Unidentified (Reeve?) Tintypes and Elizabeth Cutter Morrow’s Pincushion

Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh — Reeve Spencer Kelley Family Tree

Do you know any of these people? Here is a batch of tintypes I got from my grandmother a number of years ago. My grandmother cared for my great-great-Aunt (Anna) Louise Gesell Kelley in her later years, and cleaned out Aunt Louise’s house after her death. Since these were together as a batch, I feel pretty certain they all “go together.” Since none were labeled (my grandmother was very good about labeling known people in pictures), with the exception of one which bears the name “Edwin F. Reeve” written on the liner of the tintype case, I believe that these are probably all of members of the Reeve-Spencer family, handed down through my great-great-Uncle Reeve Spencer Kelley. Uncle Reeve Spencer Kelley and Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow were first cousins, and were both born in 1873, so there is a chance that TT06 could be one of them or one of their siblings (I have no records for siblings for either). I’m guessing that Edwin F. Reeve (b. 1830) and ELizabeth Reeve (b. 1821) are probably siblings. The two tintypes that have dates are from 1851 and 1864. Click on a picture or link to bring up a full-screen view. If you can identify any of these people or provide any further information on their family tree, please send me e-mail (address below).

TT01:  Inscription — Edwin F. Reeve, age 21 in 1851, Cleveland, OH

TT02:  Inscription — “Kitchen Door,” June 8, 1861

TT06:  Baby, in arms

TT12:  Girl, young, dated June 14, 1864

TT01:  Edwin F. Reeve, age 21 in 1851, Cleveland, OH

TT02:  Man, maybe in 20s
— Is this Edwin Reeve again, with a beard?

TT08:  Man, young with umbrella or cane

TT05:  Man, in 30s or 40s

TT03:  Girl, in young teens
— Note: Anne Spencer would have been 15 in 1860. Her sister (Rosa?) would probably have been within a couple years of that. Could these girls be them?

TT04:  Girl, in young teens

TT13:  Girl, older teen

TT10:  Couple, maybe newlyweds
— Charles Long × Anne Spencer in 1870 or 1871, and William Kelley × (Rosa?) Spencer would probably have been within a couple years of that.

TT07:  Civil War soldiers on horses

TT09:  Boy, in teens, cracked and scratched
— Touched up to remove the worst of it.

TT14:  Boy, young

TT11:  Woman, maybe in 40s, with bonnet and corset
— Elizabeth Reeve would have been 40 in 1861. Could this be her?

pincushion Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow’s pincushion.
ECM pincushion at 800 pixels wide.
ECM pincushion, center detail of initials cropped to 800 × 600.
ECM pincushion, at full size scanned (150 dpi).
My Grandmother’s label for the pincushion.


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