- Copy print of Benjamin Crampton Webster (1821-1893)
The pictures here were given to me by my great aunt, Aileen Webster Payne. Â Her mother, Mary Say Lawrence Webster, gave them to her. Â Benjamin Crampton Webster (1821-1893) and his wife, Eliza Campbell Wilbur (1822-1912), Â had five children, two of whom (Marcus Wilbur and Eliza Campbell) are included in these photos. Â Eliza Campbell Wilbur is also known as Elizabeth. Â The other children were Benjamin, Albert and Joseph Wilbur. Â Albert, born in 1859, is our great grandfather.
- Benjamin Crampton Webster, quarter plate daguerreotype
- Mrs. Benjamin Crampton Webster, quater plate daguerreotype
- Mrs. Benjamin Crampton Webster, Holmes/289 Broadway, quarter plate daguerreotype
- Eliza Campbell Webster (born 1852), at age 1 (?), Holmes/289 Broadway, sixth plate daguerreotype
- Eliza Campbell Webster, Brady/New York, ambrotype
- This is the Webster’s first son, Marcus Wilbur (1850-1854). Â Sixth plate daguerreotype. Â Marcus was the older brother of Eliza Campbell Webster. Â This daguerreotype is identical in size and mount to the baby picture of Eliza above. Â It is also stamped Holmes/289 Broadway. Â Since Eliza is about one year old above, that would date her image to 1853 and, if this is Marcus Wilbur Webster, he is about three.
- Marcus Wilbur Webster, ninth plate daguerreotype  (is this earlier or later than the one above?)  I think is is a bit later and that this is Marcus and he isn’t well.
- Mrs. Benjamin Crampton Webster, ninth plate daguerreotype, in mourning?
- Sophia Rogers Wilbur, Sister-in-law to Mrs. Benjamin Crampton Webster, 16th plate daguerreotype
- Eldest Son of Wilbur Relative from Minneapolis, stamp illegible, Sixth plate tintype or ambrotype
- Emily Amelia Hoe (1843-1909) as a Child (re-mounted daguerreotype). Emily is from the Lawrence side of the family. She is Mary Lawrence Webster’s mother. Most of the paper labels on these images are in Mary Webster’s hand.
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