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Siss Hunter was the wife of John Hunter of Wheeling, West Virginia. Hunter made the brick for Martin Hall, the first West Virginia University building.

49. Siss Hunter of Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
038500
Title:
Siss Hunter of Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Siss Hunter was the wife of John Hunter of Wheeling, West Virginia. Hunter made the brick for Martin Hall, the first West Virginia University building.
The young woman is wearing a dress with garibaldi sleeves, a popular fashion in the mid 1860s. Her a hair is also styled in the fashion of that period.

50. Portrait of Unidentified Woman Taken During Civil War Era

IDNO:
038504
Title:
Portrait of Unidentified Woman Taken During Civil War Era
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
The young woman is wearing a dress with garibaldi sleeves, a popular fashion in the mid 1860s. Her a hair is also styled in the fashion of that period.
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."

51. Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038505
Title:
Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."
According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.

52. Jim McCoy of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038506
Title:
Jim McCoy of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.
Adam Staggers was an educator in Monongalia County. He taught at the Monongalia Academy and was principal of the first Morgantown Graded School.

53. Adam Staggers of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038507
Title:
Adam Staggers of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1875
Description:
Adam Staggers was an educator in Monongalia County. He taught at the Monongalia Academy and was principal of the first Morgantown Graded School.
Nimrod Protzman was also an officer and musician during the Civil War, in Company E, 17th West Virginia Infantry.

54. Nimrod Protzman, Morgantown Musican

IDNO:
038511
Title:
Nimrod Protzman, Morgantown Musican
Date:
1870
Description:
Nimrod Protzman was also an officer and musician during the Civil War, in Company E, 17th West Virginia Infantry.
Hagans served in many state and local government positions including Mayor of Morgantown, Judge in Second Judicial Circuit Court, United States Congressman for West Virginia, West Virginia State House of Delegates and Delegate to the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention. He was the son of Harrison Hagans, a Preston County delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention and he was also Waitman Willey's son-in-law.

55. John Marshall Hagans of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038512
Title:
John Marshall Hagans of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1885
Description:
Hagans served in many state and local government positions including Mayor of Morgantown, Judge in Second Judicial Circuit Court, United States Congressman for West Virginia, West Virginia State House of Delegates and Delegate to the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention. He was the son of Harrison Hagans, a Preston County delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention and he was also Waitman Willey's son-in-law.
The two little girls sitting on the steps are Margaret Ross and Margaret Mathers.

56. Max and Anna Mathers' First Home, 129 Sherman Ave., Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038513
Title:
Max and Anna Mathers' First Home, 129 Sherman Ave., Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
The two little girls sitting on the steps are Margaret Ross and Margaret Mathers.
Anna Mathers, wife of Max Mathers and mother of Margaret Mathers.

57. Anna Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038514
Title:
Anna Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Anna Mathers, wife of Max Mathers and mother of Margaret Mathers.

58. Anna DeGant Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038515
Title:
Anna DeGant Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.

59. Cousins, Margaret Mathers and Mary E. Clark

IDNO:
038516
Title:
Cousins, Margaret Mathers and Mary E. Clark
Nan Wynn from Wheeling, West Virginia (1915-1971), sang and recorded with several big bands in the 1930s and appeared in movies in the 1940s. She also dubbed Rita Hayworth's singing voice in such movies as "Cover Girl". This photograph was autographed by Nan Wynn for George Barrick Jr. while she was appearing in Morgantown, West Virginia at the Warner Theater on High Street with Raymond Scott and His Orchestra, July 18, 1940. She left Scott's band, September 13, 1940 to pursue a solo career.

60. Swing Era Vocalist Nan Wynn from Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
038519
Title:
Swing Era Vocalist Nan Wynn from Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1940
Description:
Nan Wynn from Wheeling, West Virginia (1915-1971), sang and recorded with several big bands in the 1930s and appeared in movies in the 1940s. She also dubbed Rita Hayworth's singing voice in such movies as "Cover Girl". This photograph was autographed by Nan Wynn for George Barrick Jr. while she was appearing in Morgantown, West Virginia at the Warner Theater on High Street with Raymond Scott and His Orchestra, July 18, 1940. She left Scott's band, September 13, 1940 to pursue a solo career.