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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.


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Parks, Joseph Bays649 viewsThis photo courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey shows her father Joseph Bays Parks with his prize bull "Chuck" circa 1980. Chuck was purchased from Charles B. Hoffman.55555
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Ball, John Elbert845 viewsThis photo courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey shows John Elbert Ball, a veteran of Company I, 51st Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army with granddaughters Dare Ball Parks and Clyde Lee Ball Marshal.55555
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Bonham, Joseph; Purkey, Diana and Delbert836 viewsDiana and Delbert Purkey, children of Bob and Trula Purkey with their great-grand uncle Joseph Bonham, who is stacking hay on his farm near Troutdale. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.55555
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Gore, William Jackson676 viewsHe served as 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 50th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.55555
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Gincy Wheatley Anderson, JeannetteWheatley Forrester, Della Wheatley Cox Cornett784 viewsSitting on Mom's right is her next older sister, Virginia Malley Wheatley Anderson or Aunt Gincy as we always heard her referred to. She and Uncle Lee lived in Major, VA for a long time. Mom's other sister is on her left, Cynthia Della Wheatley Cox Cornett, or Aunt Dell, Mom's oldest sister. She lived in Fox, VA with her husband, Isom Cox, and their five or six children. Much later she married a Cornett. I don't know a thing about that marriage except that Aunt Dell lived in Sparta, NC then.

This photo is courtesy of Clinton Getzinger.
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Kilby, Troy and Family823 viewsTroy H Kilby family circa 1920 seated: Troy H Kilby and Cosby Jane Spencer. Back row l to r: Preston Hicks, Carl Norman, Louis Jesse, Ala Marenthia, Isaac Webb and Charity Magnolia Kilby. Courtesy of Rachel Hamilton RHamilton@allstate.com
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waltonwilliam~0.jpg658 viewsBorn about 1828 in North Carolina, living in Wilson Distict, Grayson County, VA in 1880. His wife was named Thursey J., and had sons Reuben Walton, Felix J. and James Walton. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.55555
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Sidney Walton668 viewsSidney Walton, son of James Walton and Almeda Kilby is shown here in an army uniform in World War I. SIDNEY VESTER WALTON, b. 1893, Grayson Co., VA; d. 1953; m. (1) MARY WEAVER; m. (2) CATHERINE SULLIVAN, May 18, 1924, Grayson Co., VA; b. 1903, Grayson Co., VA. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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waltonmarsh2.jpg637 viewsThis 1930s photo shows Marsh and Dora Comer Walton with their children. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.55555
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MinniewithVirgil.jpg707 viewsThis is Papaw James Virgil Anderson as a baby, with his mother, Minnie Elvira Anderson. She was married twice that I'm aware of, neither time to Papaw Anderson's biological father. Courtesy of Chrissie A. Peters climbingthehashfamilytree@gmail.com55555
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sherwoodanderson.jpg615 viewsFamous author who had a home at Troutdale from mid-1920s until his death in 1941. Photo from the Library of Congress.55555
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Sarah_Mae_Parks,_Henry_Levi_Parks_&_William_Kendrick_Parks.jpg645 viewsThis one is of my grandmother Anderson as a child, with her brother Henry Levi, who died as a teen in an accident where he fell from a tree, I believe. They're with their father, William Kendrick Parks.
Courtesy of Chrissie A. Peters.
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