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1. Frances Davenport Packette. Age Seven Months, Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037758
Title:
Frances Davenport Packette. Age Seven Months, Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1902

2. Portrait of Braxton D. Gibson in Uniform

IDNO:
037759
Title:
Portrait of Braxton D. Gibson in Uniform
Date:
ca. 1890

3. Portrait of Annie Gibson of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037760
Title:
Portrait of Annie Gibson of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
1890/02
Annie Gibson Packette, wife of William Bainbridge Packette, daughter of Frances D. Gibson and Col. John Thomas Gibson

4. Portrait of Annie Gibson Packette of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va

IDNO:
037761
Title:
Portrait of Annie Gibson Packette of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va
Description:
Annie Gibson Packette, wife of William Bainbridge Packette, daughter of Frances D. Gibson and Col. John Thomas Gibson

5. Portrait of Two Men, Graddy and Gibson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

IDNO:
037762
Title:
Portrait of Two Men, Graddy and Gibson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Date:
1880
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson sitting on the front porch of his Charles Town, W. Va. home. Mr. Gibson is sitting in his father's (James Gibson) chair.

6. Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037763
Title:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson sitting on the front porch of his Charles Town, W. Va. home. Mr. Gibson is sitting in his father's (James Gibson) chair.

7. Portrait of Braxton Davenport Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037764
Title:
Portrait of Braxton Davenport Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

8. Portrait of Jesse Roach

IDNO:
037765
Title:
Portrait of Jesse Roach

9. Portrait of Woman and Child, 'Mama and Weeny'

IDNO:
037766
Title:
Portrait of Woman and Child, 'Mama and Weeny'
Date:
1894/04/24
"The Three Faires" and "Alton Villa"

10. Portrait of Zan Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.; Agnes Bury of Montreal, Canada; Georgia Bube, Monticello, N. Y.

IDNO:
037767
Title:
Portrait of Zan Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.; Agnes Bury of Montreal, Canada; Georgia Bube, Monticello, N. Y.
Description:
"The Three Faires" and "Alton Villa"

11. Portrait of John Corcoran

IDNO:
037768
Title:
Portrait of John Corcoran

12. Portrait of R. G. Hammett

IDNO:
037769
Title:
Portrait of R. G. Hammett

13. Portrait of 'Uncle Taylor'

IDNO:
037770
Title:
Portrait of 'Uncle Taylor'
Date:
Undated

14. Portrait of Aaron Morgan of Porter's Falls, Wetzel County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037771
Title:
Portrait of Aaron Morgan of Porter's Falls, Wetzel County, W. Va.
This photograph was taken from a daguerreotype of Mary Davenport Chenoweth, daughter of John Davenport and niece of Major Abraham Davenport. Mary Chenoweth was also the great aunt of Frances Williams Davenport (Frances Packette Todd's grandmother). Frances W. Davenport married John Thomas Gibson at Mary Chenoweth's ancestral home, Altona, in Jefferson County, in 1855. Refer to back of the photograph for more information.

15. Portrait of Mary Davenport Chenoweth of Charles Town, W. Va., Age 95

IDNO:
037772
Title:
Portrait of Mary Davenport Chenoweth of Charles Town, W. Va., Age 95
Description:
This photograph was taken from a daguerreotype of Mary Davenport Chenoweth, daughter of John Davenport and niece of Major Abraham Davenport. Mary Chenoweth was also the great aunt of Frances Williams Davenport (Frances Packette Todd's grandmother). Frances W. Davenport married John Thomas Gibson at Mary Chenoweth's ancestral home, Altona, in Jefferson County, in 1855. Refer to back of the photograph for more information.

16. Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037773
Title:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

17. Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037774
Title:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1883

18. Portrait of Braxton D. Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va

IDNO:
037775
Title:
Portrait of Braxton D. Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va
Frances Davenport Packette posing on a rocking horse, on a front porch

19. Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette

IDNO:
037777
Title:
Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette
Description:
Frances Davenport Packette posing on a rocking horse, on a front porch
Location of house, 1510 Kanawha St, Charleston, W. Va., "Rab's Home"

20. The Henry B. Davenport House in Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
037778
Title:
The Henry B. Davenport House in Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Location of house, 1510 Kanawha St, Charleston, W. Va., "Rab's Home"
Pictured: Edgar Bury, Lillian Mc Shane, Zan Gibson, Agnes Bury, W. Bury and Edmund Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal

21. Group Portrait of Young Women and Men Posing on Ladders

IDNO:
037779
Title:
Group Portrait of Young Women and Men Posing on Ladders
Date:
1896/10/18
Description:
Pictured: Edgar Bury, Lillian Mc Shane, Zan Gibson, Agnes Bury, W. Bury and Edmund Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal
Marker on the Gibson property, site of John Brown's execution

22. John Brown Execution Marker, Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037780
Title:
John Brown Execution Marker, Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
1928/10/02
Description:
Marker on the Gibson property, site of John Brown's execution
The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible

23. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037781
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.

24. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037782
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.
Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.

25. Frances D. Packette and 'Schley-Puss'

IDNO:
037783
Title:
Frances D. Packette and 'Schley-Puss'
Date:
Undated
Description:
Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.
Margaret Holliday Gibson sitting on the floor of a front porch

26. Margaret Holliday Gibson, Age 2

IDNO:
037784
Title:
Margaret Holliday Gibson, Age 2
Description:
Margaret Holliday Gibson sitting on the floor of a front porch
Two girls, Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson, holding hands.

27. Portrait of Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson

IDNO:
037785
Title:
Portrait of Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson
Description:
Two girls, Frances Packette and Margaret Gibson, holding hands.
View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort

28. John Brown's Fort

IDNO:
037786
Title:
John Brown's Fort
Description:
View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort
Small boy sitting in a chair

29. Poot Gibson

IDNO:
037787
Title:
Poot Gibson
Description:
Small boy sitting in a chair
"Billy Packette", taken Christmas, 1900

30. Portrait of Willie B. Packette

IDNO:
037788
Title:
Portrait of Willie B. Packette
Date:
1900/12
Description:
"Billy Packette", taken Christmas, 1900
"Supposed to be daughter of Edward and Elina", Photograph from an old daguerreotype, December 20, 1928, R. S. Franklin

31. Portrait of Priscilla Strode

IDNO:
037789
Title:
Portrait of Priscilla Strode
Description:
"Supposed to be daughter of Edward and Elina", Photograph from an old daguerreotype, December 20, 1928, R. S. Franklin
Rutherford and his family worked with a young George Washington, surveying the lower Shenandoah Valley ca. 1750. Rutherford also served under Washington during the French and Indian War.

32. Portrait of Robert Rutherford of Eastern Panhandle in (West) Virginia

IDNO:
037790
Title:
Portrait of Robert Rutherford of Eastern Panhandle in (West) Virginia
Date:
ca. 1785
Description:
Rutherford and his family worked with a young George Washington, surveying the lower Shenandoah Valley ca. 1750. Rutherford also served under Washington during the French and Indian War.

33. Horse Show, Charles Town, W. Va

IDNO:
037791
Title:
Horse Show, Charles Town, W. Va
Date:
1913
The young girl holding a teddy bear is Frances Davenport Packette. The older boy is possible her brother, Willie.

34. Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette and Older Boy

IDNO:
037792
Title:
Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette and Older Boy
Description:
The young girl holding a teddy bear is Frances Davenport Packette. The older boy is possible her brother, Willie.

35. Portrait of Henry B. Davenport of Altona, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037793
Title:
Portrait of Henry B. Davenport of Altona, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Four young women and a boy in costume. The two women standing are possibly Ann and Zan Gibson.

36. 'Two Old Fashion Girls, The Lovers and The Page'

IDNO:
037794
Title:
'Two Old Fashion Girls, The Lovers and The Page'
Date:
1885/09/01
Description:
Four young women and a boy in costume. The two women standing are possibly Ann and Zan Gibson.
A horse harnessed to a "gig" owned by Ferdinand Fairfax, nephew of Lord Thomas Fairfax. Ferdinand lived at Shannon Hill on the Shenandoah River in Jefferson County, Virginia, later West Virginia.

