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Sketch of a portrait of Anne Steptoe Washington, fourth wife of Samuel Washington. She bore him five children.

37969. Anne Steptoe Washington, Wife of Samuel Washington of Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va)

Portrait of Annie Gibson Packette, also known as Mrs. William Bainbridge Packette, Sr. and  mother of Frances Packette Todd.

37970. Annie Gibson Packette of Charles Town, W. Va.

Title of photograph is "Our Parlor". The original is displayed in Frances Packette Todd's photograph album.

37971. Parlor in Gibson Packette Todd House, Charles Town, W. Va.

"Captain" Frances D. Packette standing "at attention" dressed in an army uniform. This is a staged photograph, women were not permitted to serve in the military.

37972. Frances Davenport Packett, 'Army Captain', of Charles Town, W. Va

"Lady Bird", owned by Frances D. Packette and driven by Mrs. Hugh Price won "The Blue In The Ladies' Driving Horse Class" at The Charles Town Horse Show.

37973. Lady Bird Driven By Mrs. Hugh P. Price, Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Sketch of West Virginia Congressman (1863) William G. Brown, who served in the Virginia Legislature (1841-1848) before the war. Brown was also a member of the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention.

37974. Honorable William G. Brown of Preston County, W. Va.

Governor of West Virginia from 1871-1877 and 1881-1885. During John Jacob's first administration, the 1872 Constitutional Convention was called and a new state constitution ratified. Among the changes the term of governor was increased from two years to four.

37975. John J. Jacob, Governor of West Virginia

Sketch of Charles J. Faulkner, delegate to the 1872 West Virginia Constitutional Convention. Faulkner was arrested in 1861 by the Federal authorities, while returning from France. He was in France negotiating the sale of arms to the Confederate government. Later Faulkner served on Stonewall Jackson's staff.

37976. Charles J. Faulkner of Berkeley County, W. Va.

W. K. Pendleton was a Senatorial Representative to the 1872 State Constitutional Convention. He was also President of Betheny College, 1841-1886 and State Superintendent of Schools, 1876-1881.

37977. William K. Pendleton

Sketch of J. H. Atkinson, a member of the 1861 Wheeling Convention and a state senator in the first West Virginia Legislature.

37978. John H. Atkinson of Hancock County, W. Va.

Sketch of Joseph W. Gallaher, member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention, representing the Second Senatorial District of Marion, Wetzel and Marshall Counties.

37979. Joseph Wesley Gallaher of Marshall County, W. Va.

Sketch of James H. Brown, delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Legislature of the Restored Government of Virginia and in 1863 he was elected to the West Virginia State Supreme Court.

37980. James H. Brown of Kanawha County, W. Va.