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Portrait of Nimrod McGeorge.

25. Nimrod McGeorge of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038403
Title:
Nimrod McGeorge of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Portrait of Nimrod McGeorge.
Sometime after her husband's death at the Battle of Petersburg, Va. during the Civil War, Mrs. Morgan moved to Moon Township, Pa. and died there in 1907.

26. Mrs. Mattie Morgan, Widow of Captain Zadock Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038490
Title:
Mrs. Mattie Morgan, Widow of Captain Zadock Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Sometime after her husband's death at the Battle of Petersburg, Va. during the Civil War, Mrs. Morgan moved to Moon Township, Pa. and died there in 1907.
Siss Hunter was the wife of John Hunter of Wheeling, West Virginia. Hunter made the brick for Martin Hall, the first West Virginia University building.

27. Siss Hunter of Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
038500
Title:
Siss Hunter of Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Siss Hunter was the wife of John Hunter of Wheeling, West Virginia. Hunter made the brick for Martin Hall, the first West Virginia University building.
George Washington Saunders ,the job foreman, is in the back-left, with his hands in his pockets and the only white man in the photograph. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "from Roy Long, Hinton to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997".

28. Construction Crew for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Hawks Nest Division, W. Va.

IDNO:
038932
Title:
Construction Crew for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Hawks Nest Division, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
George Washington Saunders ,the job foreman, is in the back-left, with his hands in his pockets and the only white man in the photograph. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information on the back of the photograph includes, "from Roy Long, Hinton to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997".
Foreman George Washington Saunders, the only white man in the photograph and is on horseback. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information inscribed on the back of the photograph includes: "Photo courtesy William N, Kaempf, grandson, Richmond , Va." Also, "from Roy Long to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997 Hinton Su Co WV".

29. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Construction Crew Near Hawks Nest, W. Va.

IDNO:
038934
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Construction Crew Near Hawks Nest, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Foreman George Washington Saunders, the only white man in the photograph and is on horseback. None of the African-American workers are identified. Other information inscribed on the back of the photograph includes: "Photo courtesy William N, Kaempf, grandson, Richmond , Va." Also, "from Roy Long to Stephen Trail 1-31-1997 Hinton Su Co WV".
Probably a tintype photograph of a unidentified girl wearing mid-19th style dress and hair, holding an object.

30. Cased Portrait of Young Girl

IDNO:
040129
Title:
Cased Portrait of Young Girl
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Probably a tintype photograph of a unidentified girl wearing mid-19th style dress and hair, holding an object.

31. Probably John A. Dille of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
048269
Title:
Probably John A. Dille of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Photo of the tintype portraits.

32. Josiah Cooper and Wife, Narcissa, of Cooper's Mill, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048973
Title:
Josiah Cooper and Wife, Narcissa, of Cooper's Mill, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Photo of the tintype portraits.