The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.
Grace, left, is daughter of photographer William R. Loar. She was born February 5, 1892 and died April 28, 1937. The two women are wearing hats and dresses, which appear to be some sort of uniform.
Text on the back reads, "Thornsbury Bailey Brown, 5/13/1829 - 5/22/1861. First Union soldier killed in Civil War - buried National Cemetery - Grafton, W. Va. Photo supplied by great-great granddaughter Melba Pender Zinn."