'Nathan Goff, Sr. (center), H. G. Davis (seated right), Jacob C. Beeson (standing right), Joseph Bell (seated left), Richard P. Camden (standing left)'
Members of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia
Date:
1872
Description:
'1. Samuel Price - President; 2. Samuel Woods; Jas. S. Wheat; 4. Evermont Ward; 5. Benjamin F. Martin; 6. D. D. Johnson; 7. William K. Pendleton; 8. James M. Jackson; 9. Nicholas Fitsugh; 10. A. F. Haymond; 11. Charles J. Faulkner; 12. John Blair Dodge; 13. J. A. Robinson; 14. J. M. Hagens; 15. Charles W. Ferguson; 16. William W. Miller; 17. John S. Thompson; 18. D. A. Roberts; 19. J. M. Byrnside; 20. Benjamin Wilson; 21. Alexander Campbell; 22. William H. Travers; 23. William McCreery; 24. Joseph Snyder; 25. W. A. Morgan; 26. George O. Davenport; 27. Isiah Bee; 28. James D. Armstrong; 29. Thomas Maslin; 30. J. H. Atkinson; 31. A. J. Powell; 32. Septimius Hall (also written Septimus Hall); 33. Thomas Ferrell; 34. Lemuel Stump; 35. M. A. Staten; 36. U. N. Arnett; 37. John Bassel; 38. Jepitha Randolph; 39. B. W. Byrne; 40. William B. Brown; 41. J. F. Harding; 42. William Prince; 43. George H. Moffett; 44. W. G. H. Gore; 45. William D. Pate; 46. W. T. Willey; 47. John T. Pearce; 48. B. H. Lurty; 49. A. Monroe; 50. William Haines; 51. John A. Warth; 52. B. Jackson; 53. Charles Kantner; 54. A. W. McClearly; 55. Henry M. Matthews; 56. H. A. Holt; 57. D. H. Leonard; 58. James Calfee; 59. Edward B. Knight; 60. Thomas R. Park; 61. A. Cushing; 62. Thomas Thornburg; 63. Jas. M. Pipes; 64. Fontain Smith; 65. David A. Paul; 66. J. W. Gallagher; 67. A. H. Thayer; 68. Charles O. Boggs; 69. H. M. Dickenson; 70. Hanson Criswell; 71. Lewis Allen; 72. D. D. T. Farnsworth; 73. Charles Waggoner; 74. Okey Johnson; 75. J. N. B. Crim; 76. Logan Osbourn; 77. J. P. Strickler; 78. Unidentified; 79. B. H. Butcher; 80. B. A. Galligan; 81. Unidentified; 82. Unidentified; 83. A. J. Cunningham; 84. D. J. Wetzel; 85. Unidentified'
United States Consul to Mexico, David Hunter Strother in Group Portrait at Tivoli De San Cosme, Mexico
Date:
1885/07/04
Description:
Martinsburg, West Virginia native David Hunter Strother was appointed Consul to Mexico by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. The photograph was taken in the gardens called Tivoli De San Cosme at Espiritu Santo, Mexico. Strother is front and center with the white, flowing beard.
Governor A. B. Fleming With Family and Friends, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1890/10/15
Description:
Front Row Left to Right: Mrs. Woolfe; Edd Knight; James Ewing; Miss Etta Hayes; Back Row, L to R: Miss Gypsie Fleming; W. D. Payne; S. S. Green; Mrs. S. S. Green; Miss Ida Fleming; Governor A. B. Fleming. The photograph was taken at S. S. Green's house on Broad Street in Charleston, West Virginia
Standing - Congressman William L. Wilson from West Virginia; Seated, right-Congressman Clifton R. Breckinridge from Arkansas; Name of person seated left not readable.
"Jacob Cline Koon and his Family (January 1, 1898) Golden Wedding Celebration, Near Worthington, W. Va.Standing Back Row: Joseph Snider Koon, George Washington Koon, Weaden Cline Koon D. V. S., Nancy Koon (Sturm), Cynthia Koon (Shaver) and Minnie Koon (Morgan).Sitting Front Row: Benjamin Titus Koon, JACOB CLINE KOON, CHARLOTTE TITUS SNIDER (KOON), Mariah Koon (Moegan) and Mary Koon (Shaver)."
