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Sheriff Residence: 1896-1900 Facing Back Street now Washington Avenue. Three women standing in front of the house: Elizabeth Bond Lang (Wife John G. Lang) Etta Lang (Wife of F. Shuttleworth) Susan Hornor Lang (Wife of Sheriff Lq.L. Lang).

1. Lang Family in front of the Sheriff's Residence in Clarksburg, W. Va.

Front:  The North Western Virginia Academy built in 1843.  Replaced by the Towers Public School building in 1894.  This picture was taken prior to the year 1886.    Back: 'And don't you remember the School Ben Bolt.  With the master so cruel and grim and the shanded nook in the running brook- Where the children went to swim- Grass grows on the masters grave Ben Bolt.  The spring of the brook is dry.  And of all the boys who were schoolmates then there are only you and I.'

2. Northwestern Virginia Academy, Clarksburg, W. Va.