1859 Rooms over Wilkinson & Co.’s. Jewelry Store, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hughes & Wilkinson were recorded in an announcement that appeared on September 6, 1859 in The Western Democrat (Charlotte, North Carolina). Hughes & Wilkinson’s Photograph and Ambrotype Gallery, over Wilkinson & Co.’s. jewelry store, is something a little nicer than Charlotte has been treated to yet. Those who wish to be “taken” should call immediately. The pictures are life-like, and are worth going to see, especially the one on the mantel-piece.
Hughes & Wilkinson are not listed in other photographic directories. Hughes is possibly William P. Hughes who is listed in Craig’s Daguerreian Registry, but not listed in Charlotte in 1859.
Pioneer American Photographers, 1839 - 1860 
Wilkinson would have been my cousin, Neill Wilkinson (c. 1829-1863), who was also proprietor of a large boarding house. His brother, James G. Wilkinson (c. 1825-1864), was a silversmith and jeweler. When Neill enlisted in the Confederate Army in March of 1862, his occupation was given as a “daguerran artist.” He was killed at Gettysburg.
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