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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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MarionCabin_1901_.jpg971 viewsOn the back, in my G-Grandmother Marilla Anderson's hand: [and her spelling]

" The house where my Father was born, June 22, 1822 - Marion, Smythe County, Virginia - His sister Maggie and little girl Daisy standing in yard - Nov. [blur] 6th, 1901"

If "Maggie" is William Reese Anderson's sister Margaret, she would be about 64 years old, in this shot. She looks about right for that age, in that family line. Her brother never did turn gray.
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Courtesy of Suze moreach@netzero.net
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sturgillfcblannie.jpg829 viewsF. Carl Sturgill and Blannie Emaline Spencer, daughter of William Troy and Alice Osborne Spencer and twin of John Blake, wedding picture in 1916 Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com

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Littlewoodcarsocks.jpg977 viewsThe Littlewood's first car, which would take them as far north as Providence, RI, visiting their East Coast relatives during the 1920s, was purchased with profits from their government contract for making woolen socks for the army during WW I. Jack Littlewood, the only son of Herbert and Hannah Haigh Littlewood, apparently festooned the new machine with socks as a tribute. How DID they drive on those roads!?!?
Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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457.jpg843 viewsDaughter of Arthur Fred Weaver and Fannie Blevins. School teacher at Marion Elementary when she died October 31, 1971.33333
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SheetsFamily.jpg823 viewsSeated: Ellis Sheets and Millie Perry Sheets (born ca 1871). Back: Ellis' brother and Ettie Sheets (Millie's daughter) Millie was a daughter of Solomon and Tobitha Ham Perry. Courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott matalbott@seidata.com33333
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WadeandDentonJonesfamily.jpg843 viewsfirst row (l to r): Freda Jones, Mary Jones (my mother), Phil Stanley, Irene Jones Weaver holding Patsy Jones. 2 boys behind chairs: Lloyd Dean Jones, J. B. Jones. back row standing (l to r) Wade Jones Jr. 9my grandfather), Della Yates Jones (my grandmother) holding Bobby Jones, Denton Young Jones (my great-grandmother), Emma jones Stanley, behind her Virgil Stanley, peeking from behind Virgil is Elmo Jones, beside Virgil is Gilmer Jones, Ruth Jones holding son Tom Jones. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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DentonYoungJones.jpg969 viewsCourtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net33333
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Kilby, Roby1103 viewsRoby and Eva Osborne Kilby with 12 of their 15 children taken in 1911/12 in the Sturgills area of Ashe County, NC. The oldest was born in 1890 and the youngest pictured in 1910. [L-R, top row with married names in parentheses] Jenny (Young), Ollie (Weaver), Emaline (Duncan), Virgie (Norman), Minnie (Sturgill) [middle row] Lola (Sewell), Elsie (McCommons), Ruth (Umbarger), Dewey Kilby [bottom row] Lucy (Stewart) on lap of James Roby Kilby (son of Thornton Kilby and Phebe Marilda Weaver) Thornton Kilby, Ruth Eva Kilby (daughter of Wiley Winton Osborne and Lavina Jane Mink), Mary (Eppers). Courtesy of Emily Kilby. erk44@verizon.net.33333
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taylorisaacjane.jpg879 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.33333
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stuartethel.jpg711 viewsEthel Rebecca Owen Stuart (1908-?) was the daughter of Luther Winfield Owen and Myrtle Francis. She married Reeves Washington Stuart, son of Calvin Poindexter Stuart and Tamsey Brinegar.33333
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weaverelihu1.jpg1040 viewsElihu Weaver (1820-1886), son of Joshua Weaver and Sallie Ashley; with wife Jennie Miller Weaver (1813-1889), daughter of Isaac Miller and Eve Staley. Photo courtesy of Joanne Jackson Weaver.33333
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Reeves, Lee895 viewsLived at Grassy Creek. Courtesy of Bill Payne.33333
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