Dedication of Colonel Zackquill Morgan Monument, Pricketts Cemetery, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1927/09/11
Description:
'Dedication and Unveiling of Monument at Pricketts Cemetery in Marion County, in memory of Colonel Zackquill Morgan and wife Drusilla. Boy standing with hand on monument and other hand to his nose is George M. Barrick, Jr., a direct descendant of Colonel Morgan, also took part in the unveiling. Date, Sunday, September 11, 1927. In the foreground pack of children on the right: Mr M. W. Harris, chairman of Monument Committee, Mrs. E. A Grose (Morgan), Max Mathers, Chairman of Program Committee. Roy Jake, speaker for the occasion of Dedication, Mr. Kerr. On the left, Dr. M. C. Kelley, representing Monongalia Historical Society. Back of Dr. Kelley, Earl Morgan (dedicatory address). Above in the names of the children who participated in unveiling of monument this data written by: Max Mathers, February 26, 1957.'
Moore Family Home, Glady Fork, Mannington District, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1922
Description:
'L to R: Alice Jane Moore (1890-1955), Charles Richard Moore (1902-1937), Arsula Katherine (Cole) Lawlis (1844-1936), Nancy Cordelia (Lawlis) Moore (1867-1938), Richard Galusha Moore (1864-1928), Theodore M. Moore (1906-1944). This photograph was taken at the end of the era of farming with horses. The horses are prominent in the family group as they were in the farm livelihood.'
A picture postcard of Worthington Ranch in Marion County, West Virginia. The ranch was the home of blue ribbon Jersy Herd owned by J. I. Michaels of Fairmont. The photo includes the golden fern of rockland.