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'First row, left to right: Walter Painter, Ray Bodkin, Lon Bodkin, Tommy Painter. Second row, left to right: Parion Cowger, Jessie Painter, Lynn Conrad, Lola Cowger, Myrtle Hevener, Oscar Painter. Third row, left to right: Ola Homan, Jessie Hammer (Teacher), Fanny Conrad.

1. Class Photo Painter School, Taylor County, W. Va.

View of the Hammer home with people and horses out front. Hammer home is about 3 miles South of Ruddle.

2. Hammer Home, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right- Ben Hammer, Ike Hammer, George Hammer.

3. Confederate Veterans, Pendleton County, W. Va.

First row left to right: Earnest Ruddle, Olin Ruddle, Leon Wimer, Ken Ruddle, Lester Hammer, Bettie Wimer, Neal Hendrick.  Second row: Roy Hendrick, Don Ruddle, Oliver Hendrick, Roy Hendrick, Walter Smith, Lester Ruddle.  Third row:   Eva Hendrick, Ola Hendrick, Olin Hammer, Emry Ruddle.  Fourth row: Elmer Hendrick, Garnet Hendrick, Clarence Hendrick, Luther Hendrick, Jessie Hammer, Ella Hendrick, Emma Smith, Walter Hammer, John P. Ruddle.  Fifth row: Oscar Hendrick, Jud Ruddle, Walter Hendrick (teacher).

4. Class Photo Ruddle School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Man holding flag: George Hammer,  man marked X: John M. Ruddle, man on horse: Captain Daugherty.  Also pictured: Ike Hammer, Bill Kiser.

5. Confederate Reunion, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Taken in long field on S. M. Conrad farm at Ruddle.  From left to right- Sam Harper, Foster Hendrick, Jud Ruddle, John Preston Ruddle, Baxton Harper, Leon Wimer.  In the main tournament, Foster Hendrick placed first, Preston Ruddle second, and Jud Ruddle third.  For graceful riding Baxton Harper got first badge, Preston Ruddle second, Sam Harper third, and Jud Ruddle fourth.  Foster Hendrick crowned Miss Fannie Dahmer queen of love and beauty.  Preston Ruddle crowned Miss Clara Ruddle first maid.  Jud Ruddle crowned Miss Jessie Painter second maid.  Baxton Harper crowned Miss Virgil Judy third maid.  Sam Harper crowned Miss Estella Evick fourth maid.  The day ended with a dinner given by S. M. Conrad.

6. Horsemen at an Event in Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Pictured first row, from left to right- __, __, Russ Dice, Luther Simmons.  Second row- __, __, __, Roy Ruddle.

7. Soldiers from Franklin, W. Va.

Pictured second from left- Lena Siple, Seymor Cunningham.

8. Knights and Spectators at the Ruddle Tournament, Pendleton, W. Va.

Pictured: Lynn and Fany Conrad, Mary Hendrick, Almeda Simmons, Delia Roberson, Charley Blewitt, Roy Simmons, Clara Ruddle, Zola Simmons, Will Cunningham, Leta Ruddle, Howard Cunningham, Linda Byrd, Don Byrd, Stanley and Bessie Bowers, Ernest and __ Ruddle, __ and Jessie Ruddle.

9. Presbyterian Church Sunday School, Ruddle, W. Va.

Group portrait of WWI soldiers before leaving Franklin, W. Va.  Pictured: __Propst, Roy Hedrick, Dewitt Bland, Foster Dyer, Lester Coffman.

10. Soldiers in World War I Prepare to Leave Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Men standing from left to right- Glenn Keister, Eugene Keister, Oscar Hedrick, John Preston Ruddle.

11. Planing Lumber for Eugene Keister Company, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Pictured 4th from right: Walter Hammer.  Pictured 5th from right: Ernest Hedrick.

12. Staged Fight, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Picnic at Upper Tract.  Photo includes Ashby Bowers, Omen Conrad, Lura R. Byrd and Dan Byrd.

