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Rebekah Davenport Kent

Hello. I have Civil War era photographs of the family of John William Cabaniss 1854-1936 and wife Sarah Elizabeth Kent 1858-1903. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson Kent 1822-1897 and Elizabeth Ann Hawkins 1828-1863 ( died about age 35). Thomas Jefferson Kent's parents were John Kent 1787-1860 and wife Rebekah Davenport 1780-1870 died at age 90. I HAVE REBEKAH DAVENPORT KENT'S PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND 1860 WHEN SHE WAS IN HER 70's. This CDV was printed in the early 1860's. The back says "copy from old picture" so that would probably mean the photo was taken in the 1850's ( on a silver dag) and copied in the 1860's when negatives were invented. My best guess is the print is from the years 1862-1866 but the original photo was 1850's. The Cabaniss children marked the back of the photograph " GREAT GRANDMOTHER KENT". She is a very elderly lady. (She can not be Elizabeth Ann Hawkins Kent, their grandmother Kent, because she died in her 30's. ) This is the grandmother KENT who died as an elderly lady.

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  1. What a treasure! So glad she ended up in your hands if she isn't with family anymore. Funny that someone in the 1860's would consider a picture done 10 years prior was "old" LOL. ~Robin~

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