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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 - New River Valley People
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Walt Whittaker464 views
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Unidentified464 views
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Unidentified463 views
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whitmanja.jpg458 viewsBorn in Cripple Creek Valley April 29, 1869, son of Andrew Clay Whitman, grandson of David Whitman. J. A. Whitman was the publisher of the Southwest Virginia Enterprise, a newspaper.
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AJPorter.jpg450 viewsThis photo is labeled A. J. Porter, and I believe this is Andrew Porter, b. 1870, son of David H. Porter and Nancy Rosenbaum. Courtey of Amy Bazar.

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William H. Canter and Mary Elizabeth Trinkle449 views
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EphraimCopenhaver.jpg439 viewsEphraim Copenhaver, born 1823, died 1898, married to Regina Phillippi. He was the son of John Copenhaver and Rebecca Kegley. Courtesy of Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net



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William H. Canter and ??435 views
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William WashingtonCornett visiting Grayson in 1912432 viewsWilliam Washington Cornett, along with his daughter from his first marriage, Leona Mitchell Cornett (left), her daughter Bertha Nuckolls (right), and Bertha’s nephew (William’s great grandson) Glen Pless, taken in Grayson County 1912. William was living in Fairport, Kansas at the time. William had enlisted with the Confederate army and fought at the first battle of the war, at Manassas, aka Bull Run.
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heuserhm.jpg430 viewsBorn Feb. 28, 1867, in Wytheville, Virginia, son of Guido A. Heuser. Attorney at Wytheville. Photo from 1929.
   
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