Clarksburg Baptist Church, Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1960
Description:
The church was organized in 1848. It was for many years called First Baptist Church of Clarksburg and services were held in the courthouse until a church building was dedicated in 1853.
Grand Army of the Republic Gun Exhibition, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
The Grand Army of the Republic, or G.A.R., was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern/Federal forces. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, composed of male descendants of Union Army and Union Navy veterans.The G.A.R. was organized into "departments" at the state level and "posts" at the community level. This old artillery gun monument was dedicated by the G.A.R. Department of West Virginia, Custer Post No. 8.The plaque beneath the gun reads, "This gun was cast at Sevilla Spain, May 9th 1795, is 12 ft. in length, Caliber 6 3/8 inches weighs 6283 lbs. It was captured from the Spanish by Admiral Dewey, at Cavite Arsenal, near Manila, P.I. [Philippines] in May 1898, brought to N. Y. Navy Yard in the U. S., S. Buffalo [South Buffalo, New York]. Loaned by the Navy Department to Custer Post No. 8 G.A.R. was Mounted on Platform June 23rd, 1899. On July 4th, 1899, the Gun was unveiled by members of Custer Post with suitable ceremonies."
West Virginia Farm Bureau Warehouse, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1922
Description:
Front left to right: John W. Smith (Member of committee), James W. Carskadon (President), Nat T. Frame (Director of Extension), J. Blaine McLaughlin (Secretary).Back left to right: Dale Curry (Member of Committee), Izetta Jewell Brown (Member of Committee), Albert Leatherman (Member of Committee)."In front of the warehouse in Clarksburg where space had just been secured for the West Virginia Farm Bureau Wool Pool of 80,000 lbs. in 1922."
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson at Harrison County Airport, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1940/05
Description:
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson (center, bareheaded) attends the opening of an airline at the Harrison County Airport, now known as the Benedum Airport.
L to R: Isaac M. Kelly Sr., Isaac Kelley Jr., Hilda, Arthur Lil, Mary Elizabeth, Jen, John, Cora, Edith, Frank, Grandmother Kelley.Description on back of photo reads: "Isaac Jr. & Hilda were married August 13, 1909 in Clarksburg, W. Va. at Jen's house (Mrs. Nathan Staley) on Lee Street.
![Description on reverse reads "Mrs Mary M Lightner. No R.F.D. No. 9. Black eyes. Dark brown hair. fair and [illegible]. [illegible] waist."](/thumb/051740.jpg "Mrs. Mary M. Lightner, Clarksburg, W. Va.")
![The Grand Army of the Republic, or G.A.R., was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War for the Northern/Federal forces. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, composed of male descendants of Union Army and Union Navy veterans.The G.A.R. was organized into "departments" at the state level and "posts" at the community level. This old artillery gun monument was dedicated by the G.A.R. Department of West Virginia, Custer Post No. 8.The plaque beneath the gun reads, "This gun was cast at Sevilla Spain, May 9th 1795, is 12 ft. in length, Caliber 6 3/8 inches weighs 6283 lbs. It was captured from the Spanish by Admiral Dewey, at Cavite Arsenal, near Manila, P.I. [Philippines] in May 1898, brought to N. Y. Navy Yard in the U. S., S. Buffalo [South Buffalo, New York]. Loaned by the Navy Department to Custer Post No. 8 G.A.R. was Mounted on Platform June 23rd, 1899. On July 4th, 1899, the Gun was unveiled by members of Custer Post with suitable ceremonies."](/thumb/052295.jpg "Grand Army of the Republic Gun Exhibition, Clarksburg, W. Va.")
