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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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Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg
Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg486 viewsThis is a photo of descendants of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith. I will give you their names, left to right, and their relationship to Mary and James.

Minnie Catherine Smith Peaks, b.9-29-1880, d.2-9-1953, daughter, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, b.8-1-1896, d.6-21-2004, granddaughter, buried at Otes Church Cemetery, Bulls Gap, Hawkins County, TN
Wade Palhoun Smith, b.2-6-1875, d.2-23-1944, son, buried in Bluff City, Sullivan County, TN
Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ida Bray Smith, wife of Wade Palhoun Smith (I don't have her birth/death dates at this time)

Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith lived in the area known as Vance's Tank (Bristol area), Sullivan County, TN. Mary Elizabeth was born in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. This is where their children were born.

I would guesstimate the photo is in the late 1930s or early 1940s, because Wade died in 1944.

Courtesy of Debi Coe
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OssieBelleSmith0002.jpg
OssieBelleSmith0002.jpg381 viewsAttached is a photo of my Grandmother, Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, granddaughter of Isaac and Polly Weaver. This photo was taken in the summer of 1922, Ossie would have been about 25/26 years old.
courtesy of Debi Coe.
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OssieBelleSmith40002.jpg336 viewsThis is a photo of Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, granddaughter of Isaac and Polly Weaver, taken on the occasion of her 103rd birthday on August 1, 1999. Ossie passed away on June 21, 2004, 6 weeks shy of her 108th birthday. Courtesy of Debi Coe

Debi Coe
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IsaacLathamSmithandDarcusAdaladeSmith0001.jpg
IsaacLathamSmithandDarcusAdaladeSmith0001.jpg388 viewsJames Latham Smith, b.4-9-1845, d.3-28-1922, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN

Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN

The photo may have been taken between 1917-1920.

Photo courtesy of Debi Coe
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IsaacWeaverHeadstoneWeaverChurchCemetery0001.jpg
IsaacWeaverHeadstoneWeaverChurchCemetery0001.jpg348 viewsGrave Marker for Isaac Weaver 1817-1905, courtesy of Debi Coe.00000
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MaryElizabethWeaver0001.JPG389 viewsThis is a photo of Mary Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Isaac Weaver and Mary M. Humphrey Weaver. Mary was born October 15, 1842 and died May 5, 1913. repunzul@tampabay.rr.com

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Capt. Samuel Jackson616 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn00000
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Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail548 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn00000
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PineyGrove2.jpg551 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net00000
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PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg538 viewscourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net00000
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pennington stephen family1068 viewsTaken in the 1870s/early '80s: [bottom, l-r] Cicero Pennington (1847-1928), Stephen K. Pennington (1821-1890), Johannah Spencer Pennington (1820-1911); [top, l-r] Martha Caroline (1857-1935; m. Sturgill), Orlean (1853-after 1920; m. Young), Cansada Jane (1846-1899; m. Weaver). Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net00000
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spencermalissa.jpg
spencermalissa.jpg837 viewsMalissa, or Lissie, Spencer (Porter), the oldest child of William and Alie Weaver Spencer.
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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