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afterwards Bishop, was rector, and often attended with Mother and we ^ three^ little boys. On my mother's side, we were also fortunate. Salmon Wood Owen was of Scotch-Welsh origin. The first I knew of his early history was that he was a lumberman on the Delaware river. If I can conclude any thing of what he was in his early days from my childhood acquaintance with him he must certainly have been a very handsom [[handsome]] specimen of the men of his day. In the seventies he stood considerably over six feet with a clean shaven and clear cut profile, surmounted by close curling white hair. I have in my studio at Ontevra [[good guess?]] a study of her head which I made after my return home Europe in '78 of which I am rather proud both as a representation of my ^ Introduce photograph from this painting  x picture^ maternal grandfather and as a bit of painting-