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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


Most viewed - Exiles and Emigres
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Phipps, Paul644 viewsPaul, a native of Johnson County, TN has ancestors in Ashe County, NC. He has lived in Washington state for many years.

Obit of Paul
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Anderson - William Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane Sturgess-Anderson, 1877 to 1900598 viewsWilliam Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane
Sturges-Andersons' best "couple" photos in my stash of albums. I'd just
title it:

William Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane Sturgess-Anderson, 1877 to 1900

The one in the pink frame is a 'tintype' from 1877, the earliest one
I've found of them. Since tintypes are mirror-imaged, I've reversed it.
[If any Anderson relative out there has a copy, that should be taken
into account.] All images have been enlarged, digitally repaired*, but
not much changed otherwise. These would be Maggie Anderson-Henegar's
oldest brother and her first sister-in-law, Daisy Schrader's aunt and
uncle from out in Washington.

The one with two of their grown children is a crop from a 1900 family
portrait, and the other is sometime between. Sarah Jane was 14 when they
married, and Reese 29. So she would be about 40 in the 'tintype', and 63
in 1900.

Their two children included in the crop from the 1900 family photo are
Fannie [Frances Estelle] age 29, and Ace [Asa Alexander], age 27.

Courtesy of Suze moreach@netzero.net

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Sizemore, Owen and Ned586 viewsThis image was made in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Courtesy of Lee Hash HashCabin@aol.com
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Osborn, Enoch Burton537 viewsEnoch Burton Osborn III b 15 Jan 1826, d 14 May 1883 Grayson Co. VA and Irena (Cox) Osborn b 1 Oct 1829 Grayson Co. VA, d 21 Apr 1912 Madison Co. NE. They had 14 children! This picture was taken before Enoch Passed away, in May 1883.
Courtesy of Donna (Collier) Dietrich dietricd@fyi.net


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Hash, James Thomas512 viewsJames Thomas Hash; Carrie and John Hubbard; Laura and John Hash; Standing in the back is Bill Hash.
Courtesy of Barbara Lepsik Roy lepsik@comcast.net
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Phipps, Jane Tolliver500 viewsPicture sent to me by K. PRITCHARD !!!!!!!!!!

On the back of photo it says
Jane Tolliver Phipps , wife of Wilburn Phipps
born VA or NC
died 1899
Courtesy of Louise Vanover Eowlvvv@wmconnect.com
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Hash of Burbon County, KY480 viewsChildren of Robert Hash of Ashe County, NC who migrated to Bourbon County, KY.
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Kelly, John M. 470 viewsJohn Morgan Kelly, son of Peter Kelly and Margery Hash Kelly of Ashe County, NC is shown here late in life in Raleigh County, WV with his family. Courtesy of Lee Hash leehash@aol.com
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Phipps, Wilburn467 viewsPicture sent to me by K. PRITCHARD
Wilburn Phipps
born 1819 Ashe County NC
dies 1901 Boone Co. Iowa
Courtesy of Louise Vanover Eowlvvv@wmconnect.com
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Phipps, Sarah Scott458 viewsPicture sent to me by K. PRITCHARD !!!!!!!!!!

Sarah Scott Phipps,
born 1789
died 1891 Boone County Iowa
wife of William Phipps, mother of Wilburn Phipps Courtesy of Louise Vanover Eowlvvv@wmconnect.com
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Phipps, Vance455 viewsVance Phipps, in the center of the photo, was the son of Nathaniel Phipps and Martha Carolina Hart. He was born and raised in the Weaver's Ford section of Ashe County, NC. He was accused of murder, however, and fled the jurisdiction because he felt he couldn't get a fair trial. This photo was taken in Boone County, Iowa around 1900.
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Osborn Wedding438 viewsThis is a picture of when Rush Floyd "Colonel" Osborn and Virginia Irene Strange Osborn was married at his brother Hoyt Osborn's grove of trees in Madison Co. NE on 4 Jul 1902. Rush Floyd homesteaded about 1897 12 miles north of Mullen, NE. They lived there all their lives. Courtesy of Donna (Collier) Dietrich dietricd@fyi.net
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