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Category Archives: Genealogical Research
George Caleb Bingham’s brother-in-law, Dr. Joseph C. Hutchison, was a prominent New York physician when nephew Horace Bingham visited him in 1857.
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George Washington Bingham
George Caleb Bingham remembered his paternal grandfather as “a tall and white-headed gentleman, overflowing with the milk of human kindness.” Was he? The first known record of George Caleb Bingham’s paternal grandfather is Hanover County, Virginia’s 1782 census: George Bingham, household of two. Those two people were George, 29, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and his bride, the former Louisa Vest, 21, who was pregnant at the time. Continue reading
Introduction The second of five family portraits in search of an artist was Woman in Red. The owner thought the subject might be Elizabeth (Eliza) Collins Lee (1768-1858). The first step toward learning the name of the artist and the subject was to find … Continue reading
The Mystery of Five Family Portraits: I
Five family portraits of five family members, most from different branches of the same family tree. The owner knew the names of four of the sitters, but not the names of the five artists. Here are the paintings: Two of the artists … Continue reading