37. Old Fairfax 'Gig', Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037795
Title:
Old Fairfax 'Gig', Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
1902
Description:
A horse harnessed to a "gig" owned by Ferdinand Fairfax, nephew of Lord Thomas Fairfax. Ferdinand lived at Shannon Hill on the Shenandoah River in Jefferson County, Virginia, later West Virginia.
From a photograph when he was in England

38. Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037796
Title:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1883
Description:
From a photograph when he was in England
John Thomas Gibson, born in Romney, Hampshire County, W. Va, 1825/01/03; died at his home on Samuel Street, Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va., 1904/01/29; refer to back of photograph for more information

39. Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037797
Title:
Portrait of John Thomas Gibson of Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
1882/06/05
Description:
John Thomas Gibson, born in Romney, Hampshire County, W. Va, 1825/01/03; died at his home on Samuel Street, Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va., 1904/01/29; refer to back of photograph for more information
Pictured: Zan Gibson, W. Bury, Edmund Bury, Edgar Bury and Agnes Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal

40. Group Portrait of Three Young Women and Two Men

IDNO:
037798
Title:
Group Portrait of Three Young Women and Two Men
Date:
1896/10/18
Description:
Pictured: Zan Gibson, W. Bury, Edmund Bury, Edgar Bury and Agnes Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal
Daughter of Anthony Sims Davenport, near Chillicothe, Ohio

41. Portrait of Alice Davenport Mack, Sandusky, Ohio

IDNO:
037799
Title:
Portrait of Alice Davenport Mack, Sandusky, Ohio
Description:
Daughter of Anthony Sims Davenport, near Chillicothe, Ohio
Unidentified African-American nurse holding three month old infant,

42. Portrait of Junius Clay Davenport Jr., Age Three Months and Nurse

IDNO:
037800
Title:
Portrait of Junius Clay Davenport Jr., Age Three Months and Nurse
Date:
undated
Description:
Unidentified African-American nurse holding three month old infant,
Lynching from a bridge near Weston Hospital; several people on the bridge with carriages and a hearse

43. Lynching at Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037801
Title:
Lynching at Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
1892
Description:
Lynching from a bridge near Weston Hospital; several people on the bridge with carriages and a hearse
Grandmother, Mrs. John Thomas Gibson holding infant granddaughter, Frances Davenport Packette

44. Portrait of Mrs. John Thomas Gibson and Granddaughter, Frances Davenport Packette

IDNO:
037802
Title:
Portrait of Mrs. John Thomas Gibson and Granddaughter, Frances Davenport Packette
Description:
Grandmother, Mrs. John Thomas Gibson holding infant granddaughter, Frances Davenport Packette
Pictured: Dr. Gregg Gibson, Sue Pendleton, Hopkins Gibson, Mr. Gregg Gibson, Robert Gibson, Lucy Pendleton, and Agnes Gibson, sitting outside on the front steps and sidewalk.

45. Group Portrait of Pendleton and Gibson Family Members of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037803
Title:
Group Portrait of Pendleton and Gibson Family Members of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Description:
Pictured: Dr. Gregg Gibson, Sue Pendleton, Hopkins Gibson, Mr. Gregg Gibson, Robert Gibson, Lucy Pendleton, and Agnes Gibson, sitting outside on the front steps and sidewalk.
Several cows and men in a barnyard, possibly the diary farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

46. Farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

IDNO:
037804
Title:
Farm at the Weston Insane Asylum
Date:
1892
Description:
Several cows and men in a barnyard, possibly the diary farm at the Weston Insane Asylum

47. Weston Insane Hosptial

IDNO:
037805
Title:
Weston Insane Hosptial
Date:
1892
The hospital appears in the background, while the southern part of the town of Weston is in the foreground.

48. West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Weston, W. Va.

IDNO:
037806
Title:
West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, Weston, W. Va.
Date:
1892
Description:
The hospital appears in the background, while the southern part of the town of Weston is in the foreground.

49. Portrait of Catherine Packette

IDNO:
037807
Title:
Portrait of Catherine Packette

50. Braxton D. Gibson, Age 66

IDNO:
037808
Title:
Braxton D. Gibson, Age 66
Date:
1922