Group Portrait of Hinton School Teachers, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 769, vol. 3. In book: "These were the Hinton teachers, both for the elementary and high school in 1905 when Mrs. Grace Lilly Smith and Mrs. J. Q. Hutchinson were two of them. She identified them as follows (front row, left to right): Harley Curry, Fort Springs; Tom Ball, who was later prosecuting attorney of Summers County and now deceased; A. M. Mattox, Jenny Hobbs; Florence Smith; (back row) Anna Doss; Leila Loving, now Mrs. J. Q. Hutchinson, Beckley; Grace Lilly Smith; Jonsie Riffe; Ella Carper; Alic Corker; I. B. Bush (principal), Irene Burke; Lula Noel; Jean Miller, daughter of late Judge Miller; a Miss Fredeking; Miss Richmond; Ann Miller; Miss Curry; Miss McCarthy; Mrs. Walker" (p. 769).
Thomas Ball Esquire of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Portrait of John Conrad Ball's brother and Joseph Pemberton Ball's uncle. Thomas was born February 7, 1840 and died July 31, 1905. He was enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862.
