A Collection in Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library
Collection number 279 THL
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room The Handley Regional Library Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society P.O. Box 58 Winchester, VA 22604 Phone: (540) 662-9041, ext.17 Email: archives@handleyregional.org URL: http://www.handleyregional.org
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Preferred Citation
John W. Affleck Collection, Collection # 279 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
John W. Affleck was a Winchester was a resident of Winchester, VA. He was born on January 1, 1850 at his family home, known
as "Bid-a-Wee," located on Peyton Street in the City of Winchester to Alexander G. Affleck and Ann E. Hoover. He worked for
many years in the business of selling agricultural tools and machinery with his brother Scott A. Affleck. He married Rosa
Kerfoot on December 26, 1883. The couple had five children. Affleck died on December 27, 1930.
The John W. Affleck Collection contains Huber family papers from Holland and Pennsylvania. Included are the original papers
written in Dutch and an English translation. These papers range from letters to baptism certificate and range from 1733 to
1843.