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97. Two Men and Julia Sandy

'Mr. Robert M. Snyder was sworn in on March 28, 1955, as director of the FOA Mission in Afghanistan.  Shown in pictures are Mr. and Mrs. Snyder with their children, left to right: Margaret; Robert, Jr.; Shirley and Rebecca.'

98. Snyder Family

Sims is the compiler of the "Sims Index", a published record of the lands granted during the 18th and 19th centuries to individuals, companies and organizations by the government holding power in Virginia and later West Virginia.

99. Edgar B. Sims, West Virginia State Auditor, 1937-1948; 1956-1960

Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist in 1886. He preached to Wheeling crowds in 1912 inside a specially built, 1,500 foot long structure, three times a day for six weeks. 20,000 attended the first day and thousands more followed in the coming weeks.

100. Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist

101. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood

102. Bay Scott

'Back row: John; Stella; Carrie; Blaine; Henry; Mother; Father*. Front Row: Nettie Harman; Job; Albert: Samson, Jr.; Elmer; Phebe; Dow. * - Captain and Mrs. Sampson Snyder.'

103. Family of Captain Sampson Snyder

104. Portrait of G. C. Sturgiss

A portrait of John Strother, son of David Hunter Strother, with a long stem pipe on his hand petting his dog.

105. John Strother and His Dog

106. Portrait of Issac H. Stickler

'Reverend Burwell Spurlock, one of the ablest ministers of the gospel in the state in his day.  He was the father of America Spurlock and Burwell, Jr.  Rev. Spurlock died Aug. 5, 1872, aged 90 years.  Maternal grandfather of Justice of Peace Claude Spurlock of Cabell County.'

107. Reverend Burwell Spurlock

Portrait of a young J. Hammond Siler, Jr. sitting on a front porch with a teddy bear in his lap.

108. Portrait of J. Hammond Siler, Jr. of Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

109. Portrait of Mrs. Caroline A. Siler of Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

Home was razed in 1977.

110. Brigadier General David Hunter Strother at Home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

Spangler subsequently became a member of the WVU faculty as a Professor of Biology

111. West Virginia University Graduate Robert C. Spangler, Morgantown, W. Va.

WVU Professor of Biology, Robert C. Spangler as a young teacher. 2nd row, 2nd from the right.

112. Robert C. Spangler and Students

Sallie Lowther Norris attended Glenville State Normal School before entering WVU. in 1889. Like her classmate and lifelong friend Harriet Lyon, she excelled in her studies, winning a freshman math prize. Norris spoke out frequently and eloquently on behalf of the right of women to a WVU education and was a charter member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (now the AAUW) chapter in Fairmont. She raised four children of of whom attended WVU, and provided essential assistance to her husband Judge Emmet Showalter, after illness left him partially disabled.

113. Portrait of Sallie Norris

Grace Stone, author of The Bitter Tea of General Yen.

114. Grace Stone in Russia During Her Trip with Julia Adams

Print of a painted or sketched portrait of David Hunter Strother.

115. David Hunter Strother

116. J. Hammond Siler, Jr.

117. J. Hammond Siler, Sr.

"Supposed to be daughter of Edward and Elina", Photograph from an old daguerreotype, December 20, 1928, R. S. Franklin

118. Portrait of Priscilla Strode

Photograph of a portrait painting or sketch of John Smith, who married Mary Jaquelin of Jamestown.

119. Portrait of Major John Smith of Shooters Hill, Jefferson County, W. Va.

The artist and writer,  also known as Porte Crayon from Martinsburg, W. Va.

120. David Hunter Strother

The artist, also known as Porte Crayon.

121. David Hunter Strother of Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

The artist, also known as Porte Crayon.

122. David Hunter Strother

The artist and writer, also known as Porte Crayon, served in the Union Army.

123. Lieutenant Colonel David Hunter Strother during Civil War

Last survivor of Lee's Confederate Army in Monongalia County, W. Va, died Summer, 1943

124. Portrait of George Sill of Monongalia County, W.Va.

Born 9/28/1846, Died 12/18/1945, Son of James Edmund and Amelia Tillet Stonestreet. Married Martha Ann Carr on 9/1/1870

125. Alexander Stonestreet

Wife of Alexander Stonestreet, married 1870/09/01.

126. Martha A. Carr Stonestreet

127. Alexander Stonestreet

Born 7/22/1874- Died 7/24/1965. Son of Alexander Stonestreet, grandson of James Edmund Stonestreet. Jim spent 19 years (1946-1965) researching his family's genealogy.

128. James 'Jim' Edmund Stonestreet

This dress was made by Miss Blanche,and has a portrait collar. She made it to wear when leaving West Virginia Wesleyan in Spring, 1919 after earning her Graduate Studies Degree, to teach in the Fall in Morgantown. Blanche is the daughter of Alexander and Martha Stonestreet.

129. Blanche Stonestreet of Wolf Summit, W. Va.

A faculty portrait photograph of Blanche Stonestreet, daughhter of Alexander and Martha Stonestreet.

130. Blanche Stonestreet, West Virginia Public School Teacher

Photograph take on her 100th birthday. Blanche Stonestreet was the first woman to earn a degree at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She taught in public schools and at West Virginia University for 48 years

131. Blanche Stonestreet of Bridgeport, W. Va.

Photograph taken on her 100th birthday. Blanche Stonestreet taught school in several West Virginia counties including Tyler, Harrison, Upshur, and Monongalia for 48 years. Her last teaching position was in the Mathematics Department at West Virginia University.

132. Blanche Stonestreet of Bridgeport, W. Va.

Photograph taken on her 101st birthday. Blanche Stonestreet, from Wolf Summit, West Virginia, taught public school and at West Virginia University for 48 years

133. Blanche Stonestreet of Bridgeport, W. Va

John M. Stonestreet (son of Alexander Stonestreet), age 90 and his cousin, Elizabeth K. Johnson, age 85

134. John Madison Stonestreet and Elizabeth A. Kester Johnson

6/16/1881-9/24/1977

135. John Madison Stonestreet

At "Greystone"

136. John and Daisy Stonestreet

Son of Alexander Stonestreet.

137. John Madison Stonestreet

Daughter of Alexander Stonestreet.

138. Elizabeth Stonestreet

139. Alexander Stonestreet

7/19/1886-7/8/1960

140. Rosanna Elizabeth Stonestreet

141. Martha Stonestreet of Wolf Summit, Harrison County, W. Va.

142. Daisy and John Stonestreet

Martha Stonestreet at "Greystone", the Stonestreet family home.

143. Martha Stonestreet of Wolf Summit, W. Va.

At home in Simpson Creek.

144. James Edmund Stonestreet and Alexander Stonestreet