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Portrait of Ethel Courtney as a baby.  Ethel is likely the daughter of Mollie and Ulysses Courtney, born in 1896.
Portrait of Mary Courtney Randall.  The Courtney family is distantly related to Blanche Lazzell.
Portrait of U. J. Courtney, husband of Mollie Courtney, sister of Blanche Lazzell.
Portrait of baby Lucille Courtney, likely the daughter of Mollie (Lazzell) Courtney.  Mollie's daughter, Flora Lucille, was born in 1894.
Full body portrait of a woman from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.
Portrait of a woman from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.
Portrait of male from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.
Portrait of Ulysses James Courtney, brother in law of artist Blanche Lazzell.  Ulysses married Blanche's sister, Mollie, in 1891.
Portrait of Mollie Courtney, sister of Blanche Lazzell.  Mollie was born in 1869, and married  Ulysses James Courtney in 1891.
Crookshanks, father of Maggie Crookshanks, poses with the largest wild cat caught in Nicholas County, weighing 27 pounds and 4 feet, 7 inches in length.
Mrs. Calvert dumps water into pails. She was living without running water.
Cohen was a member of Morgantown's City Council. He also served on the Monongalia County Commission and was a West Virginia University faculty member.
William and Mary were married on June 13, 1878.  Written inside the paper enclosure are the words "While these you keep remember us."  The Corrothers family is likely related to the Zinn, Steele-Arnett, or Sanders family.
Holly was 10 years old in this photo. He was the brother of Casto Conner and John Conner. The Conners are related to the Weltner family. The back of the photo reads, "I am 10 years and 5 months old; 4 feet 6.5 inches high; weigh 75 lbs."
An aged Cox is pictured.
Portrait of baby Cox.
Portrait of Cox at the age of 19. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland.
Carrol was a football coach at Terra Alta High School.
Cooper pictured during his freshman year at Terra Alta High School.
Portrait of Uncle Cy from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.
Portrait of Mrs. J. M. Clines, likely a resident of Keyser, W. Va., taken in Baltimore, MD from a photograph album of late nineteenth century images featuring residents from Keyser, W. Va.
Coralie Franklin Cook (1861-1942) was born into slavery and eventually became the first descendant of a Monticello slave known to have graduated from college.  She graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in 1880.  She later taught elocution and English at the college and then taught at Howard University.  Cook was also known for her activities relating to the Civil Rights Movement.
J.R. Clifford graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in 1874. He was the first African-American Attorney in West Virginia.  Clifford also published the newspaper, "The Pioneer Press" in Martinsburg, W.Va.
Charlton pictured standing in the middle of the field.
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.
Portrait of Jesse Campbell, brother of Lacy Campbell.
Photo of the tintype portraits.
Charlton and his wife, Sally, were parents of Mary Jane Charlton.
Denver and Benny Cook are pictured together in front of a wire fence.
The two are pictured inside their home which is located across from Tom's Run.
Benny Cook, Matt Cook, Virgie M. Cook Lilly, Denver Cook, and George W. Cook pictured together.
Portrait of a young Cook.
Portrait of the older woman.
Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.
Houston, son of Manderville Cook and Sally Goff Cook, is pictured in a suit.
Cook, a World War II soldier, is pictured in uniform.
Creekman, left, is the boss on the Tallery Mountain Road construction. Greene, pictured right, is from the Luther Greene Hollow Surveryor Branch.
Crawford retired as a Colonel and the highest ranking African-American military officer from Summers County.
Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.
DeWitt served as Governor of New York from 1817-1822. While serving as Governor, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal.
Clifford served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a graduate of Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. by 1875. He was the first African-American lawyer admitted to the bar in West Virginia in 1887. He became one of the leaders int he Niagara Movement, the beginning of the NAACP and Modern Civil Rights Movement (1905-1906).
Portrait of Cook in uniform at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.
Eugene Cutlip, from Harrison County, was the step father of Richard Duez. He was a bronze star winner during the war. He passed away on July 14, 2007.
WVU student and composer of the WVU Alma Mater.
