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1. James Devore and Family with a Horse Drawn Tiller, Mannington, Marion County, W. Va.

Group portrait of William and Jennie Devore family of Mannington, Marion County, W. Va.  Front, left to right:  Gertie Snyder, Emma Spencer, William Devore, Jennie Devore, Ivie Devore, Gerald Devore; Back Row: March Devore [unreadable], Harry Devore.

2. William and Jennie Devore Family, Mannington, Marion County, W. Va.

3. Senator Henry Davis

Marmaduke Dent was grandfather of Marmaduke H. Dent who was born in Monongalia County in the town of Granville on April 18, 1849. West Virginia University opened in 1867, and he became the first graduate of West Virginia University in 1870 and the first president of the WVU Alumni Association.

4. Portrait of Marmaduke Dent

Famous statesman who traveled widely throughout the current site of West Virginia.

5. Philip Doddridge (1772-1832)

6. West Virginia Senator Daniel Boone Dawson

7. John W. Davis

8. Judge Marmaduke H. Dent

April 18, 1849 to September 11, 1909.

9. Marmaduke H. Dent

Brother of Marmaduke H. Dent.

10. Hill R. D. Dent, Grafton, W. Va.

11. General Isaac H. Duval

12. John Douglas, West Virginia Author

13. Henry Gassaway Davis

14. J. H. Diss Debar

15. Joseph H. Diss Debar (Designer of W. Va. State Seal)

'Mary Jones Warder Dent, wife of M. H. Dent, born Feb. 14, 1855, daughter of Sarah Irwin and Abram Warder, M. D. married Oct. 11, 1876 to M. Dent - two children: Carrie Louise, Oct. 12, 1877 - Feb. 5, 1903; Herbert Warder, April 16, 1880 - Apr. 2, 1945.  I believe Mrs. M. H. Dent died in 1921 - after 10 years as an invalid due to her heart.  The daughter died in the "great" typhoid epidemic of the time.  They are buried in the family plot at Bluemont Cemetery -Grafton, W. Va.

16. Mary Jones Warder Dent

'Taken at Morgantown - hatless young man on right, sitting alone, is Herbert W. Dent, son of M. H. Dent.'

17. Group Portrait of Boys, Morgantown, W. Va.

'Second home of M. H. Dent family - facing Barrett St. in Grafton, W. Va. - directly behind and above first home.  Judge Dent & Herbert on steps - Mrs. Dent & Carrie under tree.  Probably taken around 1890-95.  He later built a large brick house on Washington Street uphill from Post Office.  It is still standing.'

18. Marmaduke Dent and Family in front of their Home in Grafton, W. Va.

19. Family Home of Marmaduke Dent, Front Street, Grafton, W. Va. (Facing Creek)

'First home of M. H. Dent and family--located on Front Street Grafton, W. Va., facing creek - at end of present South Side bridge.  Mrs. Dent, Carrie & Herbert in foreground - unidentified girl at corner of house.  Probably taken around 1885.'

20. Home of M. H. Dent and Family, Front Street, Grafton, W. Va.

'Captain Benjamin P. Driggs, prominent member Masonic Fraternity.'

21. Captain Benjamin P. Driggs

22. Irvin Davis

23. William S. Dutton

24. Rosie Dubach Daetwyler of Helvetia, W. Va.