Thomas Lincoln

[Steve]

(07-19-2019 04:56 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  According to Wikipedia the population of Charleston in 1850 was 849. To me, anyway, it would seem somewhat surprising if a daguerreotypist were actually located there.

Thomas could've had his photograph taken a little further away than Charleston. That his wife and neighbor were urging Thomas to have one taken the last couple of years of his life makes it sound like they knew of a daguerrotypist within a somewhat reasonable distance.