Postcard photograph of a portrait of Alexander Campbell. He was known as a Bible teacher, minister and leader in the church planting movement of independent and predoniminational congregations that is historically known in America as the Restoration Movement.  Campbell founded Bethany College in 1840 which is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
Cole is most likely wearing an army uniform
Inscribed on the back,"front row/ Juanita (next to small girl); Nellie Riggenbauch (author)"
Professor Clausen
Well known local character in the Dry Fork area, mentioned in Homer Fansler's "History of Tucker County".
Cooper replaced John Carlile in the 1861 Virginia State Covention after the vote to secede. He served as an officer in the 31st Virginia Regiment, Confederate Army, for the duration of the Civil War.
Two African-American girls pose on a foot-bridge. Information on p. 149 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Bobbie Drew Ward."
Robert Church wearing Army fatigues, operating a crane while serving in Korea. Information on p. 143 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Roberta Barbra Church".
Prisilla "Aunt Prissy" Clark was a slave owned by George Dorsey of Monongalia County. When he died in 1824, his slaves were willed to his wife and children. Prisilla was given to Dorsey's son. It is unknown if she ever gained her freedom. Information on p. 22 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from Spinster Club photo book, duplicate held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Studies Archive. Original loaned by Ruth Lawrence Mahaney".
Crozet was involved in the planning and construction of several antebellum period transportation projects in Western Virginia including the Northwest Turnpike (1832) and the Staunton - Parkersburg Turnpike (1848). Crozet was also one of the founders of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va.
William Andrew Christian Corrothers and his wife Mary Frances. W. A. C. is the son of William and Adaline Corrothers.
Wife of William Corrothers and mother of William Andrew Christian Corrothers.
Husband of Mary Adaline King Corrothers and founder of the White Day Glades Tannery (ca. 1846) in the Fetterman District, Taylor County, Virginia (later West Virginia).
Cather was a Civil War veteran (Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry), a farmer, surveyor and for a short time Adjutant General of West Virginia. He was married to Helen V. Mallonee.
Wife of West Virginia Governor William Gustavus Conley (1929-1933).
Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).
Dennis Clark was born in slavery, ca. 1850 to "Aunt Prissy" Clark. They were owned by George Washington Dorsey of Morgantown.
In 1778 Colonel George Rogers Clark recruited 86 men from Kerns', Coon's and Prickett's Forts along the Monongahela River in Monongalia County to fight against the British and their Indian allies. Clark and his company won many battles, several times they were considerably outnumbered.
Edward Joseph Cabbell (father of Edward J. Cabbell) in graduation cap and gown, Kimball High School Senior, 1964
Ed Cabbell riding a horse during the John Henry Folk Festival in Charleston, W.Va.
Professor Chappell displays some of his sheet music collection.
Professor Chappell, an elderly gentleman, sitting at his desk.
Candid portrait of husband and wife, Clifford and Eva Condon (standing,right) with unidentified couple. The men are wearing navy dress whites. The photograph was probably taken in the Philippines before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Clifford Condon was captured by the Japanese in December, 1941 and died in a POW Camp in 1945.
Candid portrait of husband and wife, Clifford and Eva Condon from Morgantown, West Virginia. The photograph was probably taken in Long Beach, California.
Photograph taken in Long Beach, California.
Clifford Kain Condon, dressed in naval uniform. the photograph was taken  before World War II. Condon was captured near Manila by the Japanese in December, 1941 and later died in a POW Camp.
Clifford Kain Condon, in Navy uniform, photograph taken before World War II.
This photograph was taken from a daguerreotype of Mary Davenport Chenoweth,  daughter of John Davenport and niece of Major Abraham Davenport. Mary Chenoweth was also the great aunt of Frances Williams Davenport (Frances Packette Todd's grandmother). Frances W. Davenport married John Thomas Gibson at Mary Chenoweth's ancestral home, Altona, in Jefferson County, in 1855. Refer to back of the photograph for more information.
Subjects are not identified.
Collected funds and started the erection of Andrews Church.
He was the superintendent of the New River Lumber Company.