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A wood craving illustration published in "The New York Illustrated News", with the caption: "Governor Pierrpont (sic) in front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Virginia., welcoming the Illinois troops to the soil of Virginia." Pierpont was the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
Possibly a portrait engraving of Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont, one of the founding fathers of West Virginia.
"Fairmont--Home of Francis H. Pierpont, whose services in the organization of this State are commissioned by his statue in  Statuary Hall, Washington.  He was governor under the Restored Government of the State of Virginia, 1861-1868."
'Born Jan. 25, 1814, Died March 24, 1899'
Francis Pierpont and his wife, Julia were parents of four children including twins born September 13, 1860. Their daughter, Mary died in 1864 while her father was the Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia.
'Original owned by Miss. Louisa Miller, L. B. 243 Blairsville, Pa.; the property of her father Rev. Noble Garcia Miller, D. D. at Allegheny College, 1861; died in Blairsville in 1918.  Miss Miller believes this picture was taken in 1861.'
Pierpont served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia (Loyal to the Union) during  and the first years after the Civil War. He is known as the "Father of West Virginia"
Elderly Pierpont reading a book.