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Back of photo reads: Nathan Stealey was an undertaker in Clarksburg, W. Va. Had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

1. SarahJane "Jen" Kelley and Nathan Stealey

IDNO:
053861
Title:
SarahJane "Jen" Kelley and Nathan Stealey
Date:
12-25-1896
Description:
Back of photo reads: Nathan Stealey was an undertaker in Clarksburg, W. Va. Had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
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.

2. Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine

IDNO:
030092
Title:
Engraving of John Storer of Sanford, Maine
Date:
1860~
Description:
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.
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.

3. Jessie Savage

IDNO:
030046
Title:
Jessie Savage
Date:
1898/04/01
Description:
Jessie Savage at the 7 months and 12 days of age.

4. J. Hammond Siler, Jr.

IDNO:
037681
Title:
J. Hammond Siler, Jr.
Date:
1903/03
J. Hammond Siler, Jr at the age of 5 and half years old.

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

IDNO:
030049
Title:
J. Hammond Siler, Jr., Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1905/04/15
Description:
J. Hammond Siler, Jr at the age of 5 and half years old.
George Cookman Sturgiss (1842-1925)

6. George Cookman Sturgiss

IDNO:
030091
Title:
George Cookman Sturgiss
Date:
1908
Description:
George Cookman Sturgiss (1842-1925)
Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist in 1886. He preached to Wheeling crowds in 1912 inside a specially built, 1,500 foot long structure, three times a day for six weeks. 20,000 attended the first day and thousands more followed in the coming weeks.

7. Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist

IDNO:
032449
Title:
Portrait of William Ashley (Billy) Sunday, Evangelist
Date:
1912
Description:
Sunday was a professional baseball player turned evangelist in 1886. He preached to Wheeling crowds in 1912 inside a specially built, 1,500 foot long structure, three times a day for six weeks. 20,000 attended the first day and thousands more followed in the coming weeks.
A portrait of John Strother, son of David Hunter Strother, with a long stem pipe on his hand petting his dog.

8. John Strother and His Dog

IDNO:
033847
Title:
John Strother and His Dog
Date:
1914
Description:
A portrait of John Strother, son of David Hunter Strother, with a long stem pipe on his hand petting his dog.

9. Martha Stonestreet of Wolf Summit, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038078
Title:
Martha Stonestreet of Wolf Summit, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1918/04/15
Edith Leontine Stephens (left), Gerald Otis Stephens (center), and neighbor girl Peggy Davis (right) stand beside an old-fashioned automobile. Edith and Gerald are the children of Eschol Lee and Essie Pearl Layfield Stephens. Eschol is the son of Leaman Clark Stephens, and the grandson of Stacy Stephens.

10. Stephens Children and Friend at Leaman Clark Stephens Residence

IDNO:
051909
Title:
Stephens Children and Friend at Leaman Clark Stephens Residence
Date:
1920
Description:
Edith Leontine Stephens (left), Gerald Otis Stephens (center), and neighbor girl Peggy Davis (right) stand beside an old-fashioned automobile. Edith and Gerald are the children of Eschol Lee and Essie Pearl Layfield Stephens. Eschol is the son of Leaman Clark Stephens, and the grandson of Stacy Stephens.
Caption reads, "Captain Thomas J. Senn, U. S. N., who has been placed in command of the new battleship U. S. S. West Virginia, the largest ship of itS kind in the U. S. or any other navy. The ship was placed in commission at the Norfolk Navy Yard, December 1."

11. Captain Thomas J. Senn of the U. S. S. West Virginia

IDNO:
053545
Title:
Captain Thomas J. Senn of the U. S. S. West Virginia
Date:
1923
Description:
Caption reads, "Captain Thomas J. Senn, U. S. N., who has been placed in command of the new battleship U. S. S. West Virginia, the largest ship of itS kind in the U. S. or any other navy. The ship was placed in commission at the Norfolk Navy Yard, December 1."
'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.'

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

IDNO:
030024
Title:
C. L. Shaver, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1924
Description:
'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.'