This is a very good point - and so do any of you know who these photos are of if not Zachary and Chloe? Thanks, Nancy. Donna Cooper On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:10 AM, N Wickam <ncwick39@yahoo.com> wrote: > Tin Type photos were first made in 1856 and by 1860 were beginning to be widely  used throughout the United States. Prof. Hamilton L.Smith from Ohio developed the tin type. This process had a long life up until the 1920's, at this time you could still get a tin type photo at the fair. So that's about a 75 year span there. Some tin types were hand tinted. > The tintype process or ferrotype process evolved from the ambrotype. Tintypes were photos on a metal surface, rather than on glass or paper. > > From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 8:11 AM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > > List Readers, our featured photo for the coming week is of two tin > types of Zachariah and Chloe (Albritton) Haddock. > > These photos are a prized find. Zachariah died in 1842. The chart I > have included has dates that were taken from the Haddock Bible and > family members, as well as cemetery stones and other documents. He is > buried in Haddock Cemetery near Eagle Rock. And as you know Chloe is > buried on the Russell farm that is now part of the Roaring River Park > property. > > The most tragic thing that happened to this family were the events > surrounding the Civil War. > > Darla Marbut and Bill Van Zandt as well as many others on our list > mail group are descendants of Zachariah's family. > > I descend from Zachariah's brother Charles Haddock, Sr. and his wife > Penelope Mills through their son Charles Haddock, Jr. and his wife > Sarah Collins. Charles Jr. was murdered during the Civil War and > Charles Sr. is buried in Mt. Oram Cemetery near Ft. Scott, Kansas. > > What is interesting about Zachariah is Chloe's connection to the > Taylor family.  Zachariah's mother, Rhoda was a Taylor and Chloe's > mother, Unice was a Taylor and so they were cousins. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > The old house project is still proceeding, but we have a lot of work yet to do. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >