Search Results
- IDNO:
- 038557
- Title:
- Stark Arnold of Beverly, W. Va
- Date:
- ca.1864
- Description:
- Stark Arnold was the son of Jonathan and Laura Arnold and the nephew of Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA. The back of the photograph has a tax stamp. This tax, passed by the United States Congress, was implemented in 1864 to 1866 to help finance the war.
- IDNO:
- 038558
- Title:
- William Henry Fitzhugh Payne of Warrenton, Va.
- Description:
- William Payne served under JEB Stuart in Black Horse Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. He attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, fighting in several major engagements such as the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, Gettysburg and the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. After the war Payne resume his law practice in Warrenton.
- IDNO:
- 038559
- Title:
- Charlie Green Stone
- IDNO:
- 038560
- Title:
- Basketball Coach Clair F. Bee of Grafton, W. Va.
- Description:
- Clair Bee coached college basketball at several schools including Long Island University, leading the team to two undefeated seasons in 1936 and 1939, and winning the NIT Championship in 1939 and 1941. He holds the highest lifetime winning percentage in college basketball, 82.6%. Bee's other contributions to the game include the 1-3-1 zone; the 3 second rule; and the 24 second shot clock. Bee also authored a popular series of fictional books for children, "The Chip Hilton Series". He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
- IDNO:
- 038561
- Title:
- Morgantown Post Printing Office, Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Standing in front of shop, left to right: John Hoffman, Max Mathers, William Hoffman, Cal Young, and Gilbert Miller. Standing outside a second story door is Mr. Helmick. The little girls are not identified.
- IDNO:
- 038562
- Title:
- Mrs. Eugene L. (Arthelia Morgan) Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers, mother of Max Mathers,and grandmother of Margaret Mathers Barrick. Mrs. Arthelia Mathers died at her home on Front Street in Morgantown, November 3, 1908.
- IDNO:
- 038563
- Title:
- Arthelia Morgan Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers compiler of the scrapbook containing this portrait and mother of Max Mathers.
- IDNO:
- 038564
- Title:
- Arthelia Morgan Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers, mother of Max Mathers and grandmother of Margaret Mathers Barrick.
- IDNO:
- 038565
- Title:
- Home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Mathers on Front Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 038566
- Title:
- Drusilla Morgan and Nimrod McGeorge on Front Porch of Old Morgan Homestead, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1895
- Description:
- Drusilla Morgan, 1815-1904 is the daughter of Captain Zacquill Morgan, the granddaughter of Colonel Zackquill Morgan and the great aunt of Max Mathers. Nimrod McGeorge is her nephew.
- IDNO:
- 038567
- Title:
- Waitman T. Mathers of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca, 1900
- Description:
- Waitman T. Mathers started a newspaper in Morgantown during the Civil War in 1863, called the "Morgantown Herald". The newspaper had a short life of only a few weeks. "Factional strife" was responsible for its failure. Mr. Mathers died in Harrisville in 1909.
- IDNO:
- 038568
- Title:
- Nimrod Protzman of Morgantown, WV
- Description:
- Nimrod Protzman was a Morgantown musician and businessman in the late 19th century.
