This is a tintype from Elsie's collection. Thank you, Patsy, for identifying this beautiful young woman as your great-grandmother Delilah Ann Oxford Hill, Andrew Jackson Hill's wife and mother of William Claborn Hill.
Delilah was born 30 Dec 1845 near a little town called Tarrent in Hopkins County, Texas to William Claborn Oxford, a farmer born in Buncombe County, North Carolina 6 Aug 1808, and his wife, Louisa Ramsey, born in Tennessee Mar 1810.
The website "Dating Old Photos," at http://www.billblanton.com/date.htm, is a nice reference on tintypes and other early photography. This image seems to be from the "Brown Period" of tintypes produced from 1870 to 1885, which is also consistent with the use of the painted rural background. The tintype has been colored or tinted on Delilah's cheeks.
The shape of Delilah's long bodice fitted to the hips (by 1877) and flounces and ruffles on her skirt look to be from the 1870s, so perhaps she is 25 to 35 years old--married, with children--and most likely is living in Erath County, Texas.
This site is helpful for dating historic images: http://www.uvm.edu/landscape/dating/index.php.
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