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Inscription the back of the photograph: "A group portrait of William H. Stafford, Jonah Bayles, and George W. Wilson. 'William H. Stafford: 1844-1938, EOG, Enlisted April 12, 1864 and discharged June 12, 1865, Co. B 14th West Virginia Infantry; George W. Wilson: 1841-1930, EOG Centennial, enlisted August 1861 and discharged April 6, 1865. Co. A 20th Reg. Va Vol Cav. Rank-Sgt; Jonah Bayles (center,[Private in the 7th West Virginia Infantry]: his family was from the Point Marion/Taylortown vicinity near the Pennsylvania/West Virginia border [Jonah Bayles was from Ices Ferry, Monongalia County, W. Va.]. He was married to Letitia Nabors and had five children, one of whom was a civil engineer who worked on the Trans-Andean Railroad in South America and later became a water commissioner in Morgantown (George Harmon Bayles).'

1. Civil War Veterans, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010856
Title:
Civil War Veterans, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Inscription the back of the photograph: "A group portrait of William H. Stafford, Jonah Bayles, and George W. Wilson. 'William H. Stafford: 1844-1938, EOG, Enlisted April 12, 1864 and discharged June 12, 1865, Co. B 14th West Virginia Infantry; George W. Wilson: 1841-1930, EOG Centennial, enlisted August 1861 and discharged April 6, 1865. Co. A 20th Reg. Va Vol Cav. Rank-Sgt; Jonah Bayles (center,[Private in the 7th West Virginia Infantry]: his family was from the Point Marion/Taylortown vicinity near the Pennsylvania/West Virginia border [Jonah Bayles was from Ices Ferry, Monongalia County, W. Va.]. He was married to Letitia Nabors and had five children, one of whom was a civil engineer who worked on the Trans-Andean Railroad in South America and later became a water commissioner in Morgantown (George Harmon Bayles).'