W. J. Cassaday Photography - Waco (McLennan Co.), TX -- late 1800s, early 1900s
This Waco, Texas photographer made a studio standing portrait of my great-grandfather, James Morgan Wyatt, when he was a young man.James Morgan Wyatt was born in 1828 in Virginia and appears to be about 20-25 in this photo.In 1850 he was still in Virginia (age 22) and by 1860 was probably in Cass Co., MO, but this photo makes me wonder if he was in Waco, Texas between 1850 and 1860.
Does anyone know when this photographer was in business?I have found William J. Cassaday in the Waco city directories between 1886 and 1893, but his profession prior to 1890 does not seem to be photography.He was proprietor of Street Louis Wagon Yard 1886-1889.