Frank Loria, Virginia Tech Football Players, Blacksburg, Va.
Date:
ca.1967
Description:
Frank Loria graduated from Notre Dame Catholic High School in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He attended and played football at Virginia Tech University where he earned All American honors in 1967. Loria would later join the Marshall University coaching staff as defensive backs coach. He died in the airplane crash that killed most of the Marshall football team, staff and many others on November 14, 1970.
Union First Lieutenant John N. Davidson of Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1863
Description:
Davidson was a preacher before the war. According to F. A. Cather's diary, AM 3633, Davidson died in April 12, 1864, probably from disease. There is a revenue stamp on the back of the photograph indicating a tax had been paid on the image. This tax was implemented to pay for the war.
