1860's Charlotte Gilchrist & Robert Kerr Barkley & CDV Photos, NYS

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On reverse: "Uncle Robert Barkley" is handwritten in old period pencil script at top. Photo type: Original Vintage Victorian CDV Carte de visite Photo. Photographer: Wm Nims, Fort Edward, Washington County, New York. (known to be photographer William Nims) 

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
Civil War Veteran Robert Kerr Barkley in NY State Census 1855
Birth Year: aboutt 1836
Age: 19
Residence: Argyle, Washington County, New York
Household Members: Name, Age
Robert Barkley 64
Jane Barkley 54
Agness Conaway 28
Sarah Barkley 25
Elisabeth Barkley 21
Robert Barkley 19
Margaret Barkley 17
James Barkley 14
Mary J Barkley 9
Patrick McCall 25

U.S. Civil War Draft Records, 1863-1865 about Robert K Barkley
Name: Robert K Barkley
Residence: Argyle, Washington, New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Marital Status: Unmarried
Place of Birth: New York

Robert Kerr Barkley (1835-1924)  Born in NYC NY, died in Washington County NY
Father: Robert Barkley
Mother: Jane Barkley

Spouse: Charlotte L Gilchrist 
Buried at Cossayuna Lake Cemetery (McEachron Cemetery) Argyle, Washington County, New York

In 1850 US Federal Census, Charlotte is mistakenly listed as Charles, but looking at the actual Census image, it is Charlotte:
Charles M Gilchrist
Name: Charles M Gilchrist
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1834, New York.
Home in 1850: Argyle, Washington, New York, USA
Household: Name, Age
Alexander Gilchrist 50
Margaret Gilchrist 46
Margaret Gilchrist 26
Sarah J Gilchrist 24
Nancy Gilchrist 21
Archibald Gilchrist 18
Charles M Gilchrist 16 (this is misspelled, is Charlotte)
John Gilchrist 11

Note: The reverse of her photo reads "Lattie" or "Lottie Barkley." Her name listed as Lattie is listed in the 1855 census, before their marriage. See scans.

Also NOTE: Photographer William Nims of Fort Edward was a prolific photographer. His bio can be found online in google books in "An historical sketch of the State Normal College at Albany N. Y. and a history of its graduates for fifty years 1844-1894, New York State University, Albany." It reads:  "William Nims taught district school four winter terms in Ft. Ann, N.Y.; 1 yr. in Andover, O.; associate Principal in Glens Falls Academy until falling health compelled abandonment of teaching; has been a photographer since 1846, a photographer and dairy farmer since 1873; m. 1844 H. I. Baker; 1861, H. A. Walling; one daughter by first marriage."

Size 2.5 x 4 inches each
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