Do you know this man?
I don't either but I found this photo yesterday in a shoe box on a shelf I was cleaning.
(I really should be painting)
The shoe box was full of post cards and old photo's totally unrelated to our family.
I bought them at the flea market in Lake Tahoe several years ago.
And since this name and date were on the back of the photo.....
I Googled him.
(I really should be painting)
His name was on the Harvard Autograph File collection, just several names down from Einstein's!
So I Ancestry-ed him.
(I really should be painting)
He died at 60 of Typhoid Fever. I found his grave.
I learned about his parents, two wives, children and siblings.
(I really should be painting)
So I wrote to several of his family members to see if they would like a copy of the photo and for them to be able to see if it really is him!
I got a reply.
They said that the brothers married Kramer sisters in NY and the sisters were instrumental in preserving George Washington's headquarters on upper Manhattan.
(I really should be painting)
Now I have sent them the photo and I'm ready to paint.
My work here is done!!!
"George Washington slept here" - J. Baird
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