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We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another, and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together. - Lucy Mack Smith |
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Mystery Solved!
Thanks to Gracia this mystery has been solved. This image is a daguerreotype from which the picture shown is in the Community of Christ Archives. A historian for the Community of Christ Church, Ron Romig indicated, "The image in this carte de visite appears to be a photograph of a Daguerreian button. Such buttons were worn in remembrance during mourning. The image on this photograph is believed to be Lucy Mack Smith. Unfortunately the pictured button Daguerreotype is no longer extant and the image is preserved only in photographic form. See Ronald E. Romig and Lachlan MacKay, "Lucy's Images: a Recently Discovered Photograph of Lucy Mack Smith," Journal of Mormon History 31, no. 3 (Fall 2005): 61-77." View our remaining unsolved mysteries here ... What's New View all recent changes here ... |
Family Spotlight
- Captain George Gates
Gates - Of English origin, the ancestry of this family is traced back to 1327, when there lived Thomas GATES, Esquire, of Higheaster and Thursteubie, County Essex, England. Recognized pedigrees and coat-of-arms bespeak the social station of the family. The Gates family found in early Connecticut history, was "conspicuous for representatives of strong character and moral worth, which elements were transmitted to many of their descendants." read more ...
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