Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" (Sowle) Babcock, daughter of Gideon & Sally (Brower) Sowle of Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York. She was the wife of Major Nathan Stanton Babcock, an Officer in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (see his photo).
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...