Search Results
- IDNO:
- 038551
- Title:
- H. D. McGeorge, Husband of Mary S. Morgan McGeorge from Morgantown, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 038552
- Title:
- Mrs. H. D. McGeorge, Mary S. Morgan McGeorge of Morgantown, W. Va
- Description:
- Mary S. Morgan McGeorge, wife of H. D. McGeorge is the granddaughter of Morgantown founder, Zacquill Morgan.
- IDNO:
- 038553
- Title:
- Henry M. Morgan of Morgantown, W.Va.
- Description:
- Henry Morgan, great grandson of Zackquill Morgan, began publishing the Morgantown Post newspaper in 1864. The newspaper publishing business continued in the family until 1905 when it was sold.
- IDNO:
- 038554
- Title:
- Old Post Printing Office, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1885
- Description:
- The Morgantown Post newspaper office was torn down in 1891 to make room for the new court house. The newspaper was started by Henry Morgan in 1864 and the office was occupied by Morgan and his partner, N. N. Hoffman for 27 years.
- IDNO:
- 038555
- Title:
- N. N. Hoffman and Wife of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- N. N. Hoffman partnered with Henry M. Morgan in the publishing of The Morgantown Post, ca. 1865-1888.
- IDNO:
- 038561
- Title:
- Morgantown Post Printing Office, Walnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Standing in front of shop, left to right: John Hoffman, Max Mathers, William Hoffman, Cal Young, and Gilbert Miller. Standing outside a second story door is Mr. Helmick. The little girls are not identified.
- IDNO:
- 038562
- Title:
- Mrs. Eugene L. (Arthelia Morgan) Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers, mother of Max Mathers,and grandmother of Margaret Mathers Barrick. Mrs. Arthelia Mathers died at her home on Front Street in Morgantown, November 3, 1908.
- IDNO:
- 038563
- Title:
- Arthelia Morgan Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers compiler of the scrapbook containing this portrait and mother of Max Mathers.
- IDNO:
- 038564
- Title:
- Arthelia Morgan Mathers of Morgantown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Wife of Eugene L. Mathers, mother of Max Mathers and grandmother of Margaret Mathers Barrick.
- IDNO:
- 038565
- Title:
- Home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Mathers on Front Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 038566
- Title:
- Drusilla Morgan and Nimrod McGeorge on Front Porch of Old Morgan Homestead, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1895
- Description:
- Drusilla Morgan, 1815-1904 is the daughter of Captain Zacquill Morgan, the granddaughter of Colonel Zackquill Morgan and the great aunt of Max Mathers. Nimrod McGeorge is her nephew.
- IDNO:
- 038567
- Title:
- Waitman T. Mathers of Harrisville, Ritchie County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca, 1900
- Description:
- Waitman T. Mathers started a newspaper in Morgantown during the Civil War in 1863, called the "Morgantown Herald". The newspaper had a short life of only a few weeks. "Factional strife" was responsible for its failure. Mr. Mathers died in Harrisville in 1909.