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Portrait of George Baxley

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of George Baxley (1771-1848), a Baltimore merchant and druggist. In 1793, he married Mary Merryman (1775-1834), daughter of Joseph Merryman of Baltimore. Their children were: Joseph Merryman (1795-1839), married first Mary Hobertson Hobbs and second Maria Frances Rutter; Rebecca Jane (1797-1875); Mary Ann (1799-1875), married first John Davis and second Charles Merryman; George Washington (1801-1877), married Martha Ann Griffiths; Henry Willis (1803-1876), married first Annabella Little and second Mary Virginia Rieman; Mary Jemima (1805-1807); Harriet Ann (1810-1857), married Samuel Davis Tonge; Emily Maria (1812-1848), married Augustus Seevers; Jackson Brown (1814-1896), and Isaac William (1817-1835).

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

3 1/8 x 3 5/8 inches

Object ID

CSPH 523

Resource ID

17684

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.