Posted on 05/30/2014 4:00:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Conrad Heyer crossed the Delaware with Washington... was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed, He was the earliest born man in history to have been photographed. Heyer crossed the Delaware River with George Washington in 1776.
Conrad Heyer was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed, He was the earliest born man in history to have been photographed. Heyer crossed the Delaware River with George Washington in 1776.
New Englander Conrad Heyer was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed.
According to the Maine Historical Society, Heyer may be the earliest born human being ever photographed. He is also the only U.S. veteran to be photographed who crossed the Delaware River alongside George Washington in December 1776.
This only photograph of Heyer, which was taken roughly around 1852 (but not the earliest photograph taken), is a significant discovery.
Heyer appears to have been the first white child born in Waldoboro, Maine, which was then a German immigrant community.
Heyer served in the Continental Army under Washington during the Revolutionary War; he crossed the Delaware with the first president and fought in several major battles.
Records indicate that Heyer saw George Washington, the 'Father of Our Country', with his own eyes.
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Any history of a Rev War vet holds some kind of mystique whereas if the pic of the 'earliest born person photographed' was of a person who did nothing of note it would be of some interest in the history of photography but nothing beyond that.
Getting your picture “struck” back then was regarded as a solemn, serious occasion. They’d no doubt think we all look like grinning fools in our photos.
My grandfather was born just after the Civil War. I’m in my late forties.
Wow, you trump me I guess.
I’m 45 next week and my one granddad was born 1891. WWI vet of German extraction himself.
His first wife died in childbirth with their first child and he didn’t remarry until his fifties. His second wife, my paternal grandmother, was born in 1895. I never met him, he died at age 90 before I was born.
Wow, my grandma was born 1895 too.
I met both of them but poor grandma died early, when I was only 5 or so. Being in Maine we rarely went up and I only vaguely remember her. My gramps, though, was so sweet and active until he died at 98. So I knew him pretty well, and was about 18 when he died.
No kidding
All the way to 2014
Hed think what a waste
It amazes me how young our nation is.
I have a Grandfather who crossed the Delaware with Washington, was at Valley Forge, in fact was enlisted from start to finish. He lived into his into his eighties.
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So, when was your father born, and when were you born?
That is an outstanding family legacy.
Wow, a photo of a person BORN in the 1600s! I never knew that. Thanks.
Me thinks you missed a couple of “Greats.”
Eppinger was her first husband’s surname. She was a Palatine, German speaking, arrived with a fairly large group of Palatines in 1710 to establish New Bern, NC. The account I’ve read recorded her as having given birth to her only child in NC at age 65, and dying in TN at age 154. She had gone to TN to live with her son after the death of her husband. She reportedly had a very low body temperature and slept between two feather mattresses to retain body heat.
I've read that there's one person/woman still drawing Civil War benefits.
Here, I looked it up:
My 5th great to be exact. I had said a great grand father without trying to be specific. I grew up with a first cousin twice removed who knew his grandson, she was 104 when she died in the 1970’s. The combination of being very spread out and long lived hasn’t left as many generations as you might think.
There’s a book “The Woodman History of Valley Forge” by his son which although it can be boring presents a great deal of detail about the encampment and some family history.
I meant to say “I had a grandfather” implying it went back generations. He was my 5th great grandfather. He was born mid 1700’s, me 1960’s, all my direct grand parents late 1800’s. I had a cousin who new his Grandson. She was born in the 1870’s. She was the Family historian and had many of his personal letters. I have been trying to locate them thinking may elderly father had them but his stuff is a mess. I have seen and read some of them when I was in my teens and my cousin was still living.
Nothing really outstanding. He was just a soldier with a long service record. He actually crossed the Delaware to be one of those who got there when the celebrations had already begun. He did winter at Valley Forge and later married lived there after the war.
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