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'The Harper House is at the extreme left.  Confederate scout Bill Harper killed here during the civil war. The little log house in the center was the home of Leonard and Phebe Hinkle Harper for about nine years.  Ther were married Dec. 19, 1816.  They lived at Mouth of Seneca four years.  Then lived near the Old Cave School House seven years (now Riley Kimble place.)  So they would have moved to this log house about 1827.  They built the large house here seen to the left in 1836.  This farm is 8 miles above Circleville and was long known as the Meadows.  Leonard and Phebe had three sons and six daughters. Later Leonard H. Hammer lived here and raised his family of two sons and six daughters.  Then his son John and Ada his wife lived here and the farm was in the family continuously until she was killed Sept. 9, 1925.  The boy in the foreground is Luther Hammer.'

1. Harper House on Upper North Fork, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Built about 1850

2. Joel Dahmer House, Pendleton County, W. Va.

3. Hinkle Home from the Revolutionary War Period, Pendleton County, W. Va.

4. Pioneer Skidmore Home, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'House built in 1763 by Jacob Conrad when he settled in the South Branch Valley.  Located six miles north of Franklin, Pendleton Co., W. Va.  Torn down in 1890's by S. M. Conrad.'

5. Conrad Farm, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right: 'Foster Dickenson, John Dahmer, Mattie Bolton, Nanny Evich, Isaac Henry Dickenson, Elva Pitsenbarger, Minnie Rachel Dickenson, Ben Pitsenbarger and Mary Pitsenbarger. House burned circa 1926.'

6. Ben Pitsenbarger's House on Dickenson Mountain, Pendleton County, W. Va.

From left to right: 'Don, Elsie, Ernest, and Phoebe Meadows Byrd.'

7. John W. Byrd's Home in Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Simmons Home, nine miles east of Franklin on road to Monterey.  Temporary headquarters of Jackson during the Civil War.'

8. Simmons Home, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'The old Harper home was built before 1818.'

9. Harper Home at Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Hinkle Home, dating from Revolutionary War days, Germany Valley.

10. Hinkle Home from the Revolutionary War Period, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Sometime before 1900.' Pictured left to right:  E.J. Miller, Sadie Miller, Mrs. John Miller, Prof. John Miller, Jacob Clem Miller, Mrs. William C. Miller, Low Coffman (boy), William C. Miller, Mother of W.C. Miller (seated), man in back is unknown.  Photo was Loaned to Collection by Mrs. Paul Conrad,daughter of William C. Miller.

11. Miller Family in front of their Home Before it was Remodeled, Pendleton County, W. Va.

'Picture taken ca. 1904.  Home built in 1815 by George Hammer II.  He lived there until his death February 4th, 1898.  Pictured left to right:  Ike Davis (died 07/23/1949 age 89), Ike Hammer (died 03/26/1932), Sam Moyers (died 07/06/1919 of flu), Ray Dickenson, Julius Davis (killed 05/06/1921), Willie Davis, Nina Lough, Ursula Hammer (died 07/25/1932), Reuben Dahmer (died 10/02/1915), Sis Dahmer (died 1916), Budd Hammer (died 12/18/1919).'

12. Original Home of George Hammer II and Catharine Caplinger Hammer, Pendleton County, W. Va.