This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role int he timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
Malissa Long and Mrs. John Landacre, Bayard, W. Va.
Date:
1900
Description:
Note included with photo reads: "Melissa Long (on the left) later married John F. Rohr and she was teaching school at Bayard at the time. Mrs. John Landacre (on the right) whose husband was the superintendent of the Saw Mill for the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company at Richwood, W. Va. At the beginning they lived on Walnut Street. His brother owned the shoe repair on Oakford Avenue across from the railroad station."