This hand-colored fourth-plate daguerreotype, captured by an unidentified photographer circa 1853-1858, is of Margaret Clayton, Sr. (1799-1883), Maggie Clayton, Jr. (b. circa 1843-1848), and possibly Powell F. Clayton (1833-1914). This daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat and preserver in a wood and leather case. Margaret Clayton was married to Curtis Clayton, Sr. (1799-1890), with whom she had several children including George Washington Clayton (1833-1899), William M. Clayton (1824-1892), and Margaret Clayton, Jr. Powell Clayton was related to Margaret Sr., as his mother was Ann Clayton. Powell Clayton served the Union army during the Civil War and became colonel of the 5th Kansas Cavalry on March 30, 1862. Powell Clayton mustered out of the Union service on August 24, 1865, became governor of Arkansas, and later became a U.S. Senator for the state of Arkansas. As governor, Powell Clayton proclaimed Marshall Law in 11 counties in order to gather an African American militia to hunt down members of the Ku Klux Klan in April 1868 due to the uprising of violence from the group after the war. Powell Clayton was also appointed to be the minister to Mexico in 1897, a position he was appointed to by President McKinley, until 1905. It is unclear if the man in this image is U.S. Senator Powell F. Clayton or if this is another Powell Clayton from the family. Part of the George W. Clayton Collection.