2x removed - a bit out there on the shirt-tail but never the less, kin. He would have been married twice - Martha A. Brown & Sara J. Brown.
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...