Daughter of Jeremiah Mills and Louisa Elva Cassell (Mills). Grace had one brother, Jeremiah IV, and four sisters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Susie, and Louisa Elva.Grace was born December 3, 1871. She was employed by the C. & O. Railroad as a telegraph operator from July 1, 1893 to August 11, 1942. She died July 8, 1958.
Former Presidential Candidate Returning From Europe, John W. Davis Aboard the S.S. Europa
Date:
ca. 1935
Description:
Caption on back of photograph reads: "John W. Davis, well known New York lawyer, and former Presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket. Photographed on the S.S. Europa on his return to Gotham after a vacation trip abroad."
William and Jennie Devore Family, Mannington, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910-1920
Description:
Group portrait of William and Jennie Devore family of Mannington, Marion County, W. Va. Front, left to right: Gertie Snyder, Emma Spencer, William Devore, Jennie Devore, Ivie Devore, Gerald Devore; Back Row: March Devore [unreadable], Harry Devore.
Marmaduke Dent and Family in front of their Home in Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1895
Description:
'Second home of M. H. Dent family - facing Barrett St. in Grafton, W. Va. - directly behind and above first home. Judge Dent & Herbert on steps - Mrs. Dent & Carrie under tree. Probably taken around 1890-95. He later built a large brick house on Washington Street uphill from Post Office. It is still standing.'
Home of M. H. Dent and Family, Front Street, Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1885
Description:
'First home of M. H. Dent and family--located on Front Street Grafton, W. Va., facing creek - at end of present South Side bridge. Mrs. Dent, Carrie & Herbert in foreground - unidentified girl at corner of house. Probably taken around 1885.'
Marmaduke Dent was grandfather of Marmaduke H. Dent who was born in Monongalia County in the town of Granville on April 18, 1849. West Virginia University opened in 1867, and he became the first graduate of West Virginia University in 1870 and the first president of the WVU Alumni Association.
Gathering for the first production of "Anvil" in Charles Town, W. Va. for the West Virginia Centennial. Identified in the photograph: left Seated, Erma Ora Byrd and Robert C. Byrd; far right seated, Julia Davis Adams. "The Anvil" was a play written by Julia Davis about the John Brown Raid for the Civil War Centennial. Her grandparents were from Charles Town where Brown was tried and hanged. Her grandfather witnessed the execution.
Portrait of Julia Blair Dunlap of Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
Circa 1900
Description:
Julia Blair Dunlap was also Mrs. Addison Dunlap. Information included with the photograph: "Ft Worth, Tex. 'Pioneer" and "Aunt Julia" is inscribed on the photo.
John W. Davis, chairman of the campaign, speaking at the dinner, in the Commodore Hotel, New York City, October 25th, that marked the opening of the Untied Hospital Campaign for Voluntary Hospitals. Miss Louise Iselin listens closely as Mr. Davis describes the needs of the hospitals to the 1,400 workers attending the dinner.
'Daughter of a former envoy to the Court of St. James's: Mrs. Wm. MacMillan Adams, formerly Miss Julia Davis, daughter of John W. Davis, the former Ambassador, a Mid-Autumn bride, who will live in Copenhagen, where her husband is engaged in business.'
The photograph was taken shortly after the couple were married in Baltimore. Anna Kennedy sympathized strongly with the South and John J. Davis, though voting against secession, turned "copperhead", fighting against both West Virginia Statehood and emancipation of the slaves. They had one son, John W. Davis.
Sketch of Lorenzo Dow at age 39 in 1816. Dow was an eccentric itinerant American Preacher, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He was also a fierce abolitionist whose sermons were often unpopular in the southern United States, and he was frequently threatened with violence. He was also an important figure in the Second Great Awakening, as well as a successful writer.
'Mary Jones Warder Dent, wife of M. H. Dent, born Feb. 14, 1855, daughter of Sarah Irwin and Abram Warder, M. D. married Oct. 11, 1876 to M. Dent - two children: Carrie Louise, Oct. 12, 1877 - Feb. 5, 1903; Herbert Warder, April 16, 1880 - Apr. 2, 1945. I believe Mrs. M. H. Dent died in 1921 - after 10 years as an invalid due to her heart. The daughter died in the "great" typhoid epidemic of the time. They are buried in the family plot at Bluemont Cemetery -Grafton, W. Va.
'Wills De Hass, physician, historian and anthropologist, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He received his education at Western University and Washington and Jefferson College and studied medicine under Dr. Gazzam in Wheeling. He completed his medical studies at Jefferson college, Philadelphia. He practiced at Wellsburg, Wheeling, Louisville and Washington, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he fought in the Union Army. His History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia, published in 1851, is a classic of West Virginia history. De Hass died in Philadelphia in 1910.'
![Group portrait of William and Jennie Devore family of Mannington, Marion County, W. Va. Front, left to right: Gertie Snyder, Emma Spencer, William Devore, Jennie Devore, Ivie Devore, Gerald Devore; Back Row: March Devore [unreadable], Harry Devore.](/thumb/022686.jpg "William and Jennie Devore Family, Mannington, Marion County, W. Va.")