Graduating Class, South Carolina Co-Educational Institute, Edgefield , S. C.
Date:
1899
Description:
Artist Neta Blanche Lazzell from Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia is seated front row, second from the left. Others identified, left to right, front row: Abner J. Asbill, Johnston,S. C.; Blanche Lazzell; unidentified student; Lillian Anderson, Hendersonville, S. C. Back Row: unidentified; J. L. Smith; unidentified; Simeon Smith.
'Top Row: No. 1. C. Hirsch, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 2. Harry McLure, The McLure, Wheeling, No. 3. F. G. Warden & Doty Hotels, Newark, Ohio. No. 4. Homer Smith, Phoenix Hotel, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. No. 5. Geo. Stamm, Stamm Hotel, Wheeling, No. 6. Clark Hamilton, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 7. Harry Adams, Windsor Hotel, Wheeling, No. 8. Lloyd E. Smith, The Blennerhassett, Parkersburg, No. 9. Geo. O. Taylor, President of the Assn., No. 10. C. C. Horton, Pres. Ohio State Hotel Assn., No. 11. The Colonial Hotel, York, Pa. Mr. John E. Williams; 2nd Row: No. 1. Chas. D. Johnston, Webster Springs, W. Va. No. 2. C. E. VanKuren, Wheeling, No. 3. E. B. Potts, Grand Central Hotal, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 4. T. B. Seely, The Traders Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va. No. 5. E. B. Carney, Windsor Hotel, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 6. L. C. Crump, The Inn, Kenova, W. Va. No. 7. B. S. McLure, The McLure, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 8. Benj. G. Williams, Skinner's Tavern, Fairmont, W. Va. No. 9. F. Melville Lewis, Secty. Ohio State Assn. No. 10. F. B. Tippett, Editor Daily Register, Point Pleasant. No. 11 E. Schmidt, Exchange Hotel, Bellaire, Ohio.'
Summers Family and Neighbors in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1902
Description:
'Charley and Iva Burke Summers in buggy; Sarah Raice, mother of John Wesley Summers wife; John Wesley Summers; Nola Huffman, wife of John Huffman; Phoebe May; John Huffman; Clara Raice, a sister of John Wesley Summers wife; Ira Summers; Fannie Summers; Ernie Simpson; Florence Shahm Nose; Andy Hardsaw; Sadie Pierce; front row: Noren Raice; Harlow Runner; Wade Huffman; J. L. Huffman; Florence Shahm Nose - daughter; Artemis Pierce - on back of horse; Effy Huffman - on horse'
The students of classroom no. 4 pose together for a class photo outside of the school building. C. Paul Miller is marked on the photo with an "x" above his head.
W. W. Tapp, Ada Haldeman, W. P. Samples, N. F. Kendall, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1908/10/29
Description:
Information with the photograph includes "This group was standing in front of Jannett Building (erected by a dentist of that name who later moved to Charleston.) Building in 1940's was bought by an Italian from Clarksburg named Oliverio and named "Professional Building". It was torn down in 1970's to be replaced by Court House annex. Gene W. Ford had law office on front of 3rd floor about 1929."
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Large group of unidentified people, men in left car and women in the right car, pose in train cars while taking the railroad to Blackwater Falls for a picnic.
Group portrait of James W. Cooan (Koon) and his family. Other family members in the portrait are likely his wife and four daughters or other female relatives.
Top row from left to right: Sidna Allen; Floyd Allen; Claud Allen and Friel Allen, Bottom row from left to right: Wesley Edwards; Sidna Edwards; Victor Allen and Bird Marion. Possibly Randolph County, W. Va.
'This picture was taken of my Sabbath School class December the 1912 Christmas in the afternoon. The log stable back of the group was built from the logs taken from the old Selby School house, built prior to 1844. Willie Board, Superintendent, M. J. Henry, teacher; the names of the class: Joe Fleming, Charles Morison, Dane Pixler, Nelson Shafer, Benny Jolliff, Dimple Lazzell, Clarrissa Jones, Mabel Fields, Bertha Runner, Renna Pixler, Ida Shafer, Ethel Runner, Peril Maxin'
