Search Results
- IDNO:
- 040445
- Title:
- Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley of Cerado, Wayne County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1866
- Description:
- Whaley was elected to the United States Congress 1861-1867, representing the Loyal Government of Virginia and later West Virginia. During the Civil War he recruited several regiments for the Union Army and served with the rank of major in the 9th West Virginia Regiment.
- IDNO:
- 040446
- Title:
- Zedekiah Kidwell of Fairmont, Va. (W. Va.)
- Date:
- ca. 1858
- Description:
- Kidwell served in the United States Congress 1853-1857. He was also a practicing physician and lawyer. During the Civil War he held a civil office in the Confederate government.
- IDNO:
- 040447
- Title:
- 1922 Undefeated Mountaineers & Jackie Coogan, Hollywood, Ca.
- Date:
- 1922
- Description:
- West Virginia University's undefeated football team travelled to the west coast to play Gonzaga in a post season game. Jackie Coogan, a famous child-movie actor of the period, posed with the team for this photograph and autographed the original print. WVU beat Gonzaga 21 to 14.
- IDNO:
- 040448
- Title:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 040449
- Title:
- Judith Gold Stitzel, Morgantown, W. Va
- Description:
- Stitzel was a professor of English and Women Studies at West Virginia University and the founding director of the WVU Center for Women's Studies.
- IDNO:
- 040450
- Title:
- 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."
- IDNO:
- 040451
- Title:
- Alston G. Dayton of Philippi, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1867
- Description:
- Son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton.
- IDNO:
- 040452
- Title:
- Sarah Bush Barrett Dayton, Wife of Spencer Dayton of Philippi, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1850
- Description:
- A young New England widow who moved to French Creek, Upshur County, Va. (W.Va.) and married attorney Spencer Dayton of Philippi in 1849.
- IDNO:
- 040453
- Title:
- Eldon Lee Dayton of Philippi, W. Va.
- Description:
- Son of Spencer and Sarah Dayton. He died at the age of 18.
- IDNO:
- 040454
- Title:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 040455
- Title:
- Corner of Chestnut and Fayette Streets, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Unidentified people stare towards the camera. The streets are not paved and a brick sidewalk is in the process of being layed.
- IDNO:
- 040456
- Title:
- Imogene Dayton of Philippi, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1865
- Description:
- Daughter of West Virginia statehood adovcate, Spencer Dayton and his wife Sarah Bush Barrett Dayton.
