Henry Bennett, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1850-1865
Description:
Henry Bennet was a preacher born in Maryland October 21, 1807. He settled in parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania preaching. While living in Burton he preached at the Liming Ridge Church of Christ in Monongalia County. He died in Fairmont in 1902.
Cased ambrotype photograph of an unidentified young man. The emulsion of this fragile image is beginning to fall off the plate. Ambrotypes were popular in the mid-1800's
Cased Portrait of William G. Brown Sr. and Daniel D. T. Farnsworth, Western Virginia (West Virginia)
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Ambrotype image of two prominent political leaders, active in the formation and government of West Virginia. The reverse side of the image has a political advertisement stating, "People's Ticket; For Congress, Wm G. Brown. Senate, Dan D. T. Farnsworth." Brown did serve in the United States House of Representatives before and during the Civil War. Farnsworth was never elected to the Senate, however he did served in the West Virginia Legislature for several terms and as Interim-Governor in 1869.