Search Results
- IDNO:
- 036334
- Title:
- Portrait of Hulbert H. Kidd of Beckley, W. Va.
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 327, vol. 1. In book: "Hulbert H. Kidd Prof. of English, Purdue University" (p. 327).
- IDNO:
- 036335
- Title:
- Portrait of John Prince Beckley of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, see p. 363, vol. 2. On back of portrait: " John Prince Beckley son of John Beckley and brother of Mrs. Betty Campbell Beckley. He and Bill George struck by lighting and were killed. Attended Davis Military School, Winston-Salem, N.C. and Georgia M. Academy." In book: " John Prince Beckley, architect and merchant son of John Beckley (son of General Alfred Beckley), and brother of Mrs. Betty Beckley Campbell, was killed by lightning in June of 1900 together with William "Bill" George" (p. 363).
- IDNO:
- 036336
- Title:
- Portrait of Dr. James Owen Wall, Beckley, W. Va.
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 562, vol. 2. In book: "Dr. James Owen Wall, was born at Bolt, (Virginia), in 1842. He was a C&O surgeon at Huntington, first cousin of Judge W.A. Riffe's father, George L.; his mother was Lucenda Riffe" (p. 562).
- IDNO:
- 036337
- Title:
- Portrait of Russ Turner of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 493, vol. 2. On back of portrait: "(Roscoe?) record on Sand Lick."
- IDNO:
- 036338
- Title:
- Portrait of James Thomas McCreery, Raleigh County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 372, vol. 2. In book: "One of Raleigh County's very earliest settlements, at the mouth of Piney Creek- before 1870. McCreery, Raleigh County, W. Va., after the C&O had laid its rails as far as Lester. The settler was James Thomas McCreery, brother John Wallace McCreery and his five beautiful daughters: Maude, Birdie, Joe, Daisy and Anna" (p. 372). On back of photograph: "J.T. McCreery my father, Birdie McCreery Baylor."
- IDNO:
- 036339
- Title:
- Portrait of the Honorable John Beckley of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 74, vol. 1. Harlow Warren, Copyright 1955. In book: "Hon. John Beckley, politician, merchant. Born in the early days of the nineteenth century, the late Hon. John Beckley, of Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, saw all the wonderful development of this country, from the days when Raleigh County was a howling wilderness, through the exciting events of the Civil War, and so up to the present generation of advancement and progress, with busy cities on the lands where in those pioneer days bears, wolves and panthers roamed the woods, and 'neighbors' were four to six miles apart. Mr. Beckley was born in what was then known as the United States Allegheny Arsenal, on March 26, 1833, the son of the late General Alfred and Amelia Neville (Craig) Beckley" (p. 74, 76).
- IDNO:
- 036340
- Title:
- Portrait of Mason Brackman of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley, U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 578, vol. 2. In book: Mason Brackman, lawyer-teacher and former member of the Raleigh County and West Virginia Bar Associations" (p. 578).
- IDNO:
- 036341
- Title:
- Portrait of State Senator John Quincy Hutchinson, Raleigh County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 916, vol. 3. In book: " John Quincy Hutchinson, state senator from the seventh West Virginia district and one of the leaders of the bar in Raleigh County, has rendered a public service as a lawyer and law-maker, that has brought honor to his profession. Senator Hutchinson is of a family of eight children. He was born September 19, 1879, a son of Adoniram Judson, a native of Raleigh County, and Margaret Ann (Gray) Hutchinson, of Virginia" (p. 916).
- IDNO:
- 036342
- Title:
- Portrait of Ettie Honaker Arnett of Beckley, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 475, vol. 2. In book: "Ettie Honaker (McMillon) Arnett" (p. 475).
- IDNO:
- 036343
- Title:
- Former Sheriff H. A. Snuffer of Raleigh County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 168, vol. 1. Harlow Warren, copyright 1955. In book: "H. A. Snuffer, Raleigh County Sheriff 1893-1897" (p. 168).
- IDNO:
- 036344
- Title:
- Portrait of Judge John H. Hatcher of Beckley, W. Va.
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 178, vol. 1. In book: "Judge John Hatcher (State Supreme Court from 1924-1940 see p. 574); director Belle Mead Coal Co., other business enterprises" (p. 178). Also was a free mason (p. 555).
- IDNO:
- 036345
- Title:
- Portrait of Edna Maud Beckelheimer of Raleigh County, W. Va.
- Description:
- From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On front of portrait: "Aunt Maude." On back of portrait: "Edna Maud Beckelheimer (Mrs. B. C. White), Eccles, W. Va. Daughter of Levi and Annie Beckelheimer, Harper, W. Va. Mother of Beckleyans Cecil Lee Williams and Mazella Virginia White (Mrs. Archie Riner)."