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Unidentified woman stands in the doorway with two children sitting on the stoop. Note Beechurst Avenue was still unpaved.

1. House on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038477
Title:
House on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Unidentified woman stands in the doorway with two children sitting on the stoop. Note Beechurst Avenue was still unpaved.
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."

2. Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038505
Title:
Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."
Portrait of an elderly Dayton. He was involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as a delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.

3. Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
040457
Title:
Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Portrait of an elderly Dayton. He was involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as a delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.