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Married to Jesse Wood Sr.

97. Lauverna Louise Thomey Wood of Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041584
Title:
Lauverna Louise Thomey Wood of Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Married to Jesse Wood Sr.

98. Portrait of Martha Washington Lawn, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
042187
Title:
Portrait of Martha Washington Lawn, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Portrait of Wright in stance with his boxing gloves. His weight, 178.

99. Boxer J. B. Wright

IDNO:
045036
Title:
Boxer J. B. Wright
Description:
Portrait of Wright in stance with his boxing gloves. His weight, 178.
Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson has been cited as the "Father of Black History". He entered Douglass High School in Huntington, W. Va. in 1895, earning his diploma in two years. He taught in Winona, Fayette County, W. Va. and served as principal of Douglass High in 1900. Woodson subsequently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and published several works regarding African-American history, education and culture. After a year as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University in Washington, Woodson was appointed Academic Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1920. He returned to Washington in 1922.

100. Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.

IDNO:
045709
Title:
Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson has been cited as the "Father of Black History". He entered Douglass High School in Huntington, W. Va. in 1895, earning his diploma in two years. He taught in Winona, Fayette County, W. Va. and served as principal of Douglass High in 1900. Woodson subsequently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and published several works regarding African-American history, education and culture. After a year as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University in Washington, Woodson was appointed Academic Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1920. He returned to Washington in 1922.
Portrait of the prominent Morgantown attorney and community leader who served in the state legislature from 1792 to 1804, and 1816 to 1817. Wilson was also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, 1814 unitl his death in 1826.

101. Thomas Wilson, Morgantown, Va.

IDNO:
046821
Title:
Thomas Wilson, Morgantown, Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of the prominent Morgantown attorney and community leader who served in the state legislature from 1792 to 1804, and 1816 to 1817. Wilson was also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, 1814 unitl his death in 1826.
Williams pictured in his football practice gear.

102. Howard Williams, Hinton High School Tackle, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047711
Title:
Howard Williams, Hinton High School Tackle, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1946
Description:
Williams pictured in his football practice gear.
Woods pictured in his Bobcats team uniform in front of the bleachers.

103. "Footie" Woods, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
047721
Title:
"Footie" Woods, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1948
Description:
Woods pictured in his Bobcats team uniform in front of the bleachers.
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.

104. Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia

IDNO:
048506
Title:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Daughter of then owner Owen Wills stands next to the water wheel.

105. Leona "Lee" Wills at Cooper's Mill, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048976
Title:
Leona "Lee" Wills at Cooper's Mill, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
Daughter of then owner Owen Wills stands next to the water wheel.
Willey served on the Hinton Police Department.

106. Officer Teddy Willey, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049197
Title:
Officer Teddy Willey, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1960
Description:
Willey served on the Hinton Police Department.
Portrait of the boy behind a desk with a book. Walker and his family were displaced by the Bluestone Reservoir Project.

107. Portrait of Clarence Walker in New River Home, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049276
Title:
Portrait of Clarence Walker in New River Home, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of the boy behind a desk with a book. Walker and his family were displaced by the Bluestone Reservoir Project.
Williams is the daughter of Lacy and Jesse Campbell.

108. Portrait of Husie Campbell Williams, Forest Hill District, W. Va.

IDNO:
049425
Title:
Portrait of Husie Campbell Williams, Forest Hill District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Williams is the daughter of Lacy and Jesse Campbell.