West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Paul Daugherty, Collector, Family History and Photographs , A&M 4304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records collected by Paul Daugherty regarding family history. Includes materials documenting the Taylor, Broadwater, Lantz, Collins, Carmichael, and Ingraham families in the region of the counties of Ritchie, Doddridge, and Wood. The Taylors arrived in Ritchie County in 1842. The Broadwater family resided in Toll Gate, W. Va. in Ritchie County. There are family histories and genealogies, scrapbooks, photographs , and other material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Doddridge County (W. Va.)
- Ritchie County (W. Va.)
- Wood County (W. Va.)
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Doddridge County (W. Va.)
- Ritchie County (W. Va.)
- Wood County (W. Va.)
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 01
Carpenter Family HistoryundatedScope and Contents
Volume I and IV
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 02
James Jones Family Historyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 03
Marsh Family History by Elizabeth Estlack Mullett and Helen Jane Estlack1994
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 04
Cooper Family Record by James Leon Cooper and W.I. Cooper1957
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 05
Dotson Family History by Bertha Dotson Sellersundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 06
Collins Family Historyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Volume: 07
Nutter Family Historyundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 01
Taylor Family Genealogical Materialsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 02
Miscellaneous Genealogical MaterialsundatedScope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 03
Genealogical Materials relating to divorce of James R, Jones and Elizabeth Jones1846 (facsimiles)
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 04
Miscellaneous Genealogical Materials1888-1968Scope and Contents
Includes obituaries and newsclippings relating to the Taylor, Zinn, and Broadwater families; a handwritten list of various names; a photocopy of honorable discharge certificate from the Grand Army of the Republic for Jacob Ingram; and several pages from a book on painting watercolor flowers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 05
Genealogy Binder1876-2003Scope and Contents
Includes photographs , newspaper clippings, and handwritten genealogy notes regaring the Ingram, Carmichael, Lantz, and Baker families, among others. Original documents include V-mail from PFC Harry M. Carmichael (1944), birth certificate of Nora Belle Ingram (1876), and a promisory note for eighty dollars signed by Jacob Ingram (1915).
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 06
Ritchie County Historical Materials1992-1999Scope and Contents
Includes clippings relating to Barr Wilson and Ritchie County cemeteries, as well as newsletters of the Ritchie County Historical Society.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 07
Ritchie County Historical Materials1996-2001Scope and Contents
Includes mostly newspaper clippings regarding Parkersburg history, and historic homes and individuals in Ritchie County. Some of these subjects include Gustavus Smith, the Charter House, the Old Malone Homestead, and Toll Gate, among others. Also includes several issues of the Ritchie County Historical Society newsletter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 08
West Virginia Historical Materialsca. 1970-2000Scope and Contents
Includes mostly newsclippings, covering such topics as the capitol building in Wheeling, Matewan, pioneers of Wirt County, and White Sulphur Springs, among others.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 09
Photographica -- Vintage Envelopesca. 1937-1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Correspondence and Newspaper Clippingsca. 1917-1970Scope and Contents
Includes several letters from PFC Harry Carmichael during his service in World War II. Also includes various postcards and greeting cards dating from the 1910s and 1920s, along with various other correspondence. Newspaper clippings pertain to Leonard Broadwater's campaign for mayor of Parkersburg and a photograph of S.O. Steve Clayton, U.S. Navy, from World War II.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Volume: 01
Recipe Scrapbookca. 1910-1935Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was originally Frye's Higher Geography, but many of the pages are covered with recipe clippings. Other clippings include ideas for needlwork, advertisements for cooking utensils and instructions for mixed drinks.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Volume: 02
Scrapbookca. 1900-1930Scope and Contents
Scrapbook documenting bridge building in Hampshire, Kanawha, Wood, Grant, , Moragan, Boone, Wetzel, Tucker, Preston, Doddridge, Randolph, and Ritchie Counties, as well as various locations in North Carolina. Scrapbook also documents other types of construction projects as well as festivals and family outings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Volume: 03
World War II Scrapbook1942-1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 01a
ca. 1895-1919
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Stewart, Hickman, Zinn, Denning, Rymer, Cochran, Smith, Lowers, Pifer, Carroll, Taylor, Dotson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 01b ca. 1895-1919
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 02a
ca. 1895-1919
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Smith, Taylor, Criswell, Zinn, Evans, Schilling, Elliot.
Also includesgroup photo of Ohio College of Dental Surgery (undated).
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 02b
ca. 1895-1919
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Smith, Taylor, Criswell, Zinn, Evans, Schilling, Elliot.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 03a
ca. 1900-1919
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Lowers, McGee, Harris, Wood, Ridgeway, Sherwood, Douglass, Grey, McVey, Smith, Harris, Post, Childers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 03b
ca. 1900-1919
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Lowers, McGee, Harris, Wood, Ridgeway, Sherwood, Douglass, Grey, McVey, Smith, Harris, Post, Childers.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 04a ca. 1890-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4a Folder: 04b ca. 1890-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4b Folder: 01 ca. 1890-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4b Folder: 02 ca.1890-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4b Folder: 03 ca. 1890-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4b Folder: 04 ca. 1890-1915
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 01 ca. 1890-1915
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 02
Unidentified Tintypeca. 1880
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 03
ca. 1920-1938
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Brular, McKun, Kristen, Cochran, Huffard, Lowers, Williams, Miller, Wilson, Smith, Black, Worstell, Campbell, Zinn, Jones, Fuller, Broadwater, Taylor, Dotson, Gabbert, Sunday.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 04
ca. 1920-1935
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Black, Eudress, Hatch, Campbell, Rhinehart, Blake, McVey, West, Lantz, Peace, Dixon, Peal.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 05
ca. 1920-1935
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Weaver, Campbell, Grass, McHenry, Abdolla, Garvin, Becker, Strickling, Murcer, Coffindoffer, Vincent, Riley, Hogue, Renfocth.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 06 ca. 1920-1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 07 ca. 1920-1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 08 ca. 1920-1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 09 ca. 1920-1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
ca. 1940-1960
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Hatch, Peale, Dyke, Volk, McGillen, Gilbert, Fries, Fahal, Ferry, O'Toole, Spaetti, Lake, Childers, Duckworth, Dotson, Smith, Evans, Alan, Hartman.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
ca. 1940-1970
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Neal, Fries, Wright, Gray, Pifer, Lemon, Sindeldecker, Johnston, Lantz, Hatch
Also includes group photo of 2th Battalion, Company C, 3rd Platoon.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 ca. 1940-1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 ca. 1940-1970
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14
ca. 1970-1995
Scope and Contents
Family names include: Feather, McKeel, Wilson, Smith, Dotson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15
Photographic Negativesca. 1920-1940