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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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johnsonzeke.jpg760 viewsZEKE JOHNSON...JAN. 2, 1910 - AUG. 27, 2006

ZEKE LIVED IN GLADE SPRING AND WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF OLIN MATHIESON IN SALTVILLE. ZEKE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUNDING OF THE MT. CALVARY COMMUNITY CHURCH IN GLADE SPRING.

ZEKE WAS A WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR MAN IN THE GLADE-SALTVILLE AREA. HE WAS A JEWEL.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Weaver, Mary Ellen760 viewsDaughter of Arthur Fred Weaver and Nancy Emaline Sturgill.
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spencermaggiewarren.jpg759 viewsMore info on Spencer and Margaret is: Spencer and Maggie are the parents of my grandmother, Sarah Warren who married Adolphus Cole, s/o Milton Cole and Lucy Roberts (Arad's daughter). Maggie's family are the Wilkes County Roberts. (need more info on these Roberts.) Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com

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minnieanderson~0.jpg759 viewsMinnie Elvira Anderson with her second husband, Charlie Deathridge (sp?), and her son Gale from a prior relationship. Minnie is my great-grandmother, Papaw James Virgil Anderson's mother. Uncle Gale is 90 years old and still living in the Smyth County area. Picture from Lena Anderson Osborne.

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CrosswhiteRachelMoofOliverHockett.jpg757 viewsCourtesy of Jack Hockett tlas101@aol.com
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houk5.jpg757 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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ingramrobert.jpg756 viewsThey lived in Harford County, MD when this image was made, but had previously lived on Haw Orchard, Grayson County, VA.
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lester14.jpg756 viewsUriah Lester is in the center left of this image.
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jonesbryanr1.jpg754 viewsJack Jones is shown on the left, the person on the right is unknown. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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scan0005.jpg752 viewsThese two children are Clarence & Elbert Pool who sent their photograph to their teacher Mae Thomas in 1913 at Carsinsville, VA.. Mae married John William Baldwin in 1915. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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mathiesonneil.jpg751 viewsOne of the Mathieson brothers who established the Mathieson Alkali Works. Lived briefly in Saltville. From the 1922 Alkalite
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