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From a photograph when he was in England

Pictured: Zan Gibson, W. Bury, Edmund Bury, Edgar Bury and Agnes Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal

Daughter of Anthony Sims Davenport, near Chillicothe, Ohio

Unidentified African-American nurse holding three month old infant,

Lynching from a bridge near Weston Hospital; several people on the bridge with carriages and a hearse

Grandmother, Mrs. John Thomas Gibson holding infant granddaughter, Frances Davenport Packette

Pictured: Dr. Gregg Gibson, Sue Pendleton, Hopkins Gibson, Mr. Gregg Gibson, Robert Gibson, Lucy Pendleton, and Agnes Gibson, sitting outside on the front steps and sidewalk.

Several cows and men in a barnyard, possibly the diary farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

The hospital appears in the background, while the southern part of the town of Weston is in the foreground.

Several well dressed children gathered around a set dining room table with a birthday cake; Margaret Gibson is the little girl standing behind the cake

Pictured: Frank Hampton, No. 2; B. D. Gibson, No. 3; Thomas Carter, Bow; and Charles Andrew, C&amp;amp;S; won race at Lynchburg, Virginia by 700 yards, 1878/06/28

Pictured: Frank Hampton, Braxton Gibson, Tom Carter, Charlie Andrews

Pictured: Andrews, stroke; Gibson, No. 3; Thom, No. 2, Carter, Bow; and John Redwood, Coxswain

The house is built on the lot where John Brown was executed in 1859/12

The back of the building was built ca. 1795, the  front addition was added by Captain William Kable, ca. 1877. Refer to the back of the photograph for more information

Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).

Pictured around a cannon: U. S. Sergent A. S. Morgan; U. S. Captain H. C. Getzendanner; Former Confederate Colonel W. A. Morgan; B. D. Gibson; Mrs, Getzendanner; and unidentified small boy.

The last picture taken of the old jail in which John Brown was confined at Charles Town, W. Va.

Greatfather of Frances Davenport Packette Todd

Miss Frances D. Packette posing in evening wear.

Father of Frances Packette Todd

Built in 1836 and the site of the John Brown Trail

Built by Dr. Grigger and torn down in 1928. The property was used to build a high school. For more information refer to the back of the photograph.

Photograph of possibly an Army unit with flags, drums and some men wearing World War I doughboy helmets.

Also known as the Tiffin House, once the home of Dr. Edward Tiffin, the first governor of Ohio, 1803.

Company formed during the Spanish - American War

A line of men, probably recruits, outside the Charles Town, W. Va. train station.

Probably recruits leaving for camp during the Spanish - American War.

Group portrait of men, on outside steps, under star flag.

Taken in the gym at the University of Virginia.

The floor of this porch was an immense flat piece of lime stone, the house was torn down in 1929.

Possibly taken at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Probably former soldiers of a military unit from Jefferson County, W. Va., who had served during the Spanish - American War.

Possibly recruits from Jefferson County, W. Va., leaving for camp during the Spanish-American War

The house was built by Thornton, son of Colonel Samuel Washington of Harewood,

The man standing in front of the house is possibly John Thomas Gibson

Braxton D. Gibson sitting at the table.