Photo courtesy Doris Town Skinner. This portrait is said by Mrs. Skinner to be of Andrew J. Cowden of Arkwright, Chautauqua county, NY. There is some uncertaintly because a descendant of Horace J. Town of Arkwright believes the same photo is of Horace. But another photo in the possession of Grace Hubbard Johnson is of a different person, but is believed to be of Horace. So you be the judge.
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...