Tolliver Meador School (a.k.a. Sam Meador School) in Bluestone River Valley, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Teacher standing on the right is Sibyl Lilly, Gib Lilly's daughter. The boy to the left of the teacher is Perry Lilly. Boy to the right of the teacher is Carl Lilly. First girl on the far left is Lellie Lilly with Eva Meador next to her in a white dress. Third from the left on the back row is Euva Meador. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The school was located about five miles up the Bluestone River from its mouth on the Pipestem side.
Teacher on right is Mattie Bragg who married Ivid Graham.Front row, from left to right, is unidentified, unidentified, Clytie Cox, Don Cooper, unidentified, Ernest Neely (who married Alice Hedrick), and Edna Wills (who married Joe Lemons).In the back row, the boy in the middle wearing a tie on a white shirt is Carl Meadows. The Boy to the far right, next to the teacher, is Dean Cooper.
Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.
Professor Keadle and Students in New River Valley, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Professor Keadle poses with his students. Keadle was a locally noted school teacher in the Forest Hill District during the turn of the century.Sitting to the left of Keadle is Frank Bradberry. In the back row on the far left is Reverend Wesley McKinney. Sitting on the farthest right is Ernest Allen.
Professor Keadle's School, Forest Hill District, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
Pictured is Henrietta Sheller Ellison, Winnie Roles, Ora Ferrell Allen, Miss Selfomridge, Goldie Light, Celia Ferrell Cavandish, Blanche Meadows Bartgis, Fannie Lowery, Frank Crawford, Em Ryan, Nian Garten, Oakley Hutchison, Miss Early, Maura Hutchison, Mr. Clark, Cardie Ferrell, Hester Michael Akers, Blanhce M. Shumate, Ernest Allen, Fay Long Mann, Emmett Hutchison, Miss Clark, Professor J. E. Keadle and the Carden boy.
Professor Keadle and Class Outside of School Building in New River Valley, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Keadle, standing in the far back, poses with his classmates. Keadle was a locally known instructor during the turn of the century in the Forest Hill District.
"School Class" of Professor Keadle, Forest Hill District, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Keadle poses with his students. In the first row, third from the left, is Bessie Bolton. Third row, first on the left is Ryan Keadle. Sitting to the direct right of Professor Keadle is Frank Clark. In the third row, second from the left, is Daisy Dillon. In the third row, sixth from the left, is L. McIntire. In the back row, third from the left, is P. Bradberry. On the farthest right in the back row is Isaac McKinney.
Indian Mills Community and "Class" of Professor Keadle, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Professor Keadle is the older gentleman on the far left.In the first row, third from the left, is Laura Pauley.Emma Ryan is pictured standing, fourth from left in the second row.In the third row, fourth from left, is Wesley McKinney.Other subjects unidentified.
