Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.
Lummie Sinsel Dayton, Wife of Judge Alston G. Dayton of Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880
Description:
Information included with the photograph, "Received from Cousin Hattie Henlsel 1928 (Staunton). She said it was taken of Mama while on a visit to Staunton before her marriage in 1880 or perhaps two or three years later."
Alston Gordon Dayton , West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1874
Description:
This photograph taken while Dayton was a student at WVU. He was the son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton of Philippi. He would subsequently serve in Congress and as a judge in the Federal Courts in West Virginia.
Spencer Dayton of Philippi, Barbour County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Portrait of an elderly Dayton. He was involved in the founding of the state of West Virginia, served as a delegate at the first and second Wheeling Conventions, one term in the West Virginia State Senate and State Prosecuting Attorney for Barbour, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Counties.
