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781. Portrait of Two Girls and One Boy

IDNO:
029165
Title:
Portrait of Two Girls and One Boy
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

782. Portrait of a Young Family, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
029166
Title:
Portrait of a Young Family, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

783. Woman and Child with their Automobile, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
029187
Title:
Woman and Child with their Automobile, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920-1925

784. Public School Building, Terra Alta, W. Va.

IDNO:
029218
Title:
Public School Building, Terra Alta, W. Va.
Date:
1913/07/16
'Queen Ceres XV - (15th); 1956 Preston County Buckwheat Festival'

785. Buckwheat Festival Queen Ceres XV, Judy Kimble of Rowlesburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
029438
Title:
Buckwheat Festival Queen Ceres XV, Judy Kimble of Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Date:
1956
Description:
'Queen Ceres XV - (15th); 1956 Preston County Buckwheat Festival'
'(1857-1926); The author is best remembered as the writer of Virginia and West Virginia county histories among which are those of Highland, Bath, Rockbridge and Alleghany counties, Virginia and Pendleton, Preston and Monroe counties, West Virginia. The scope of his writing is not confined to regional histories, however. He produced a "History of the Virginia Conference" (United Brethren Church), a "Practical History of Music," a biography of Daniel Boone and several works of literature among which is "Land of the Laurel" (1903). The author was born in Maine but grew up in Nebraska. He was a school teacher and newspaper writer by profession. The Morton family migrated to the eastern United States in 1881 and the author's life was spent in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. He was a resident of Preston county from 1896 to 1908. It was during his Preston County residency that his three works of literature, "Under the Cottonwoods," "Winning or Losing" and "Land of the Laurel," were produced.'

786. Oren F. Morton

IDNO:
029881
Title:
Oren F. Morton
Description:
'(1857-1926); The author is best remembered as the writer of Virginia and West Virginia county histories among which are those of Highland, Bath, Rockbridge and Alleghany counties, Virginia and Pendleton, Preston and Monroe counties, West Virginia. The scope of his writing is not confined to regional histories, however. He produced a "History of the Virginia Conference" (United Brethren Church), a "Practical History of Music," a biography of Daniel Boone and several works of literature among which is "Land of the Laurel" (1903). The author was born in Maine but grew up in Nebraska. He was a school teacher and newspaper writer by profession. The Morton family migrated to the eastern United States in 1881 and the author's life was spent in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. He was a resident of Preston county from 1896 to 1908. It was during his Preston County residency that his three works of literature, "Under the Cottonwoods," "Winning or Losing" and "Land of the Laurel," were produced.'

787. Hiram Short, Bruceton Mills Methodist Church, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
030020
Title:
Hiram Short, Bruceton Mills Methodist Church, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1960-1970
Melvin C. Snyder of Kingwood Preston County, a West Point graduate, while serving in the Army. Also prosecuting attorney of Preston County for many years.

788. Melvin C. Snyder

IDNO:
030064
Title:
Melvin C. Snyder
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
Melvin C. Snyder of Kingwood Preston County, a West Point graduate, while serving in the Army. Also prosecuting attorney of Preston County for many years.

789. Methodist Church, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.

IDNO:
030250
Title:
Methodist Church, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.
'Author of "History of Preston and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia"; Mr. Samuel T. Wiley was born in Smithfield, Fayette Co., Pa. on May 25, 1850; Scotch-Irish descent. He died in a sanitarium in Oil City, Pa. on Nov. 10, 1905; buried in St. Peters Cemetary, near Bruceton, W. Va.; His home was at ... Fayette Co., Pa.'

790. Samuel T. Wiley

IDNO:
030326
Title:
Samuel T. Wiley
Description:
'Author of "History of Preston and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia"; Mr. Samuel T. Wiley was born in Smithfield, Fayette Co., Pa. on May 25, 1850; Scotch-Irish descent. He died in a sanitarium in Oil City, Pa. on Nov. 10, 1905; buried in St. Peters Cemetary, near Bruceton, W. Va.; His home was at ... Fayette Co., Pa.'

791. H. Wolf and Mrs. Felix Wolf, Amblersburg, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
030368
Title:
H. Wolf and Mrs. Felix Wolf, Amblersburg, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
'Noah W. Pyles, Masontown, West Va.' written on back of photo.

792. Class Portrait at School in Masontown, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
030423
Title:
Class Portrait at School in Masontown, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
'Noah W. Pyles, Masontown, West Va.' written on back of photo.