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Col. Morgan Morgan made the first settlement in West Virginia, in 1726. In the photo from left to right: Max Mathers, George M. Barrick III and Anna Mathers. the baby is the Mathers great-grandson. The Mathers/Barrick family were descendents of Col. Morgan Morgan.

1. Monument of Colonel Morgan Morgan Bunker Hill, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039481
Title:: Monument of Colonel Morgan Morgan Bunker Hill, W. Va.
Date:: 1950/08/24
Description:: Col. Morgan Morgan made the first settlement in West Virginia, in 1726. In the photo from left to right: Max Mathers, George M. Barrick III and Anna Mathers. the baby is the Mathers great-grandson. The Mathers/Barrick family were descendents of Col. Morgan Morgan.

Three young women wearing fashionable broad-brimmed hats.

2. Margaret De Gant, Anna De Gant and Mary Shelling

IDNO:: 039464
Title:: Margaret De Gant, Anna De Gant and Mary Shelling
Date:: 1908
Description:: Three young women wearing fashionable broad-brimmed hats.

This is a photograph of Cousin Elizabeth Hess, Cousin Ester Frank, Cousin Clara Frank, Max Mathers and Anna De Gant.

3. Mathers and DeGant Family Portrait, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039463
Title:: Mathers and DeGant Family Portrait, Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:: This is a photograph of Cousin Elizabeth Hess, Cousin Ester Frank, Cousin Clara Frank, Max Mathers and Anna De Gant.

The woman in the background is unidentified.

4. Stella De Gant, Anna De Gant, and Blanch Hawkins

IDNO:: 039462
Title:: Stella De Gant, Anna De Gant, and Blanch Hawkins
Description:: The woman in the background is unidentified.

Anna M. Mathers (wife of Max Mathers, right) and Lucy Malhy (left). 0

5. Lucy Malhy and Anna M. Mathers

IDNO:: 039461
Title:: Lucy Malhy and Anna M. Mathers
Description:: Anna M. Mathers (wife of Max Mathers, right) and Lucy Malhy (left). 0

6. Home of Max and Anna Mathers Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039460
Title:: Home of Max and Anna Mathers Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1954