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A portrait of William Street of the Kingwood Methodist Church.

1. William Street

'Minister, Presbyterian Church'

2. William C. Swartz

3. John Sullivan

4. Boyd Stutler

A photograph of Bush Swisher (center) on stage with a man and woman for a presentation.

5. Bush Swisher (Center)

6. Shipman J. Stuart

7. Eleanor Steber

'Pres. C. & O. R.R.'

8. George W. Stevens

9. Robert D. Suter

10. Joseph Story

A photograph of Miles Stanley seated at his desk.

11. Miles Stanley

12. Reverend John J. Swint, Bishop of Wheeling

A photograph of the Honorable Harley Staggers (right) presenting a booklet to Martha Poland.

13. Congressman Harley O. Staggers and Martha Poland

A photograph of Harley Staggers (left) standing with Speaker of the House John McCormack (center) and others.

14. Harley Staggers and Guests

'Back row - L-R - Harley Staggers, Alice VanLandingham, Jennings Randolph; Watch credit line. The following credit line must be used when this photograph is published; Chase Ltd., Photo; Washington, D.C.'

15. Harley Staggers and Jennings Randolph

A photograph of Harley Staggers giving a speech at a gathering.

16. Harley O. Staggers Speaking

17. Samuel Alexander Scott

18. Henry C. Sim

19. James S.

'Born May 8, 1840; Enlisted in the first company of the United States Army in this country.; Chased Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln.; Confined in six general hospitals and twice in Libby prison.; Belonged to the first company organized in West Virginia. Only ten or twelve of the members are living now.'

20. William H. Shriver

'Born May 8, 1840; Enlisted in the first company of the United States Army in this country.; Chased Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln.; Confined in six general hospitals and twice in Libby prison.; Belonged to the first company organized in West Virginia. Only ten or twelve of the members are living now.'

21. William H. Shriver, Randall, W. Va.

22. Julius W. Singleton

'Alvena Seckar was born in McMechen, West Virginia, of Immigrant parents. She is known primarily as an artist, having studied at the Institute of Art and Archeology in Paris. Her three books, "Misko," "Trapped in the Old Mine," and "Zuska of the Burning Hills," were written in order to express her own "discovery of America" to other children of foreign-born parents. She is a member of the National League of American Pen Women. Her present home is in New Jersey.'

23. Alvena Seckar

24. Hiram Short, Bruceton Mills Methodist Church, Preston County, W. Va.

25. William (?) H. (?) Seaman (?)

A photograph of John Sanders seated at his desk and talking on the phone.

26. John V. Sanders

27. H. E. Sanders

'photo made 1924 when he was chairman of Democratic Nat'l Committee & conducted campaign of John W. Davis for president. Now in his 80's, Mr. Shaver resides at Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Native of Marion County; retired lawyer.'

28. C. L. Shaver, Fairmont, W. Va.

29. Burl A. Sawyers

30. Virgil Shrader, Methodist Church, Albright, W. Va.

'Asher and Little Jimmy Sizemore first performed as a father and son duo in 1933.  They recorded several hits, in the areas of bluegrass, cowboy ballads and gospel music.  They performed on several regional radio stations, the NBC Radio network and the Grand Ole Opry.  Asher Sizemore was born and raised in Manchester, Kentucky.  He worked as a bookkeeper for a coal mining company in Pike County.  After he married and his first son Little Jimmy was born, Asher turned to singing old-time songs and cowboy ballads professionally.  Asher had a radio show in Huntington, West Virginia in 1931 before moving on to WCKY in Cincinnati.  Reference: Kentucky Country: Folk and Country Music of Kentucky by Charles Wolfe; published by University Press of Kentucky, 1996 (pp. 60-61)'

31. Asher and Little Jimmy Sizemore

32. Andrew Shelton

33. Rodney Show

34. James W. Shepherd

35. Ralph Schlobaum, City Council, Morgantown, W. Va.

36. Harold Shipp

37. John C. Shaw, Buckhannon, W. Va.

38. Harry Shaw

39. Robert H. Scholl

40. Raymond E. Salvati

W. Va. State Road Commissioner, March 2, 1961-March 1, 1965.

41. Burl A. Sawyers

W. Va. State Road Commissioner, 1961-1965.

42. Burl A. Sawyers

43. Rev. Richard Shamblin

Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.

44. Jessie Savage

45. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond Siler

46. J. Hammond Siler, Sr.

J. Hammond Siler, Jr at the age of 5 and half years old.

47. J. Hammond Siler, Jr., Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

48. J. Hammond Siler, Sr.

49. J. Hammond, Siler, Jr.

50. J. Hammond Siler, Jr.

51. Robert G. Seaburn

52. Dwight Sanderson

U. S. Congress, 1929-1931; 1931-1933.

53. Hugh Ike Shott

54. Dr. Morris P. Shawkey

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

55. D. L. Salisbury, Republican Nominee for Attorney General of West Virginia

56. Hugh Ike Shott

57. Hugh Ike Shott

58. Arthur Scott Shoffstall

Prominent Railroad Man.

59. David B. Smith

Member of the U. S. Armed forces wearing a microphone.

60. Snyder

Melvin C. Snyder of Kingwood Preston County, a West Point graduate, while serving in the Army.  Also prosecuting attorney of Preston County for many years.

61. Melvin C. Snyder

62. Lawrence Snyder, Hope Gas

63. Rex Smith

64. Agnes Smith

65. E. C. Smith, Jr., Ravenswood, W. Va.

66. Richard Slavin

67. Herbert E. Snyder, Sharpsburg, Md.

68. John C. Solomon

69. E. E. Slack

'Mr. Steve J. Soltis, Executive Director of St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia and Executive Director, Hospitals of the Sisters of the Pallottine Missionary Society.'

70. Steve J. Soltis, Huntington, W. Va.

Joseph Snider, Colonel 7th West Virginia Inf.

71. Joseph Snider

The autograph reads: To a Successful and triumphant campaign, Ed Muskie.

72. Jim Sprouse and Sen. Ed Muskie

73. S. E. Sparks, Director

'He and his brother Rev. Burnell Spurlock were, by far, the most noted early Methodist local preachers in this section. F. B. Lambert'

74. Rev. Stephen Spurlock, Wayne County, W. Va.

Logan miner Dennis Sprouse (no kin) talks to Jim Sprouse.

75. Dennis Sprouse and Jim Sprouse

76. Cora Marshall Sonerson

77. James M. Sprouse

78. James M. Sprouse

79. C. E. Smith

Wife of Frank Snyder.

80. Katherine Snyder

81. Captain Melvin G. Sperry of Clarksburg, W. Va.

82. Captain Melvin Sperry of Clarksburg, W. Va.

83. Drawing of the Stevenson Children, Julia S., Letitia E., Mary E. and Louis B.

Harley O. Staggers, U.S. Congressman, W. Va.

84. Harley O. Staggers

85. Congressman Harley O. Staggers

Copied from West Virginia Historical Magazine published by the W. Va. Historical and Antiquarian Society. Vol. 3, No. 3, July 1903, p. 234, from an article by Ann I. Ryon, "Judge Lewis Summers," pp. 228-241.

86. Judge Lewis Summers

87. W. E. Stevenson

George Cookman Sturgiss (1842-1925)

88. George Cookman Sturgiss

Soon after the Civil War, John Storer contributed $10,000 towards establishing a college in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This institution of higher learning was the first college below the Mason- Dixon Line to accept students "without distinction of race or color". The school bears the name of it's principle benefactor,  Storer College.

89. Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

90. Tom Sweeney

91. Howard Sutherland

Two seated are Charles Stark (left) and Henry Stark (right).  Children, not in any order: Charles - Katie, Rarianna, John, Henry, Walter and Will; Henry - Anthony and Lee.

92. Starks Family

Charles Stark is on the left and Henry Stark is on the right.

93. Charles Stark and Henry Stark

A photo of the Stark home in Allen Fork of Allen Creek.

94. Stark Family Home

Charles Stark around the age of 90 years old.

95. Charles Stark

William Hornsby (center)interviewed by Rene Zabeau and Glen Armstrong, Educ.  Dir. W. Va. SFL.

96. Rene Zabeau, William Hornsby, and Glen Armstrong, West Virginia State Federation of Labor