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Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

13. Portrait of Sallie Norris

IDNO:
037175
Title:
Portrait of Sallie Norris
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.
Top Row L to R: Dennis Willis, George Henry Agusta (Harry) Kunst, Benjamin Franklin Rice Jr. (Arkansas): 2nd Row: Russell L. Morris, Charles McCoy, Bennett White, Geroge S. Wallace, Howard Gore, George P. Shirley, Henry M. Leps; 3rd Row: Edgar B. Stewart, ____ Joliffe(?), Samuel Graham, Walter South, Unkonwn, John Wehrle. 4th Row: Clement Roso Jones, Harry Eaton (Now Col. retired), Haymond Maxwell, Wayne Willey, David C. Reay.

14. Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040571
Title:
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Top Row L to R: Dennis Willis, George Henry Agusta (Harry) Kunst, Benjamin Franklin Rice Jr. (Arkansas): 2nd Row: Russell L. Morris, Charles McCoy, Bennett White, Geroge S. Wallace, Howard Gore, George P. Shirley, Henry M. Leps; 3rd Row: Edgar B. Stewart, ____ Joliffe(?), Samuel Graham, Walter South, Unkonwn, John Wehrle. 4th Row: Clement Roso Jones, Harry Eaton (Now Col. retired), Haymond Maxwell, Wayne Willey, David C. Reay.

15. University from Observatory Hill, Morgantown W. Va.

IDNO:
049739
Title:
University from Observatory Hill, Morgantown W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
The Hanging of Wash Adkins, who was convicted of killing Isaac Radford at Deepwater on November 11, 1893, was the last public hanging in Fayette County.

16. Hanging of Wash Adkins, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
050913
Title:
Hanging of Wash Adkins, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
The Hanging of Wash Adkins, who was convicted of killing Isaac Radford at Deepwater on November 11, 1893, was the last public hanging in Fayette County.
Portrait of baby Lucille Courtney, likely the daughter of Mollie (Lazzell) Courtney. Mollie's daughter, Flora Lucille, was born in 1894.

17. Portrait of Lucille Courtney

IDNO:
052612
Title:
Portrait of Lucille Courtney
Date:
ca. 1894
Description:
Portrait of baby Lucille Courtney, likely the daughter of Mollie (Lazzell) Courtney. Mollie's daughter, Flora Lucille, was born in 1894.