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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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Foster Falls 19011547 viewsIt is the wedding day picture of my grandparents, Eli Mabry and Mary Ann Lucinda "Cindy" Williams. 8 May 1901, Foster Falls, VA (possibly McNealy and Eliza (Davis) Williams' home)

Groom: Eli Mabry/Maberry, 27 yr. old
Bride: Mary Ann Lucinda "Cindy" Williams, 22 yr. old
Leaning against left center post: Ballard Mabry
Center, beside Ballard: Mindy (Largen) Mabry, Ballard's wife
Leaning against right center post: Possibly Eliza (Davis) Williams (I was told she had broken her back and it left her stooped over)
Behind bride and groom: John and Roxie (Mabry) Dillon
Front: Isaac Mabry
Behind Isaac may be Martin Mabry (Eli's father)
Second from the bride: Sarah Jane (Mabry) Dalton
Third from the bride: Emma (Mabry) Alderman
Beside bride: unk (probably a sister of Lucinda's, Jeanetta "Nettie" (Williams) Easter or Malinda "Ellen" (Williams) Frazier)
Second from far right: Roxie (Mabry) Dillon
Far right: Lucy (Mabry) Williams
Far left: Virgil or Charles Williams?
Second from left: Steve Williams
Third from left: Bert Williams
Forth from left: David Williams
Courtesy of Rita Mayberry.
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208.jpg1521 viewsNathan Phipps (1835-1915) was the son of Ahart Phipps and Mary Ann Hash; Benjamin Franklin Phipps (1882-1950) was the son of Nathan and Margery. Margery (1844-1925) was the daughter of John Hash and Sarah Hash.
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115fredalbertneaves.jpg1517 viewsSons of Arthur Coleman Neaves and Ola Mae Phipps. This photo was taken at their farm in the Silas Creek Section of Ashe County, NC about 1946.
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afw1.jpg1504 viewsPhoto taken in 1959. Left to right: Front row, Mattie Weaver Waddell; Dillard Ray Weaver; second row, Arthur Jackson Weaver, Elzina Mae Weaver Coley; Mary Weaver Blevins, Maxine Weaver Blevins, Hazel Weaver Poole; third row: Arthur Fred Weaver; Fannie Blevins Weaver; J. Clayborn Weaver; Clarence Edward Weaver; George Edmund Weaver.
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191estelsturgill.jpg1496 viewsJames Estil Sturgill shown on the front porch of his home at Wolf Knob, Grayson County, Virginia in 1952. He was the son of Joshua Sturgill and Phoebe Marilda Weaver.
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480.jpg1496 viewsLeft to right; Pruner, Daisy, Ruth, Ray, Mattie, Arthur, Florence, Quincy. This photo was taken by Clarence E. Weaver in 1956 at a funeral for a nephew in Tazewell County, VA.
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Engine #41 Near Wytheville1495 viewsThis is a photo of #41 making a run on the tracks near Wytheville.
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134felixsullivan.jpg1490 viewsThis is Felix Sullivan holding his grandnephew Danny Richardson at Troutdale ca. 1950.
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Delton - Delton Depot1485 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the Delton Depot along side the New River.
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budspen.jpg1478 viewsThis is a photo of Bud Spencer flat-footin' it at one of the Whitetop Music festivals in the 1930s. He was the son of William Spencer and Mahala "Alia" Weaver.
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119coleneaves.jpg1477 views
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Hillsville Diner1475 viewsPhoto December 6, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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