Monument of Colonel Morgan Morgan, Bunker Hill, W. Va.
Date:
1950/08
Description:
Colonel Morgan Morgan made the first settlement in West Virginia, in 1726. In the photo from left to right there is Mathers "Mike" Barrick, George M. Barrick III, Max Mathers and Margaret Barrick. The Mathers/Barrick family were descendents of Col. Morgan Morgan.
Portrait of Margaret Barrick, the daughter of Max and Anna Mathers, attached to the inside of a Christmas card. Margaret Barrick raised her two sons with the help of her parents, while a student at West Virginia University in the early 1930's. During one semester, she was the only student enrolled in an experimental pathology course at the School of Medicine (listed as the smallest class at WVU).
Caption reads: "Members of the board of directors of the local Youth Center are pictured . . . at a meeting to discuss plans for the remodeling of the center. Left to right: Walter L. Hart, Center Director Mrs. Margaret M. Barrick, Mrs. L. M. Strawn and Mrs. Chester Edwards."