David Wilson and possibly Elizabeth Barker

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Item Information

Title:
David Wilson and possibly Elizabeth Barker
Description:
Portrait, man head and shoulders. Woman head and shoulders with hands across lap wearing a bonnet
Date:
1839–1886
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Daguerreotypes
Portrait photographs
Location:
Historic Newton
The Archives at the Jackson Homestead and Museum
Box 14 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Historic Newton Early Photograph Collection
Subjects:
Horse whisperers
Wilson, David, 1779-1875
Barker, Elizabeth, 1784-1851
Wilson Family
Stevens Family
Barker Family
Davis Family
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Newton
Extent:
2 photographs; 1/6 plates
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Notes:
Capt. David Wilson was the son of Joshua Wilson and Dorothy Stevens of Andover, Mass. He married Elizabeth Barker, daughter of Isaac Barker and Jemima Davis of Pelham, New Hampshire. Their son was John Derby Wilson. He was an officer in the miltia in Salem, Mass. and later became a farmer. Was said to be an expert horseman called the "Wilton Rarey", or horse whisperer in his home town of Wilton, New Hampshire.
Preferred Citation:
Historic Newton Archives at the Jackson Homestead and Museum
Identifier:
100.14.3