13. Picnic at Upper Tract, Pendleton County, W. Va.

14. View of Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Taken at head of Big Spring.  Pictured left to right: Fred Hammer, Jessie Hammer, Bessie Hammer, Ashby Bowers, Lester Hammer, Walter Hammer, Curtis Hammer, Luther Hedrick and Olin Hammer.

15. Young Members of the Hammer Family of Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

16. Cave Explorers, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Henry Clay Ruddle Family, Buffalo Hills, Pendleton County, W. Va.  Pictured left to right:  Clara (Ruddle) Ruddle, H.C. Ruddle, Ona Ruddle, Mary S.(Hedrick) Ruddle, Lura (Ruddle) Byrd, Maud Ruddle and Daizy.

17. Henry Clay Ruddle Family, Pendleton County, W. Va.

I. Taylor Hammer family, taken behind Ruddle Presbyterian Church.  Pictured Left to Right:  Fred Hammer, Fanny (Conrad) Hammer, Walter Hammer, I.T. Hammer, Curtis Hammer, Mollie Hammer, Bessie (Hammer) Bowers.

18. Hammer Family Portrait, Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Built in late 1880s.  Pictured left to right: Ott Ruddle, Henry Clay Ruddle, Ona Ruddle, Hannah Dean, Luna Ruddle (Byrd), Maud Ruddle, Clara (Ruddle)Ruddle.

19. Henry Clay Ruddle Home, Buffalo Hills, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Fred and Mollie Hammer and their son, Lacy in front of Ike Ruddle home and slaughter house, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

20. Hammer Family in their Horse Drawn Wagon, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Family portrait in front of John M. Ruddle Home, built in 1871 in Buffalo Hills near Ruddle, W. Va.  Pictured left to right: John Preston, Lelia, Aud, John M., Ernest, Virginia F. Ruddle, Zola Simmons, Almeda Ruddle Simmons and Floyd Ruddle.  Portrait in frame is deceased son Tyree Bruce Ruddle.

21. John M. Ruddle Home near Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Sugar Grove Normal School students.  1st Row: far left, Pierce Mitchell; 2nd from left, Harry Mitchell; 4th from right, Early Kiser; 7th from the left, Jesse Harvey Eckard (later a well known teacher in Sugar Grove schools for 37 years.) 2nd Row: 4th from left, Lester Puffenberger.  3rd Row: 4th from left, Mervin Mitchell; 5th from left, Effie Puffenbarger; 8th from left, Whitney Propst.  Back row, Middle of picture: Luther Pitsenbarger.

22. Class Portrait, Sugar Grove Normal School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Ruddle School students.  1st Row left to right:  Carl Meadows, Roy Roberson, Bertha Holloway, Ruby Harold, Retha Roberson, Virgil Ruddle, Reer Ruddle, Grayson Meadows, Nola Ruddle, Ralph Ruddle, Clyde Hendrick.  2nd Row:  John Miller, Henry Roberson, Vestyl Harold, Alvin Ruddle, Billy Ruddle, Wilda Ruddle, Mary Ruddle, Hansel Ruddle, Ira Ruddle, Mildred Ruddle, Grace Hendrick, Gilda Simmons, Maxine Ruddle, Dick Ruddle (teacher).

23. Class Photo Ruddle School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group Photo-Ruddle School.  Front Row left to right: Ella Hedrick, Emma Smith, Eva Hedrick, Maggy Pennington, Betty Wimer, Ola Hedrick, Clarence Hedrick, Garnet Hedrick, Neal Hedrick, Lester Hammer, Roy Hedrick.  Standing left to right: Ana Davis (teacher), Fanny Hedrick, Jessie Hammer, Floyd Ruddle, Aud Ruddle, Fred Hedrick, Olin Hammer, Elmer Hedrick, Walter Hammer, Oscar Hedrick, Ernest Ruddle, Preston Ruddle, Fred Hammer, Luther Hammer, Leon Wimmer.

24. Class Photo Ruddle School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Buffalo Hills School students.  2nd Row: 5th from left; Ott Ruddle.  Back Row: 4th from left; Ona Ruddle,  7th from right; Lura Ruddle,  2nd from right; Clara Ruddle.

