Hannah McCracken Kelly, Postmortem 1/6th-Plate Daguerreotype, Circa 1858

© Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection
"Hannah McCracken Kelly, our mother, taken after her death."

Hannah B. McCracken was the daughter of John and Mary McCracken (or Mecracken), who farmed in Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, during the early 19th Century. Named after the “Great Compromiser” U.S. Senator Henry Clay (1777-1852), the town is located on the line of the Cumberland Road which forms its Main Street. Claysville is 18 miles east of Wheeling, West Virginia, and 10 miles west of Washington, Pennsylvania. The town was laid out in 1817 and remained unincorporated until 1832.

John McCracken was born about 1795 in Pennsylvania and died 28 December, 1865, in Claysville. His wife, Mary, the daughter of Samuel Caldwell of Buffalo Township, was born in about 1797 and died 4 August, 1878. The couple married in Washington County on 30 December, 1820. They are buried together in the old Purviance Cemetery, Claysville.
A second copy of this daguerreotype exists and was sold on eBay in July 2012. Almost unbelievably, a third copy, located in Australia, was sold on eBay in October 2012. It must be assumed that each of Hannah's children had a copy of this image. Mine appears to be the original and the only one with identifying information enclosed.

To read more about this dag and this family, visit Your Dying Charlotte:
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Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Claysville (show map)

Taken on: March 11, 2012

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Camera: Canon PowerShot A540, f/2.6, 1/20 sec, 5.8mm, ISO 233 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot A540
Lens:	5.8-23.2 mm
Aperture:	f/2.6
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	5.8mm
ISO:	233
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Red-eye reduction
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	QuickTime 7.6.6
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