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A member and administrator of the Freewill Baptist congregation in New England, Curtis was one the founders of several mission schools established in the Shenandoah Valley to educated freed slaves and their children after the Civil War. Curtis was also instrumental in the founding of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.

1. Silas Curtis

IDNO:
027483
Title:
Silas Curtis
Date:
undated
Description:
A member and administrator of the Freewill Baptist congregation in New England, Curtis was one the founders of several mission schools established in the Shenandoah Valley to educated freed slaves and their children after the Civil War. Curtis was also instrumental in the founding of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.
Chadwick was born and raised in Morgantown. After graduating from the Monongalia Academy, Chadwick entered the U. S. Naval Academy at the outbreak of the Civil War. A decorated hero during the Spanish-American War, Chadwick was prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era.

2. United States Navy Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick from Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
027674
Title:
United States Navy Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick from Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Chadwick was born and raised in Morgantown. After graduating from the Monongalia Academy, Chadwick entered the U. S. Naval Academy at the outbreak of the Civil War. A decorated hero during the Spanish-American War, Chadwick was prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era.

3. Johnson Newlon Camden

IDNO:
027675
Title:
Johnson Newlon Camden
Date:
undated
Creekman, left, is the boss on the Tallery Mountain Road construction. Greene, pictured right, is from the Luther Greene Hollow Surveryor Branch.

4. Oren Creekman and Lonnie Greene Pose Together in Blueston River Country, W. Va.

IDNO:
048087
Title:
Oren Creekman and Lonnie Greene Pose Together in Blueston River Country, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Creekman, left, is the boss on the Tallery Mountain Road construction. Greene, pictured right, is from the Luther Greene Hollow Surveryor Branch.
Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.

5. Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048715
Title:
Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.
Portrait of the older woman.

6. Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048716
Title:
Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of the older woman.
Portrait of Cox at the age of 19. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland.

7. Portrait of Alex Cox

IDNO:
051854
Title:
Portrait of Alex Cox
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Cox at the age of 19. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland.

8. Portrait of Olive Knotts Cox

IDNO:
051862
Title:
Portrait of Olive Knotts Cox
Date:
undated
An aged Cox is pictured.

9. Portrait of an Older Ollie Knotts Cox

IDNO:
051863
Title:
Portrait of an Older Ollie Knotts Cox
Date:
undated
Description:
An aged Cox is pictured.
Holly was 10 years old in this photo. He was the brother of Casto Conner and John Conner. The Conners are related to the Weltner family. The back of the photo reads, "I am 10 years and 5 months old; 4 feet 6.5 inches high; weigh 75 lbs."

10. Holly Conner, Stewartstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051986
Title:
Holly Conner, Stewartstown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Holly was 10 years old in this photo. He was the brother of Casto Conner and John Conner. The Conners are related to the Weltner family. The back of the photo reads, "I am 10 years and 5 months old; 4 feet 6.5 inches high; weigh 75 lbs."
Cohen was a member of Morgantown's City Council. He also served on the Monongalia County Commission and was a West Virginia University faculty member.

11. Milton Cohen with West Virginia Centennial Souvenir Plate Design

IDNO:
052083
Title:
Milton Cohen with West Virginia Centennial Souvenir Plate Design
Date:
undated
Description:
Cohen was a member of Morgantown's City Council. He also served on the Monongalia County Commission and was a West Virginia University faculty member.
Crookshanks, father of Maggie Crookshanks, poses with the largest wild cat caught in Nicholas County, weighing 27 pounds and 4 feet, 7 inches in length.

12. Uncle Bill Crookshanks with Largest Wild Cat Captured in Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052519
Title:
Uncle Bill Crookshanks with Largest Wild Cat Captured in Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Crookshanks, father of Maggie Crookshanks, poses with the largest wild cat caught in Nicholas County, weighing 27 pounds and 4 feet, 7 inches in length.