25. Class Photo Buffalo Hills School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Ruddle School, ca. 1930.  1st Row left to right: Paul Ruddle, Alvin Ruddle, Gilda Simmons, Wilda Ruddle, Hansel Ruddle, Retha Roberson, Henry Roberson, unknown, Mary Ruddle.  2nd Row left to right: Clete Bowers, Brown Hendrick, Stanley Bowers, Vestyl Harold, Mildred Ruddle, Beula Hendrick, Betty Wimen (visitor), Bessie Bowers (visitor).  3rd Row left to right: Brosie Thompson, Ira Ruddle, Olin Smith, Lestor Thompson, Billy Ruddle, Beula Summers, Arlin Hendrick, Dick Murphy, Jess, Thompson, Walter Smith (teacher), Sylvia Bowers.

26. Class Photo Ruddle School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Sugar Grove Teachers.  1st Row, 5th from left; Florence Henderson,  2nd Row, 2nd from right; Mattie Eye,  3rd Row, 3rd from right; Jessie Hammer.

27. Teachers from Sugar Grove Normal School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Bowman's Store in Franklin.

28. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Court House in Franklin.

29. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Bowman's Store in Franklin.

30. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants, ca. 1915.  Taken in front of Court House in Franklin.

31. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.  Taken in front of Bowman's Store in Franklin.

32. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of Teacher's Institute participants.

33. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait taken in front of Franklin Court House.

34. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Ruddle School Group Portrait. Front Row Left to Right: Roy Smith, Roy Hedrick, Oliver Hedrick, Don Ruddle, Calcie Smith - Second Row Left to Right: Curt Hammer (teacher), Zola Simmons, Raymond Bowers, Walter Smith, Leon Wimer, Roy Hedrick, Betty Wimer, Verna Smith - Third Row Left to Right: Elmer Hedrick, Clarence Hedrick, Lester Ruddle, Ernest Ruddle, Alfred Ruddle, Lester Hammer, Eva Hendrick, Ella Hedrick - Fourth Row Left to Right: Ken Ruddle, Aud Ruddle, Oliver Hammer, Glen Ruddle  - Back Row Left to Right: Garnet Hedrick, Byrd Ruddle, Emry Ruddle, Luther Hedrick<br />

35. Class Photo Ruddle School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Upper Reed's Creek School:  Front Row Left to Right: Earnest Headrick (teacher), Unknown, Beula Smith, Elmer Smith, Edith Smith, Ima Headrick, Mat Hammer, Luna (Smith) Ruddle - Second Row Left to Right: Joe Bodkin, _____ Thompson, Arnold Smith, Verna Simmons, Elva Waggy, Nettie Waggy, unknown, ____ Headrick, Ose Smith - Back Row Left to Right: Otha Simmons, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Ed Simmons, Minnie Smith, unknown

36. Upper Reed's Creek School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

37. Transporting a Steam Engine in Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Looking south.'

38. Florentine Hotel and Ken Bogg's Store in Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Confederate Veterans from left to right: George Hammer, John Ruddle, and Henry Roberson.

39. Confederate Veterans, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Group portrait of participants in a Teacher's Institute.  Photograph taken in front of O. D. Bowman's store building.

40. Teacher's Institute, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Henry Clay Ruddle on Bill.  Taken in front of 2nd Pendleton County Court House; built in 1816-1817.

41. Henry Clay Ruddle, Pendleton County, W. Va.

This court house was built to replace the one destroyed by a fire April 17th, 1924.

42. Courthouse, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

The Franklin Bank of Pendleton County was destroyed by a fire on April 17th, 1924.

43. Franklin Bank, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

The Daugherty Hotel of Franklin was destroyed by a fire on April 17th, 1904.

44. Daugherty Hotel, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

View of Main Street showing Bowmans Store and the Franklin Bank.  Taken before the fire of April 17th, 1924.

45. Main Street, Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

46. View of the Mountains, Pendleton County, W. Va.

A view of Franklin, West Virginia taken before 1905.

47. Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

48. Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, W. Va.