Information included with the photograph,"Hu Maxwell standing where Polly Stephenson's cabin was. All that remains of the cabin is a heap of stones which had been the chimney."
Photograph of McFarland's portrait painted by Charles Wilson Peale. McFarland was a prominent Charleston businessman during the Antebellum period and was appointed president of the Branch Bank of Virginia in Charleston in 1831.
Identified: 1. Minnie Miller, 2. G. A. Miller, 3. J. Hunter Miller, 4. C. L. Miller, 5. Mary B. Miller, 6. Estelle Miller, 7. A. E. Miller, 8. James H Miller, 9. Jane Miller. Taken at the Miller family home.
Male Members of Miller Family, Bellepointe, W. Va.
Date:
1914
Description:
1. G.A. Miller 2. A.E. Miller 3. James H. Miller 4. C.L. Miller 5. J.H. Miller of Texas. Photograph was taken at the Miller house, also known as the John Cooke home.
Joseph Moreland was a prominent Morgantown attorney, serving in the West Virginia State Legislature and on the WVU Board of Regents during late 19th century.
Miller served in the United States Congress, 1894-1898, appointed to the West Virginia State Supreme Court, and elected to the West Virginia State Legislature in 1914.
Murrell pictured in his yard with a dog. The house is located on the corner of 5th Avenue and Summers Street. C&O Commissary is pictured in the background.
Murrell is pictured in his yard under a tree. Original photo is captioned 'Sleeping Beauty'. The house is located at the corner of 5th Avenue and Summers Street. Note the side porches.
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.