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A close-up view of the 23rd Reunion of the Army West Virginia in Fairmont, West Virginia.

1. Reunion of the Army of West Virginia, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
005808
Title:
Reunion of the Army of West Virginia, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1886
Description:
A close-up view of the 23rd Reunion of the Army West Virginia in Fairmont, West Virginia.

2. World War II Soldiers at the Telephone Center of West Virginia Maneuver Area

IDNO:
030681
Title:
World War II Soldiers at the Telephone Center of West Virginia Maneuver Area
Date:
ca. 1940
A photograph of a Guard unit lined up in a camp. 'Gen. Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. Nat'l guard (father of C. E. Smith)'

3. Unit of West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
030780
Title:
Unit of West Virginia National Guard
Date:
1901
Description:
A photograph of a Guard unit lined up in a camp. 'Gen. Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. Nat'l guard (father of C. E. Smith)'

4. West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
030794
Title:
West Virginia National Guard
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
A photograph of the National Guard drilling in a field.

5. West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
030853
Title:
West Virginia National Guard
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
A photograph of the National Guard drilling in a field.

6. Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent

IDNO:
030854
Title:
Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent
Date:
1917
Likely the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry

7. Military Group

IDNO:
030857
Title:
Military Group
Date:
ca. 1898
Description:
Likely the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
"General Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. N.G. (father of C.E. Smith)."

8. Unit of the W. Va. National Guard

IDNO:
031365
Title:
Unit of the W. Va. National Guard
Date:
1901
Description:
"General Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. N.G. (father of C.E. Smith)."

9. Soldier of the First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry

IDNO:
031380
Title:
Soldier of the First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Date:
ca. 1898-1899
Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).

10. Company I of the West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
037817
Title:
Company I of the West Virginia National Guard
Date:
1898
Description:
Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).
John M. Ashcraft, born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1923, served as a bombardier during World War II (1942-1945) and is a West Virginia University graduate, 1947. Mr. Ashcraft is also the compiler of the Ashcraft Family Genealogy Collection

11. Second Lieutenant John M. Ashcraft Jr. of West Virginia

IDNO:
038240
Title:
Second Lieutenant John M. Ashcraft Jr. of West Virginia
Date:
ca.1942
Description:
John M. Ashcraft, born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1923, served as a bombardier during World War II (1942-1945) and is a West Virginia University graduate, 1947. Mr. Ashcraft is also the compiler of the Ashcraft Family Genealogy Collection
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.

12. Portrait of Major Shriver Moore

IDNO:
047276
Title:
Portrait of Major Shriver Moore
Date:
ca. 1891-1895
Description:
Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, Moore was the son of John W. and Mazie Moore. The family came to West Virginia in 1847 and settled on a large farm near Matamoras Station, where he later married Adaline W. Hanes in 1856. The couple bore nine children, seven of whom survived. After Hanes death in 1915, Moore re-married with Sallie A. Rarick in 1902.In 1862, Moore volunteered as a Union soldier in the 14th Regiment, Company E., West Virginia Infantry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war, having received a severe wound in the right hand.He later served his country as a member of the county court for six years and was also an overseer of the poor in Lincoln District (which included Sistersville) for many years.He died of bronchial trouble on his family farm at Pursely Creek on November 24, 1915 at the age of 81.