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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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William H. Canter and Mary Elizabeth Trinkle374 views
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Unidentified368 views
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Unidentified363 views
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EphraimCopenhaver.jpg361 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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Unidentified361 views
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William H. Canter and ??360 views
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whitmanja.jpg350 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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heuserhm.jpg346 viewsBorn Feb. 28, 1867, in Wytheville, Virginia, son of Guido A. Heuser. Attorney at Wytheville. Photo from 1929.
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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 1921330 viewsEmily (William Washington Cornett's 2nd wife) came from Alton, KS a few years after William's death to stay the winter with her Son, John Winton Cornett and his sons in El Campo, TX. Here she is seen with William Delany Cornett and his girlfriend in front of the Galveston seawall, built after the 1900 storm that ravaged the town.
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William WashingtonCornett visiting Grayson in 1912261 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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