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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.

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

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

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

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

29. Portrait of John S. Magill

Frances Davenport Packette posing on a rocking horse, on a front porch

30. Portrait of Frances Davenport Packette

Location of house, 1510 Kanawha St, Charleston, W. Va., "Rab's Home"

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

Pictured: Edgar Bury, Lillian Mc Shane, Zan Gibson, Agnes Bury, W. Bury and Edmund Bury; taken at 84 University St., Montreal

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

Marker on the Gibson property, site of John Brown's execution

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

The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible

34. John Brown's 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.

35. John Brown's Bible

Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.

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